Thermaltake Releases New Frio Extreme CPU Cooler
Thermaltake has announced the release of its new Frio Extreme CPU Cooler, which made its first appearance earlier this year at Computex Taipei.
The Frio Extreme claims to be the first CPU air cooler that has implemented dual fans VR and PWM controller to control performance and noise levels. The controller controls both of the 140mm fans speed between 1200 to 1800 RPM (39 dBA max noise) upon users’ preferences on noise to cooling performance. The Frio Extreme has a maximum cooling capacity of 250W.
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Frio Extreme measures 5.83 (L) x 5.94 (W) x 6.30 (H) inches and features a dual-tower design, 0.4 mm aluminum fins, a mirror-finish copper base, and six 6 mm-U-shape copper heatpipes. The Frio Extreme supports Intel LGA 775, 1155, 1156, 1366, 2011 and AMD Socket FM1, AM3+, AM3, AM2+, and AM2 processors.
Frio Extreme comes bundled with thermal grease and a VR & PWM function fan controller. Pricing for the Frio Extreme has not been announced but with the Frio OCK around $75, we would expect the Extreme to come in at a higher price. What will be interesting to learn is how it performs against similar priced air-coolers and sealed liquid CPU coolers like the Corsair's H80 or Antec Kühler H₂O 620.
Learn more about the Frio Extreme CPU cooler at its product page.
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Looks great to me!
I bet it will work better with Noctua fans...
Anxiously anticipating a comparison between this product and the Scythe SCMG-3000.
U12P-SE2 from noctura, installed in AMD 6 core black edition build 1.5 years ago, dual fan (maybe thermaltake found a marketing loophole because of their sandwich design). Performs beyond well beyond any of my expectations and i beleive can be purchased in the US for around $60 (before we OC his system at idle it ran 2 degrees above ambient, thats the only figure i accurately remember as it shocked me).
U12P-SE2 is so quiet it added no noticeable noise over just running 4 of the 6 thermaltake case fans in that particular system.
Its also worth mentioning they come with cables to adjust the voltage/speed of the cpu fans even if you dont have PWM slots on MOBO. Noctura are kings in my eyes.
Christ it looks like you lose 2 ram slots to that beast!
NH-D14 Noctua, turns out they even had a sandwich design which is years old. One test i saw has quad core AMD @ 4ghz running 51 under full load. Take that Thermaltake. (ps i know that cooler is massive and the fans are slightly ugly but i think gaming cases with LED's and clear side panels are vulgar, so is the design of almost every gaming case ever)
I have often wondered how much heat actually dissipates to the top of those things. Pretty soon, your gonna need a separate case just for your cooler.
Reminds me of the Thermalright Silver Arrow, just IMO.
Reminds me of the Thermalright Silver Arrow, just IMO.
they really need to start making the ram sticks a lot smaller
The design looks wrong, one fan blowing its hot air onto another fan.
It should be 2 fans blowing in opposite directions, drawing cold air down the middle...............
Good cooler, but costs much, hope that soom dual fan budget cooler,arrives.
if it is already arrived then plz give the names of product...
Using Corsair Dominator LPs, I was able to get 4x4GB into a P8Z68, so they do make RAM sticks small enough to get under the megacoolers.
they really need to start making the ram sticks a lot smaller
Or space the ram slots farther away from the CPU. Might cause a little latency issue, but that will be overshadowed by greater CPU overclock.
Or a third option go for an inclosed water cooling system like one of Corsairs H family and experience higher idle temperatures but fairly good under load temps without the issues associated with a huge air heat sink. People seem to forget the risks they take when they mount something that big and top heavy to their CPU, if you have an air cooler like this you should literally never move your computer more then a few feet with it installed unless you want to risk bending motherboard pins.
ugh big darn ugly thing
Wish I had one right now. Pretty darn cold down here in Florida. The exhaust would prob. warm up a room :-)
stole the idea from noctua d14?
Wish I had one right now. Pretty darn cold down here in Florida. The exhaust would prob. warm up a room :-)
yeah tell me about it... and your in florida. im in vermont!
The design looks wrong, one fan blowing its hot air onto another fan.It should be 2 fans blowing in opposite directions, drawing cold air down the middle...............
That would probably cause a lot of static bla bla vacuum resistance. I think the point of the 2 fans is to ram the air through.
No review, no numbers.... Nothing here other than what's on Thermaltake's website. Another advertisement for Thermaltake. How much did Thermaltake pay to put this up?
yea, not worth losing two DIMM slots unless you can flip it around. It would be interesting if mobos could come with angles DIMM slots like laptops (but no so angled) for tall memory.
39 dBA? 250W? WTF? Just what CPU has a 250W thermal profile these days even overclocked??? IMHO, Thermaltake has been bling for the past several years.
Personally, I'll go with Thermalright coolers and Scythe fans - IMHO, similar performance, far, far less noise.
Thermaltake has always been the "Jaguar" of the computing world. Lots of initial money, mediocre performance, and plenty of annoying issues later. They're just not worth what Thermaltake wants.
Or space the ram slots farther away from the CPU. Might cause a little latency issue, but that will be overshadowed by greater CPU overclock.
what latency issues....it's not like the signal is traveling over long distance....this is not network cable we are talking about
doesn't look pracitcal. besides, doesn't hot air rise? why do they continuously make these side mounted coolers?
It's way too big and try to clean the dust out of that.
Reminds me of the Thermalright Silver Arrow, just IMO.
I literally thought the same thing when I first saw it,
frio = cold in portuguese
Exactly. You'll need a mini vacuum cleaner for that.
The design looks wrong, one fan blowing its hot air onto another fan.It should be 2 fans blowing in opposite directions, drawing cold air down the middle...............
Two fans in opposite directions would cause a low pressure between fans which will result in a small amount of hot exhaust air from the cooler to recycle back to the fan inlets. Push-pull configuration here prevents this from occurring and is the most efficient heat-exchange design for a single-pass system.
I've always had the desire to build a custom case with a fully ducted cooling system. Imagine piping 40degF air off a custom airbox with a peltier device using insulated dryer vent hose, into a completely fanless case... Build it all into a custom desk/cabinet and modify a pair of GTX580's to accept fanless coolers...with 40degF supply air it should be possible...
/dream
Anyway, I can't imagine most people need much more than a trusty $25 CM Hyper 212+ with current TDP's as low as they are.
Any CPU cooler over $50 is pointless. from 50 to 100 you can get a nice AIO water cooling solution. For 150 to 200 you can get a high end CPU water cooling loop