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As this is a low profile cooler we weren't expecting record breaking levels of performance, however the Arctic Cooling Freezer 11 LP really did deliver some great results with our Core i5 655k. The build quality is excellent and the installation procedure is simple, although we ran into some physical spacing issues with our Zotac H55 ITX motherboard – after a little modification we managed to get it installed.
Performance is excellent, outclassing both the reference Intel cooler and the Thermaltake Slim X3 by a noticeable margin – return to idle results were also impressive.
Negatively, we have a little concern over the push pin installation system, it really doesn't look that durable. If you fit it once and leave it alone however I wouldn't see a problem. We have no pricing information yet for the UK market, but we expect it be very competitively marketed, like all Arctic Cooling products.
KitGuru says: Overall, one of the best performing low profile coolers we have tested, and ideal for confined spaces.
Looks ideal for a media build as you say. pricing is all important in this sector. they are always quite cheap. the Freezer 13 for instance is 17 quid. id expect this to be 13.
Nice temperature results, and I love that Lian Li chassis too, its beautiful. missed that review last month.
Thank you for the review. Just ordered, fingers crossed it will fit my board. Saw mixed reviews on Newegg about fitment for ITX, although when reading between the lines it may have been user errors.
How did you get on with this cooler, just ordered it for my Mini build
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/634674fbdb3699c51f269b235758705bf83c905fbfcf02469d43ddd479e04a9e.jpg I ended up having a payment issue and the price changed before updating. Went with the Rajintek “Zelos” which I’m quite happy with. It’s really nice and has quite a better style than the artic cooler. I have an extremely small build but had just enough room to clear the DIMMs, no need for low pro ram.
I replied above. Sorry for the delay
Cheers for the reply, I ordered it before and sadly it fouled either a RAM slot or the PCI-e so it was no good, used it in another PC and found it was decent though.
Sadly I have an Asrock Z77E-ITX board which is honest to god, the worst designed board in the world, so trying a Cryorig C7 this time
no it´s not. some gigabyte itx are worse.