The Core Contact Freezer is an excellent cooler for value. It's intention is not to look pretty but rather to perform well. It features four copper heat pipes running through a block of aluminium fins with an interchangeable 120mm fan blowing air straight to the exhaust of the case. This fan is silent when set at a low setting but can get noisy when running at high. The cooler has a very simple installation mechanism for AMD based installations. For Intel based installations it is only slightly harder, where the user has to put a plate on the front of their motherboard (not requiring the motherboard to be taken out of a case or motherboard tray though). Installation is also completely tool-free, another added bonus. A large tube of Sunbeamtech's famous Tuniq TX-2 has come with the cooler which the user must apply themselves. There is also a PCI fan controller included which is very easy to install.

The cooler performed very well. The only downfall was that there was not much of a performance increase when the fan was set to its highest speed, yet it was a lot noisier. The Intel stock cooler was beaten in every test by a large margin.

Overall, the Sunbeamtech Core Contact Freezer is a very large heatsink which is relatively silent and performs very well. At $36 USD, it is very well priced, considering you get a fan controller and large tube of Tuniq TX-2. It meets its requirement as a high performing heatsink that is great value for its money and is very easy to install.