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Installation & Testing
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The Freezer 4 installed into my main Pentium 4
system fairly easily…the exact details are in the chart below. Before I
installed the heatsink, I plugged it up to a test power supply just to see how
loud the fan was. I’m pleased to say that the Freezer 4 is at least as quiet,
if not more so, than the 4ProL and is nearly inaudible at full blast unless
your ear is right next to it.
I’ve recently obtained a Prescott 3.0Ghz processor for my main system to free
up my old P4 3.0C for a HTPC build. As a consequence, I’ll not be able to
compare temperatures with the other 478 heatsinks I’ve reviewed. At the time
of this review, I was just starting to overclock this Prescott, with a core
frequency of 3.185. I had not raised the voltage at all yet, so temperatures
should be very comparable to a stock Prescott.
Testing consisted of letting the system run for an hour to stabilize and form
a baseline temperature. The load was achieved by running the SANDRA burn in
wizard until the CPU temperature remained steady for at least 45 minutes.
Arctic Silver 5 was used for both heatsinks.
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Idle |
Load |
UT2004 |
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Super Silent 4ProL |
39.5ºC |
56.5ºC |
52ºC |
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Freezer 4 |
34ºC |
43ºC |
42ºC |
As these numbers indicate, the Freezer 4 stacks
up very well against Arctic-Cooling’s own 4ProL. Also bear in mind that the
4ProL had the opportunity to let the thermal grease “set” for a week before
these measurements were taken…the Freezer 4 did not. Just for kicks, I also
threw in an informal Unreal Tournament 2004 temp, which was obtained by
playing online for about 45 minutes to an hour than checking the temp. Of
course, the big question here is how well does this cooler stack up against
the competition? It is really difficult to answer that question at the moment,
given that I have a new processor and a different chassis than the rest of the
heatpipe style coolers I’ve reviewed. I plan on doing a full heatsink roundup
in a free air (no case) environment sometime in the near future to answer that
question. I guarantee the Freezer 4 will make an appearance in that article!
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