Arctic Freezer 7 Pro review

UriA702 · 10-25-2007, 06:37 PM

I purchased an arctic freezer pro 7 for my p4 3.0ht prescott before i get into my review here are my specs

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835186134

Generic Mid tower case with 400 watt PSU.
Asus p5sd2-x
Pentium 4 Presscott 3.06ghz with HT LGA775
2 gb Buffalo pc-4200 ram
1x 250gb 7200 rpm WDC
1x 80gb 7200 rpm WDC
E-VGA e-geforce 7300 LE
1x lite-on 18x dvd burner
1x lite-on dvd-rom drive

1x pci slot fan 2 slots under video card
1x 80mm side fan (blowing air in)
2x 80mm rear exhaust fan (blowing air out)
1x 120mm front case fan (blowing air in)
1x HD aluminum fan/heatseat mounted under 250gb drive.

I received the Arctic Freezer Pro earlier today. Installed with stock Thermal paste my temps immediately dropped from idling at 33-34 C to 28-30 C.
I decided to remove the fan and swap out the stock paste with some Arctic Silver 5. This is where I went wrong.
Upon removing 3 of the fins from the heatsink bent despite my being extra careful. As well as the bottom portion of the 92mm fan grill. After applying the arctic silver paste, My temperatures went up and are now idling at 30 degrees C and under full load im running at about 37-39C.
I don't have anything overclocked.

Overall I am impressed with the fans cooling ability. I will be ordering a new one (only $20 on newegg) and this time removing the MOBO for installation and being extra careful not to bend any of the heatsinks fins.

If you are planning on purchasing this or upgrading your LGA775 fan to this, I recommend it, MY MOBO temperature dropped about 5 degrees C, and both hard drives dropped about 2-3 degrees C since installing this, Just be extra careful not to break anything, And USE STOCK THERMAL PASTE!, The stock paste provided worked better than AS5. I will be ordering another one and installing it dead stock :-)

brentduo · 10-25-2007, 06:45 PM

Cool I just got mine a couple days ago, put it on an e6550. it was a very easy install.

UriA702 · 10-25-2007, 07:02 PM

It wasn't so easy for me, being that its a real tight fit in my case, plug My 20+4 pin to the motherboard wouldn't reach once the fan was in, i had to redirect it around the fan which stretch out the cables quite a bit.

Dual_Corex2 · 10-25-2007, 09:55 PM

Man, you need to re-locate to the Artic to run them Prescotts!

Come on, mine at 2.4ghz idled at 40-42c on stock cooling and went up to 66c with half load. Thats insane, im not sure how Intel expected those CPUs to live long.

UriA702 · 10-27-2007, 04:30 PM

I don't know about that, I'm pretty sure speedfan is inaccurate, but according to speedfan, with stock cooler I Idle at 33 and load at around 40-41, and now with the arctic freezer I Idle 29-30 with same load speed, I shouldn't of used arctic silver 5. I was running at 24 idle with stock thermal paste (mx-1) I ordered another cooler and am going to run the stock paste only. I find stock thermal paste to work best, the as5 always requires 20 applications, and a few damages to your fan to get good results, whereas stock paste always performs well.

Bradan · 10-27-2007, 04:53 PM

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Originally Posted by UriA702

I don't know about that, I'm pretty sure speedfan is inaccurate, but according to speedfan, with stock cooler I Idle at 33 and load at around 40-41, and now with the arctic freezer I Idle 29-30 with same load speed, I shouldn't of used arctic silver 5. I was running at 24 idle with stock thermal paste (mx-1) I ordered another cooler and am going to run the stock paste only. I find stock thermal paste to work best, the as5 always requires 20 applications, and a few damages to your fan to get good results, whereas stock paste always performs well.

you probably put it on wrong. I switched the stock paste to arctic silver 5 and i dropped 1 degree, but that may be innacurate at best. but i did get one of the freezer 7's that dont have a big slab of thermal grease, it looked more like how intel applies it to the bottom, a few small lines.

remember when it was like 55$ on newegg?

INTELCRAZY · 10-27-2007, 05:01 PM

My old Prescott runs at 56*C Load, and I want to say around 38*C Idle.... I have the stock heatsink with AS5 on it...

taylormsj · 10-27-2007, 11:29 PM

You need to let the burn in time to set the paste before you get even better temps, hopefully this is your problem

ThatGuy16 · 10-27-2007, 11:55 PM

Those sound perfectly fine to me! i know they are different cpu's but i load at 46c. So to me 37-39c on load is great

