Thermaltake Frio14 Silent CPU Cooler Review

1. Introduction2. Unboxing3. Installation4. Testing Methodology5. Thermal Performance6. Acoustic Performance7. Conclusion8. View All Pages

Thermal Performance Test Procedures:

• Idle temperatures are obtained after sitting at the desktop for 15 minutes.
• Load temperatures are obtained after running Prime95 in the ‘Small FFTs’ mode for 15 minutes.
• We tested with our AMD FX-8350 CPU at stock voltages and at stock speeds.
• The cooler’s fan is set to 100% to eliminate any inaccuracies from dynamic PWM fan speed adjustments.
• We use HWMonitor to measure the CPU temperature.
• CPU temperature recording is accurate to +/- 0.5 °C. Ambient temperature recording is accurate to +/- 0.05 °C.
• Ambient temperature was maintained at 22 °C.

Acoustic Performance Test Procedures:

• We measure the noise output of our entire system from a distance of 1m while the CPU Cooler’s fan operates at 100%. This way indicates the maximum noise output possible.
• We unplug the case fans and avoid using a discrete GPU when possible in an effort to isolate CPU fan noise.

Test System:

• Processor: AMD FX-8350 Retail (4.0 GHz, 4.2 GHz Turbo)
• Motherboard: MSI 990FX GD-65.
• Memory: 8GB Crucial Ballistix 1600 MHz.
• Graphics Card: Reference design Nvidia GTX 780.
• System drive: 240GB Kingston V300 SSD .
• Secondary Drive: 1TB Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm.
• Case: Fractal Design Define R4.
• Power Supply: Seasonic G-750 80+ Gold.
• Thermal paste: Supplied Thermaltake branded thermal paste.

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