Arctic freezer 7 x, new super compact cpu heatsink

After more than 10 years of service, Arctic is removing the Freezer 7 Pro CPU cooler. The cooling specialist today announced its successor, the Freezer 7 X, which not only has better cooling performance, but also a lower price..

Arctic Freezer 7 X is the natural replacement for the Freezer 7 Pro model

Staying true to its line, the Freezer 7 X is also a compact CPU cooler. The new Freezer 7 X measures 132.5 x 110.5 x 74.3 mm, a palpable difference from the old Pro model that measured 127 x 108 x 96 mm. So while it is a little taller and wider, it is also significantly thinner, which should help give more room for RAM.

Arctic renewed the layout of the heat pipes and improved the design of the Freezer 7 X's heat sink. The previous model transfers heat through three double-sided copper heat pipes to the heat sink consisting of 45 cooling fins. The Freezer 7 X, on the other hand, has two direct contact heat pipes and 44 cooling fins. Despite having one less heat pipe, the Freezer 7 X can offer up to 10% more thermal performance, people at Arctic say.

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According to Arctic figures, power consumption has dropped from 0.25 A in the predecessor to 0.07 A in the new model, an improvement of 72%. Noise levels have also dropped 40%.

The support for socket is quite wide and dates back to that LGA775. Many will be happy to read that this CPU cooler is also compatible with the latest LGA1200 socket, which will be used by Intel's Comet Lake processors. As for AMD sockets, the Freezer 7 X supports most except AM2 (+) and sTR4.

Artic gives a six year guarantee. The refrigerator sells for $ 16.99, a bargain.