ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro Rev.2 92mm Fluid Dynamic CPU Cooler

[Exile_Chavez]

Hello tech power up forums. I am a new member, so excuse me if I offend any unspoken rules. I own a AMD 3.2Ghz Quad CPU, and am a little unhappy with my idle temperature of ~38*C. I have read reviews of idle temps for this CPU down in the mid 20*Cs. I have looked into this CPU cooler quite a lot now, and am wondering if anyone would be able to tell me whether or not it would be worth purchasing. I am aiming for around 30*C idle. Just for additional info, max load(as in all 4 cores at >90% for 5 mins) brings me to a large 55*C. I have no overclock on my CPU, and the current cooler is the stock that came with it. Below is a link to the CPU cooler I am looking at: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835186134

Please aid me in this decision. And if by chance you know this CPU cooler is sucks, then if you could recommend another, but try and keep the price.

 

[pantherx12]

Its a basic after market cooler, should take you down to 25-28c idle, depends on your ambient temperature.

 

[Exile_Chavez]

If you could please, what is ambient temperature? Then I could probably tell you more. And is there a cooler you recommend?

 

[Easy Rhino]

i owned that cooler and never really liked its performance. however, before you find a new one consider your case temps.

 

[Kursah]

The ACF7P is decent for lightly OC'd quads and OC'd duals, but beyond that you may need a little more cooling oomph if you decide to really push OC's. Really idle temp isn't a big deal and shouldn't be, load temps are where you need to pay attention. Sure it's nice to see uber low idle temps, but in reality if your load temps are acceptable, it doesn't matter in that respect.

That cooler would treat you well, I've used it on many builds with dual core and quad core Intel chips all OC'd. Even at full blast the fan isn't very noisy.

Ambient Temp is the temperature of the area/room the PC is located in. Airflow in your case is another good place to examine cooling potential, if you have crap airflow or clogged airflow, odds are a better cooler won't net you a lot better in that respect, if your case can't get rid of the warm/hot air the cooler is exhausting, then you'll see similar results you do now.

 

[theonedub]

This exact issue was brought up a few days ago here: http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=112107

 

[Exile_Chavez]

I actually have very nice airflow. With 2 250mm Case fans(side and front) each shoving about 105CFM. Ambient temp would be anywhere from 67*F-75*F. I do though have some wires in places I don't want them, but that is a self fix.

I am also getting a 120mm rear exhaust fan, I will probably get this CPU cooler now that I have feedback.

 

[Exile_Chavez]

Excluding the Xigmatek brand CPU coolers(because I looked at most of the ones there, and none appear to be AM3 compatible). Can anyone recommend a good one for me?

Full CPU specs: (thank you newegg)
-Model
-Brand AMD
-Processors Type Desktop
-Series: Phenom II X4
-Model: HDZ955FBGIBOX
-CPU Socket Type: Socket AM3
-Core: Deneb
-Multi-Core: Quad-Core
-Name: Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition
-Operating Frequency: 3.2GHz
-Hyper Transports: 4000MHz
-L2 Cache 4 x 512KB:
-L3 Cache 6MB:
-Manufacturing Tech: 45 nm
-64 bit Support: Yes
-Hyper-Transport Support: Yes
-Virtualization Technology Support: Yes
-Voltage: 0.875V - 1.5V
-Thermal Design Power: 125W

 

[assaulter_99]

Xigmatek dark knight, does wonders with amd cpus. And yes, am3 is compatible (am2+)

 

[theonedub]

The thread I linked to advised the DK and that person has an AM3 CPU too

 

[assaulter_99]

For $40, it does a pretty good job. Get the DK, you won't regret it. Plus it has leds and has a black coating which gives it good looks.

 

[Nick89]

Its a basic after market cooler, should take you down to 25-28c idle, depends on your ambient temperature.

NO it wont, I have used it.

I suggest The Xigmatek. I have a Xigmatek Thor's Hammer and the idle is 35C after Idling for hours and max load temp with 98% CPU usage is 49C.

AM2+ and AM3 are compatible cooler wise.

 

[Exile_Chavez]

hmm... the coolers i looked at didn't say AM3. Weird.

But anyways, looked at the DK cooler, and that looks hot. Like amazing looking. Ill look into it some more.

 

[theonedub]

The AM2/AM3 bracket and mounting holes on the motherboard are identical. The DK is strong, mine cooled my Q9550 well and will be going on my i7 shortly.

 

[assaulter_99]

They dont label it as am3 as it basically has the same spacing as am2+.

 

[BUCK NASTY]

I have been disappointed with the Arctic Cooling Freezer Pro's (I own 3 of them). I have moved on to this model from Coolermaster. It's a 120mm model and is cheaper at this moment. Works better than my Sunbeam Core Contact Freezer also.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103065

 

[Exile_Chavez]

Theonedub, do you have numbers by chance on how much it keeps it? And if by chance original with stock?

Also I have a program open right now, and it says I am, <10% load and at 38*C. So an estimate would be great.

 

[assaulter_99]

Use a program like prime95 to eat all the raw power of your cpu to get full load temps. <10% load ain't gonna heat your cpu that much.

 

[Exile_Chavez]

Ill look at that. But I was just giving some info on small load temps.

 

[theonedub]

This cooler: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...roogle-_-CPU+Cooling-_-Thermaltake-_-35106131 is on my Phenom 965 @ 3.6 and it keeps it under 51C 100% load. The DK is much better than it, hopefully that gives you some reference as I never had the DK on my AMD CPUs.

 

[Exile_Chavez]

Sweet. Thanks guys for the help. Ill post back if I need help. Im convinced on the DK now.

 

[assaulter_99]

Sound decision, i just bought one miself! One more thing though, its a pretty high cooler, so check if it will fit your case.

 

[Exile_Chavez]

I am not really sure how to do that really. Or rather I would like a double check. I have the Xclio A380BK. If someone could double check me on that, many thanks.

 

[Kursah]

It's a full tower, I would assume as long as your side panel is loaded with fans you should be just fine, I've fit the Xig S1283 (non DK) in many cases from mid to full tower w/o much issue. I did have to remove my side fan on my old Antec 900 when I used a Scythe 120x38mm fan on the Xig cooler though. But stock there were no issues, had about 1cm of clearance lol.

Looking at that case I would assume you'd be ok to go for it.

 

[Exile_Chavez]

Cool. Thank you all for the help