ARCTIC Freezer 7 Pro - Compact Multi-Compatible Tower CPU Cooler, 100 mm PWM Fan, for AMD and Intel

I purchased this thing 6 years ago, and it's still carrying on strong. The fan still stays silent and nothing seems to have visibly degraded over time. It's served my 1600X and 5600 well and kept their temperatures at reasonable levels even under heavier loads. I don't overclock, and I don't typically approach high utilization. I have one other case fan and poor home A/C. My CPU sits around 42C when browsing the web and streaming video, and stays under 70C when gaming.

PROS.No backplatePre-applied thermal pasteSuper quietEasy and quick installReduced temps by about 30C from the stock fan (for me).CONS.It’s possible to install wrong, so don’t.Heatsink doesn’t appear to allow standard mounting of other fans.Highly Recommend Using.I was very hesitant to buy this. However, I am glad I did and I’m very satisfied with the results. Finding a LGA1366 cpu cooler is becoming increasingly difficult to do. I really didn’t want to have to pull out my mobo to add a backplate despite everyone on the internet saying you shoud. My system is pretty old and pulling out the mobo feels like opening a can of worms… as installing some ram caused my stock fan to be bumped just the slightest causing it to stop cooling my cpu with any effectiveness, which is why I was in the market for a new one.I installed this on a Gigybyte GA-EX58-EXTREME (rev. 1.0) mobo with Intel 1366 i7 920 and it works great.First, take off the old fan and clean off the cpu of old thermal paste. I read that a coffee filter and 90%+ Isopropyl alcohol was the best way to do this. It worked very well. I had to go through about six or so filters. Just keep rubbing it with the alcohol until the filter is no longer getting dirty from rubbing. I used canned air afterwards to help blow out any paste that might have balled up and rolled around.It comes with a mounting bracket that you lay on and around the CPU and push its pegs, resembling anchors for screws, into the mounting holes. You then press four pins into the anchors that cause them to open up behind the mobo holes and lock into place. You must pay attention to the direction of the pin heads. They are meant to go in only one way, but will fit incorrectly if pushed in so, causing a less than perfect fit for the mount. Read the mounting instructions and pay close attention to the details in writing and in the pictures. If you put a pin in the wrong way, it can take a little work and force to pull it back out. When they are all in and locked the mount is very sturdy. No wiggle, nice and tight.If you have any ram to install, at this point I’d make sure it’s in. The heat sink is out of the way, but the fan cage is over my first dimm. It sits high enough even with the tall sinks on my ram.Now that the mount is in comes the slightly tricky part. Remove the fan as instructed by squeezing the fan slightly at the top, should pop off from its clamp. The heatsink comes pre-applied with thermal paste, which is another plus in my book to make this a quick and easy install. Anyway, the heatsink will just slide around on the cpu if you plop it in place. What I did and highly recommend was used a magnetic Phillips head and put it in the heat sink mount as I lowered it into place and right into the screw hole on the mount to ensure the heatsink would not have to move once it’s on the cpu while eyeing the other side to keep it relatively over the second screw mount hole. It was easier than I probably made it sound. At this point you just screw in each side little at a time until you get them nice and tight.Before you put the fan back on, just do a quick press test and make sure the fan has been pressed firmly into axel? Just sort of squeeze it. There were reports of this being loose and causing the fan to not spin reliably. This is the fix. Just get it out of the way now before it causes problems. Mine was good from the start. Snap the fan on the mount, ensuring all four corners are wrapped around the heatsink and mounted properly. Plug it in and get back to it.With the stock cooler I was getting about 55C - 60C in the bios, roughly around mid 80C at high load. When the stock fan detached from the cpu. I was resting at around 80C and loading into 100C (the TJ) causing frequency cuts.With this cooler, my resting is about 35C and my heavy load is about 60C. I am very impressed with it. For not very much money or time my cpu is running better than ever, and the CPU fan is A LOT quieter, even when in heavy load. I don’t think it needs to kick up the fan speed because it’s cooling just fine on low… not that I know for sure if it is or not, I never hear it anymore either way.