10-25-2007, 06:37 PM	#1 (permalink)
UriA702 Gold Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 276	Arctic Freezer 7 Pro review I purchased an arctic freezer pro 7 for my p4 3.0ht prescott before i get into my review here are my specs http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835186134 Generic Mid tower case with 400 watt PSU. Asus p5sd2-x Pentium 4 Presscott 3.06ghz with HT LGA775 2 gb Buffalo pc-4200 ram 1x 250gb 7200 rpm WDC 1x 80gb 7200 rpm WDC E-VGA e-geforce 7300 LE 1x lite-on 18x dvd burner 1x lite-on dvd-rom drive 1x pci slot fan 2 slots under video card 1x 80mm side fan (blowing air in) 2x 80mm rear exhaust fan (blowing air out) 1x 120mm front case fan (blowing air in) 1x HD aluminum fan/heatseat mounted under 250gb drive. I received the Arctic Freezer Pro earlier today. Installed with stock Thermal paste my temps immediately dropped from idling at 33-34 C to 28-30 C. I decided to remove the fan and swap out the stock paste with some Arctic Silver 5. This is where I went wrong. Upon removing 3 of the fins from the heatsink bent despite my being extra careful. As well as the bottom portion of the 92mm fan grill. After applying the arctic silver paste, My temperatures went up and are now idling at 30 degrees C and under full load im running at about 37-39C. I don't have anything overclocked. Overall I am impressed with the fans cooling ability. I will be ordering a new one (only $20 on newegg) and this time removing the MOBO for installation and being extra careful not to bend any of the heatsinks fins. If you are planning on purchasing this or upgrading your LGA775 fan to this, I recommend it, MY MOBO temperature dropped about 5 degrees C, and both hard drives dropped about 2-3 degrees C since installing this, Just be extra careful not to break anything, And USE STOCK THERMAL PASTE!, The stock paste provided worked better than AS5. I will be ordering another one and installing it dead stock :-) __________________ CPU: Wolfdale e8400 Mobo: Asus p5k-se Ram: 4 gb 1066 mhz G.skill 4-4-4-12 Video: EVGA 8800gt Lite-on IDE 20x dvd-ram/16x lite-on dvd-rom Monitor: 22" KDS LCD Raidmax smilodon case 500 watt raidmax psu Photos: http://mynetimages.com/album/uria702

10-25-2007, 07:02 PM	#3 (permalink)
UriA702 Gold Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 276	It wasn't so easy for me, being that its a real tight fit in my case, plug My 20+4 pin to the motherboard wouldn't reach once the fan was in, i had to redirect it around the fan which stretch out the cables quite a bit. __________________ CPU: Wolfdale e8400 Mobo: Asus p5k-se Ram: 4 gb 1066 mhz G.skill 4-4-4-12 Video: EVGA 8800gt Lite-on IDE 20x dvd-ram/16x lite-on dvd-rom Monitor: 22" KDS LCD Raidmax smilodon case 500 watt raidmax psu Photos: http://mynetimages.com/album/uria702

10-27-2007, 04:30 PM	#5 (permalink)
UriA702 Gold Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 276	I don't know about that, I'm pretty sure speedfan is inaccurate, but according to speedfan, with stock cooler I Idle at 33 and load at around 40-41, and now with the arctic freezer I Idle 29-30 with same load speed, I shouldn't of used arctic silver 5. I was running at 24 idle with stock thermal paste (mx-1) I ordered another cooler and am going to run the stock paste only. I find stock thermal paste to work best, the as5 always requires 20 applications, and a few damages to your fan to get good results, whereas stock paste always performs well. __________________ CPU: Wolfdale e8400 Mobo: Asus p5k-se Ram: 4 gb 1066 mhz G.skill 4-4-4-12 Video: EVGA 8800gt Lite-on IDE 20x dvd-ram/16x lite-on dvd-rom Monitor: 22" KDS LCD Raidmax smilodon case 500 watt raidmax psu Photos: http://mynetimages.com/album/uria702

10-27-2007, 11:29 PM	#8 (permalink)
taylormsj Diamond Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,819	You need to let the burn in time to set the paste before you get even better temps, hopefully this is your problem __________________ E2160 @3.2 (3.618 GHz max) \| 2Gb OCZ 6400 @ 890MHz \| 8800GT (725, 1895, 1970 MHz) \| Coolermaster CM 690 \| Hiper 530 watt \| Maxtor 160 Gb \| D-tek fusion, 5.5mm nozzle / Swiftech MCW60 with enzo's / Swiftech D5 / MCRres / MCR320 radiator / 3 high yate loon / 7/16" tubing / black feser one

10-27-2007, 11:55 PM	#9 (permalink)
ThatGuy16 Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: USA Posts: 5,136	Those sound perfectly fine to me! i know they are different cpu's but i load at 46c. So to me 37-39c on load is great __________________ CPU: C2D E8400 @ 4Ghz 1.23v HSF: Apogee GTX MB: Gigabyte X38-DS4 Ram: 2x2GB G. Skill DDR2-1068 HDD: 320GB Seagate PSU: OCZ GameXStream 700w OS: Vista Home Premium 64bit GFX: HD3870 @ 837/1152 LCD: LG 22" L226WTQ My Old 3DMark06: 20008 =(

10-25-2007, 06:45 PM	#2 (permalink)
brentduo Bronze Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 27	Cool I just got mine a couple days ago, put it on an e6550. it was a very easy install.

10-25-2007, 09:55 PM	#4 (permalink)
Dual_Corex2 banned Join Date: Jan 2007 Age: 19 Posts: 773	Man, you need to re-locate to the Artic to run them Prescotts! Come on, mine at 2.4ghz idled at 40-42c on stock cooling and went up to 66c with half load. Thats insane, im not sure how Intel expected those CPUs to live long.

10-27-2007, 05:01 PM	#7 (permalink)
INTELCRAZY banned Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 6,060	My old Prescott runs at 56C Load, and I want to say around 38C Idle.... I have the stock heatsink with AS5 on it...

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