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The Thermaltake Frio is supplied in a very strong box with a high resolution image of the heatsink on the front. There is also a clear indication that this cooler is built for overclocking and supports processors up to a 220w output.
The cooler is extremely well protected inside the box with heavy duty foam padding. Thermaltake offer a two year warranty as well which is reassuring.
You can notice on the right of the image above that the second fan is not pre-installed on the cooler, but both are supplied.
The Frio is a hefty unit, and while noticeably smaller than the Noctua NH D14 still weighs 1,042g.
The Frio is more attractive than most targeting this market, with the red and black accenting plastic shroud at the top.
The fans are high quality units which are both rated between 1,200rpm and 2,500 rpm. I will say you will NOT want to run both of these at maximum speed, they are painfully loud at full speed, however more on that later.
Each fan has a variable speed controller which rotates between a wide range of settings – seen above with ‘low' and ‘high' markings.
The Frio also supports every modern day processor from both Intel and AMD which is going to be a great selling point to many people, you don't need to worry about missing brackets or future addons, everything is supported right out of the box. They also supply a handy little installation foldout which is well written and concise.
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Thanks for letting us know Zardon, i was wondering what was going on there.
i want to read this any news on a system fix?
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Well you can now see the content but unfortunately it is on a single page. we are aware of the issue now, we just need to sort it out. thanks.
Hey I have a FRIO ! I love it. was contemplating going to a Noctua NH D14 but its a bit much money for only slightly improved cooling. Might just change the fans to high end ones.
Cool. literally 🙂
Its a really good looking bit of engineering. not so sure about all the plastic and the fans seem a bit noisy, but I guess with variable controls you can adjust that to suit. Good reviews, thanks.
This is a great cooler, and I like the price. The NOctua NH D14 is better, but it costs a fortune.
Thermaltake standards are better lately they used to be really shoddy. last year they are putting out some solid products.
Good article, interesting to see the noise levels on this thing cranked ! over 60db, bloody nora.
Thank you for the review, very helpful in my purchase. decided to order one of these, seems really good value for money and I can set the fans on low as you say for my 875k
Nice article – good testing. I like the looks of the cooler and the design is good also. I never though Thermaltake could make something this nice, I have never liked their cases.
Most useful, especially the fan information.
£38 is a great price isnt it? cant believe they are selling it for £30 less than the noctua sandwich thingie
What is the fitting like for AMD?
I wonder what it would be like if they made it slightly bigger, almost the same size as the noctua cooler and put better fans on it, I bet that diference in performance would drop.
This seems like a good 2nd choice for people who find the Noctua D14 is incompatible with some of their hardware.