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Installing the Freezer 7 Pro isn't a very cumbersome task at all. As the cooler is quite lightweight in construction, Arctic Cooling have used a push-pin mounting system, similar to the Intel stock coolers.
First of all we are required to install the retention bracket onto the motherboard. This is a simple matter of aligning the bracket over the holes, inserting the push-pins and then clicking them into place. As the cooler supports both 775 and 1156 as well as 1366, the push pins aren't pre-attached which can make installation a little fiddly if you put the pin in the wrong hole accidentally.
Next we have to unclip the fan from the front of the cooler so we can screw it down to the retention bracket. Two screws later and the fan is ready to be put back on. The last step is to plug the fan into the motherboard header.
Even though the Freezer 7 Pro is a very small cooler, the fan protrudes quite a long way which could interfere with RAM on some motherboards. On our Asus P6T we found that the RAM (in the outside slot) touched the fan guard and consequently the RAM stick didn't sit quite upright in the slot. This said, mounting the cooler vertically rather than horizontally should rectify this problem.
Although the Freezer 7 Pro is supplied with MX-2 paste pre-applied, we replaced this with MX-3 for our testing to ensure a fair comparison with the Intel reference cooler.
Even cheaper than the Thermaltake Contac 29 very nice indeed ! this will be a good seller I would imagine
Awesome little cooler, the original was brilliant, such a bargain really considering the £40+ asking price for most now in the UK. this and the Contact 29 seem the best deals.
Great review Henry, nice pictures and the product is very good
shame we didnt get a head to head with the contac 29, id love to know how they both hold up together. same price,. well almost.
Nice review Henry, looks like a nice little cooler. very cheap which is always good to see
Its hard to justify spending £60 on a cooler unless you need to overclock very high. and most people don’t. this is ideal.
Great review, seems like a perfect first step up from intels reference mounts.
ideal cooler for a newb or someone wanting a very cheap product. performance is much better than the price would suggest
I had the first version of this cooler and it was very impressive. so easy to fit too in a rush.
Excellent design and such a cheap asking price. the first one was around for a long time, I see no reason why this one wouldnt be also.
Found this site, and it looks great on my iPad, so clean and fast loading !
Nice review, very helpful for a purchase I have coming up soon.
I used the original in several systems and got good results with them. It’s good to see Rev2 performs well also
Very well written review Mr Butt 🙂 a few things id change such as fan support, but for the price, its impossible to fault.
Good review, as far as I know this has been around for a while but still holds up there quite well.
One thing that got me thinking while reading through it was this… see that pic looking at the cooler from the south east corner of board? Yea, well how does if at all, does taller RAM modules affect cpu cooling performance? Taller DIMMs could potential interrupt airflow into the fan and thus the heat dissipation of the cooler? That could make a pretty interesting read if that theory holds true 😀