Arctic Cooling

by Rafael Hernandez on January 28, 2012 · 0 comments

ARCTIC Freezer i30 CPU processor heatsink Intel Core i3 i5 i7 image

CPU heatsinks tend to come in a few flavors, most of which have a focus on keeping your processor as cool as possible which tends to come along with quite a bit of noise from however many fans they attached to it. The ARCTIC Freezer i30 follows in the company’s fine tradition of offering low noise […]

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by Rafael Hernandez on August 2, 2011 · 0 comments

Arctic Cooling Accelero Xtreme Plus II VGA Cooler video card heatsink image

Video cards can pump out quite a bit of heat which can make things go from bad to worse when you’re playing the latest gaming title or using your GPU for some other form of number processing goodness. The Arctic Cooling Accelero Xtreme Plus II VGA Cooler attempts to keep things in check by offering up […]

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by Rafael Hernandez on March 22, 2011 · 0 comments

Arctic Cooling Freezer 11 low profile CPU heatsink image

That brand new mini PC you have planned probably won’t accept a tower cooler design and, unfortunately, the low profile cooler market isn’t exactly large so your options are limited. Thankfully the Arctic Cooling Freezer 11 is around with its focus on low-noise operation and taking up as little space as possible. Its two heatpipes aren’t […]

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by Rafael Hernandez on October 1, 2010 · 0 comments

Arctic Freezer Xtreme Rev 2 processor heatsink picture

High performance processor coolers tend to go for that brute force approach which does provide impressive cooling results but leaves a lot to be desired when the fans they use are going at full tilt. The Arctic Freezer Xtreme Rev. 2 instead opts for a quieter fan that sits between a pair of towers that […]

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by Rafael Hernandez on June 28, 2010 · 0 comments

Sure that new rig you built will likely need some high quality thermal paste to match an equally high quality heatsink but sometimes other gear, such as notebooks, could improve their cooling performance with some new thermal paste to replace the…factory goop. Arctic’s MX-4 Thermal Compound continues a long line of high performance thermal paste […]

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by Rafael Hernandez on February 22, 2010 · 0 comments

While most users are content with the heatsinks that come with their graphics cards there are those that can’t stand the performance or noise or they may just need a replacement cooler for an old broken down fan. Thankfully there are plenty of third-party coolers to choose from. The Arctic Cooling Accelero Twin Turbo Pro […]

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by Rafael Hernandez on December 18, 2009 · 0 comments

Testing a selection of coolers is more difficult than you might think. Besides having to carefully control the ambient temperature you’re going to dread mounting cooling hardware and their assorted brackets over and over again. Thankfully Hexus has done all of that so you don’t have to. They have a look at a number of […]

Read more Intel LGA 1156 Cooler Roundup gives you heatsink mounting nightmares

by Rafael Hernandez on November 23, 2009 · 0 comments

Arctic Cooling is best known for their silent approach to…well chip cooling. The company’s Freezer line has been a good performer on the AMD and Intel processors of the past but has so far been out of the picture on the newer sockets. The Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev.2 remedies that oversight and allows […]

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by Rafael Hernandez on September 3, 2009 · 0 comments

As much as we’d like to think every single one of our system builds are unique creations and should have the utmost in attention to detail you know for a fact they can’t all be super special but that doesn’t…

Read more Arctic Cooling Alpine 11 Pro Heatsink, taking the quiet route

by Rafael Hernandez on March 25, 2009 · 0 comments

Nvidia’s GeForce GTS 250 has caught a bit of flak as it is a simple rebadged graphics chip from a generation (if you want to get technical, two generations) ago but that doesn’t mean board makers can’t go all out…

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by Rafael Hernandez on March 16, 2009 · 0 comments

Nvidia’s GeForce GTX 280 graphics card is quite a performer in many of today’s most power hungry titles, it’s also a little power hungry itself. Arctic Cooling has a knack for creating aftermarket coolers for things that run extremely hot…

Read more Arctic Cooling Accelero XTREME GTX280 Cooler, The All-Caps Xtreme Makes It Radical