any point getting the artic cooling freezer pro 64 over retail ?

Snow-Munki · 25 May 2006 at 17:14

Hi,

was wondering if there is any point for me to pay extra £15 for the artic cooling freezer pro 64. Just bought that Athlon 64 3200 and just going to be for my HTPC machine so won't overclock or anything.

Noise isn't too much of an issue either as no doubt will always be watching movies etc etc.

Thanks

locutus12 · 25 May 2006 at 17:28

check your e-mail.

skankmaster · 25 May 2006 at 17:59

Apologies on the thread intrusion - my question is very similar

I have an arctic cooler 64 (not the pro version) and wondered if it is better than the fan that comes in the retail CPU boxes, specifically the AMD X2 3800.

Im trying to decide whether to get the OEM or retail chip.

squiffy · 25 May 2006 at 18:05

Set stock cooler to 1600rpm and it's silent with cool and quiet enabled. My HTPC CPU is around 25-29 idle and 100% 41 load (3700+)

locutus12 · 25 May 2006 at 18:12

skankmaster whats your e-mail.

skankmaster · 25 May 2006 at 18:22

locutus12 said:
skankmaster whats your e-mail.

See Trust

tsinc80697 · 25 May 2006 at 18:52

how can you set what RPM your CPU fan runs at ?
In the BIOS or can you change it within windows?
same motherboard as in Sig
( sorry to intrude

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Mr Mister · 25 May 2006 at 18:59

locutus12 said:
skankmaster whats your e-mail.

Will you send me the email everyone else is getting because im considering getting a freezer pro. Email in trust.

Snow-Munki · 25 May 2006 at 19:14

squiffy said:
Set stock cooler to 1600rpm and it's silent with cool and quiet enabled. My HTPC CPU is around 25-29 idle and 100% 41 load (3700+)

thanks will do that

checked and the artic cooler is pretty massive, stands about 11/12 cm high think that is too high for my HTPC case.

squiffy · 25 May 2006 at 19:16

tsinc80697 said:
how can you set what RPM your CPU fan runs at ?
In the BIOS or can you change it within windows?
same motherboard as in Sig
( sorry to intrude )

Check BIOS CPU Qfan and settings (my two boards allow custom speed/on temp/% ratio) If you can't adjust in BIOS, download speedfan.

Mikebert4 · 25 May 2006 at 19:55

my advice:

get the freezer 64 Pro. it's a fantastic cooler.. a bit on the large side but it cools stupendously well for the price.

I got 45'C load temps at 1.6v (venice 3000+) with a 64Pro..

I also hold a princple of never using the stock coolers, the A64 ones aren't too bad, but as a rule stock coolers are cheap, loud and peform worse than an after-market solution.

squiffy · 25 May 2006 at 20:17

stock amd hsf is nothing special, but the amd hpf (heatpipe) cooler is a decent cooler...bit loud at 3000rpm but banks of hds and 1 or 2 x1900xts will be louder anyway.