Reading the reviews and having a weird HP mobo that has AMD3+ 970 chip but has Intel 1150 screw holes (yup thats right) I decided to try this one out as the plastic bracket that bolts/screws down to the mobo looked to be the correct size/pattern. My mobo holes were in the middle of the three choices on the bracket. Had to scrounge for the four M3 screws as they didn't come with the kit. You're supplied with two for attaching the metal bracket to the plastic bracket and two for OEM AMD brackets. Luckily I had some HDD screws that were the same thread and are used to attach the drives to the frame or 'cartridge' carrier, you know the little pidgeon slots that they slide into and attach along the sides to hold 'em in place. On my mobo the cooler would only mount in one direction due to large (corsair vengence) RAM cards and the space from the cpu so I had to turn it to run parrallel with the memory cards. With the fan housing protruding as it does it couldn't face the memory card and had to face the exhaust fan. That left me with two fans facing each other pulling in opposite directions. Not knowing how to reverse the polarity on the cooler fan I just turned the rear exhaust fan around to where both fans are flowing in the same direction. That said I noticed the cooler fan stopped turning as the case fan was now blowing air on the cooler and the reported cpu temp is showing ambient temps (low 20's). On the first installation I was extremely leery ( like Timothys brother) and didn't dare over-tighten them. Well I put it under load and noticed the temps weren't any better than the stock cooler (very close to 70 the Tj.Max). I re-thought everything and decided to put a do-it-yourself stiff paper shroud around the fan housing to channel air better and while putting it back in realized I didn't really tighten the two sides down enough the first go 'round. The first time they 'felt' tight but were riding on the bracket and not seating completely thus I'm sure was helping cause the high temps. Also I went ahead and went with Artic Silver 5 that I had on hand (using the pea method). Putting it back and in under load (think BF4) it never got over the low 50's. I did also notice that once under load the fan went back to running again and when it cooled off (very fast btw) at idle it shut off so I think that is just the way the fan is. Not like the OEM which spins at idle. Might be wrong but don't think so because evey time I put it under load and away from idle the fan starts spinning, rather discerning but maybe the nature of the beast.It really when installed correctly and in my case with a little thought about placement (fan wise) make a difference, it dropped my temps 20 degress under load and you can't really ask more than that. As far as the plastic bracket being a weak sister I just filled the underside up with epoxy glue before installing to take the worry out of that issue as I have friends that have those snap on 'em and I'm talking about the OEM from the mobo/AMD manufacturer and also the ones you buy as replacements. Don't know why they don't make those out of better material like solid nylon but folks like to cut corners to get those bonuses ya know. I have a micro-ATX board on a small-ish mid tower and it does fit but only in one direction, with a slightly better fan design it could've mounted to match the exhaust flow which this case was designed for (from front to back) reversing the exhause makes the psu run a tad hotter.Knocked off one star for not supplying enough screws, remember my OEM heatsink screws into the mobo and doesn't use those push down twist deals like regular Intels' do instead it has four threaded holes thus needing those screws. Also the way the fan shroud is made it doesn't channel air as good as it could thus the paper shroud. Plus the fan design doesn't allow for reversing the flow, also the fan housing itself seemingly could be made to be more 'flush mount' and not protrude half again as the size of the heatsink.Overall this is a well made heatsink and not too many have solid copper bases that meet the cpu face, which is a plus, too many have the copper tubes flattened out running along that face that can cause uneven heat dissapation with those gaps. For the price thats asked and the quality of the product you'd be hard pressed to find a better deal. Recommend.

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they claim it is AM4 (ryzen) compatible i have just had the butt Ache to fit this to a AM4 socket, firstly you need the old brackets that you take off you know the ones that are plastic that are there to protect the socket when in transit, then it has one point of contact so you have to hold it down while fiddling with it to get it on, it feels less than safe and if it were not for the Extra ram i wanted and the wraith cooler blocked from being fitted i would have just chucked it in the bin, there are no indicators on the fan to show air flow and there are no instructions any where for fitting it to an AM4 board, AVOID THIS IF YOU OWN A RYZEN AM4 CPU

First and foremost i received a return cooler with no instructions and AMD bits missing; However, I didn't need the AMD parts as I have an i7 CPU on an Asus Maximus VI Hero socket 1150. I kept it because I was in a hurry.The installation was so easy. I don't understand why people have trouble with this. Not including the removal of the old fan cooler - 20 seconds, it took from start to finish, less than 2 minutes. The longest time taken was to screw the screws alternately carefully into the holes on the cooler holder on the board. You don't need to put a lot of pressure onto the retaining mount. Take off the fan first by gently unclipping the fan from the fins with your finger inside the fan fins on one side; no unnecessary force required.With paste already on, it was a doddle to fix; no messing with squirting of paste, etc.It sits in my Cooler Master NVidia ATX case easily, with plenty of room to spare and no constriction of the memory slots. I fit the fan for front to rear air movement.My stock cooling fan on the i7 was running between 48 and 55 degrees, sometimes more.After installation it was running at approx 27 degrees. So it was quite a difference. I'm happy with that. I don't overclock, although I have done in the past. It's quiet enough for me, though I'm not too fussy about noise. I can hear my fridge more.All in all a great cooler.

I swapped my stock AMD cooler to this one as it wasn't really doing the job and was pretty loud, now bear in mind that this is large. I have a large fractal case and it only just fits. Downsides being that my motherboard wouldn't allow me to install it in the recommended way with air flow towards the rear of the case, mine is pointing up straight into the PSU. But worst of all is that the heat sink is slightly touching one of the ram modules. But neither of theses "problems" appear to have caused any mischief... yet. But being as its running ice cool I'm not too worried.The cooler itself is quite amazing. The thermal margin I'm achieving is incredible, 50-70 degrees! It's not as difficult to install as many reviews make out, for AMD at least you simply remove the old one and attach this one to the clips. Thermal paste is pre applied. The instructions are pictorial but clear.For less than £20 I wasn't expecting much from this product but I would recommend it. It looks the business and so far has the minerals too.

Installed on an Intel i5-2500k. My case does have good airflow. Fan speed is temperature modulated by the mother board.This may seem cheap but it does the job. Prior to this I had a pumped heat sink with a separate radiator but the pump failed after 4 years. So I wanted something to replace it and I wanted it quickly.Having read some reviews on this cooler but still feeling it was a little too cheap, I went ahead and ordered it.It arrived quickly and installed without too much trouble and has been in use for 6 months now. I have monitored cpu temperatures at times and find that it is running quite cool and no hotter than the previous 'top end' cooler.It is quite a lump sitting on top of the cpu compared to the previous pumped cooler and I only just had enough clearance of other components to allow its fixture.All in all I am satisfied with it.