Wednesday, March 3rd 2010
Thermaltake Launch Their First Overclocking CPU Cooler, Thermaltake Frio
Thermaltake, leading DIY thermal solutions brand, launch their latest CPU air-cooler specifically designed for overclocking, the Thermaltake Frio. Its name is its mission, as Frio is the Spanish word for cool. With a maximum cooling capacity of up to 220W this high-end cooler is the ideal solution for overclockers and power-users alike. The universal socket support makes it compatible to all computer processors currently available on the market.
Unlike traditional up-side-down air flow designs, the Frio utilizes a tower side-flow design to optimize cooling performance. To attain maximum cooling performance, Thermaltake's Frio adopts 5 Φ8mm high-efficiency heat-pipes conducting heat from Nickel coated mirror base directly into the cooling tower which is made of 48 0.4mm thick specially designed aluminum fins to increase the overall thermal dissipation area. The preinstalled powerful 120mm OC VR fan can be manually adjusted between 1200RPM and 2500RPM according to differing user needs. An additional OC fan is already included in the package and can be installed to further maximize airflow under most stressful conditions.
Apart from the excellent cooling performance the Thermaltake Frio is also offering utmost convenience by virtue of its tool-lees design for fan-mounting. Exclusive anti-vibration soft mounting hooks reduce noise effectively even during fan operation at highest speeds. With support for Intel LGA775, LGA1156, LGA 1366 and AMD AM2, AM2+ and AM3 sockets the Frio delivers broadest processor compatibility.
The Thermaltake Frio CPU cooler is available at a suggested retail price of US$59.99.
For more information, visit this page.
Unlike traditional up-side-down air flow designs, the Frio utilizes a tower side-flow design to optimize cooling performance. To attain maximum cooling performance, Thermaltake's Frio adopts 5 Φ8mm high-efficiency heat-pipes conducting heat from Nickel coated mirror base directly into the cooling tower which is made of 48 0.4mm thick specially designed aluminum fins to increase the overall thermal dissipation area. The preinstalled powerful 120mm OC VR fan can be manually adjusted between 1200RPM and 2500RPM according to differing user needs. An additional OC fan is already included in the package and can be installed to further maximize airflow under most stressful conditions.
The Thermaltake Frio CPU cooler is available at a suggested retail price of US$59.99.
For more information, visit this page.
33 Comments on Thermaltake Launch Their First Overclocking CPU Cooler, Thermaltake Frio
at the start its at 3.470 ghz! :laugh: that means at 3.5 ghz its 70C underload.
Pause @ 1:28.
i can oc my C2D E8400 up to ~4.2GHz; cooler Alpenföhn Brocken
1. dual core, not quad core like the processor in the video
2. not an i7, which are infamously hot as shit.
Basically incomparable.
just as u said the i7 is hot as shit + OC with air cooling this would be fu... noisy
doesn't seem to bad of a cooler. the top of it looks like a knock off v8. jmo.
and when he says nickle plated is the "most flat" base, how does adding nickle make a base flat?
Seriously though, seems like an OK cooler.
To give you an idea what real coolers are doing at higher voltages:
Lets hope, for their sake, they used hand cream instead as thermal compound, because thats a really nice looking heatsink.
It implies that all of thier other coolers aren't made for overclocking - which I'm inclined to believe. :laugh:
In all seriousness, Thermaltake actually manages to market something as "astonishing", while other manufacturers would call that "budget".
( see news post way back when it was just a prototype spotted)
3.5GHz @ Low: 34C / High: 70C
4.2GHz @ Low: 42C / High: 81C
But it's a fairly high wattage CPU. They should have tried it on something that draws less power IMO for more DRAMATIC EFFECTS if they really want to sell it. Plus the fact they add in 'DESIGNED FOR OVER-CLOCKING ENTHUSIASTS" ..... *sigh
In the real world i7's can take that heat+ you wont be loading a 1.3ish volts 4.2Ghz i7 at 100% on all cores would you -_-
ALSO WHATS With people saying its running at 3.4-4.0Ghz. In the video they start of at 3.45-3.5Ghz then you can specifically see that they upped it to 4.2 and they enlarge it to see it at 4.228Ghz with loads of 81-80c -_-
Are you guys day dreaming? I watched it in 1080p so...