Arctic shows off new air coolers and fans at Computex 2025, brings back PC cases to its lineup

Arctic logo at Computex 2025
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German PC cooling solution maker Arctic is showing off its products at Computex 2025, and the Tom’s Hardware team scoped out their booth to see its latest offerings. Of course, it has its flagship Liquid Freezer III Pro 360 A-RGB and Freezer 36 A-RGB on display, but we’ve also seen a few new items.

These include the Freezer 36S A-RGB, the Freezer 8 series, and the Pro version of the P12 and P14 case fans. Arctic is also getting back into PC cases with the Xtender and Xtender VG, plus it launched a solution for PC gamers who get too hot while playing.

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The Freezer 36S A-RGB is basically the same as Arctic’s flagship air cooler, but with just a single fan. Despite that, the air cooler uses the new P12 Pro A-RGB fan, which offers a higher airflow than the previously used P12 PWM A-RGB fan. So, even though it has a more compact form factor that makes it fit more easily in smaller cases, we still expect it to deliver efficient and effective cooling.

Freezer 36S A-RGB

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Arctic also introduced a new tower air cooler for those on a budget. The Freezer 8 family of air coolers is designed for small-form-factor (SFF) builds and those who aren’t satisfied with the stock air coolers that come with affordable CPUs. It comes with a single P10 PWM fan that can hit 200 to 2300 RPM and is already pre-applied with MX-6 thermal paste, making installation a breeze.

The company launched two versions of this cooler — the Freezer 8A is created for AMD AM5 and AM4 sockets, while the Freezer 8i works with Intel LGA 1851 and LGA 1700 sockets. And if you plan to use your system for professional or industrial uses, the Freezer 8A and 8i also come with a Continuous Operation (CO) version, which uses a fan that has two ball bearings instead of the usual one.

Its cooling fans also received an upgrade with the Pro versions of the P12 and P14. These models offer higher airflow and a lower noise profile than the standard version, delivering better cooling for your entire PC case without making it sound like there’s an aircraft taking off from under your desk.

Arctic Xtender and Xtender VG PC Cases

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But the biggest (literally and figuratively) thing we saw at the Arctic booth was the Xtender and Xtender VG cases. It has been over 10 years since the company last sold PC cases, preferring to focus on cooling solutions instead.

These mid-tower ATX cases are bringing back Arctic to the PC case game, and we’re loving their tempered glass walls that offer a panoramic view of the desktop’s interior. You also get ample cooling with the mesh on top and the back side, ensuring that you can still get the airflow you need to take the heat away from your high-powered components.

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Jowi Morales
Contributing Writer

Jowi Morales is a tech enthusiast with years of experience working in the industry. He’s been writing with several tech publications since 2021, where he’s been interested in tech hardware and consumer electronics.

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  • bit_user
    The article said:
    Its cooling fans also received an upgrade with the Pro versions of the P12 and P14. These models offer higher airflow and a lower noise profile than the standard version ...

    Hmm... they appear to be sticking with the "ring" design, where the tips of the blades are connected by ring of plastic.

    Arctic's P-series PWM fans are great for their price/performance ratio. There are better fans and cheaper fans, but not much better for that price! They already offer a "Max" version, that offers more airflow, but is significantly more expensive and also louder. Let's hope the Pro version manages to be more tame and still offer a compelling value.
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  • bit_user
    Here's a better pic of the display, where you can actually read the text on the sign and also clearly see the ring.
    Source: https://www.techpowerup.com/337116/arctic-at-computex-2025-fanless-mini-pcs-freezer-8-xtender-vg-case-new-server-cooling#g337116-11Wow! That static pressure seems almost too good to be true! Then again, if you look at the width of the blades, it seems like they almost completely overlap.
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  • M0rtis
    Arctic seems to be at the dead centre of the Price-Performance-Quality triangle for their regular products. They should give their engineers free reign and have another line that caters to the upper end of the market.
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  • bit_user
    M0rtis said:
    Arctic seems to be at the dead centre of the Price-Performance-Quality triangle for their regular products.
    Well, like I said, I'm not sure their P-series Max fans didn't stray outside that sweet spot, but I decided they weren't a good fit for me.

    M0rtis said:
    They should give their engineers free reign and have another line that caters to the upper end of the market.
    I assume that's what their new Pro line is all about. I'm looking forward to seeing some pricing details and independent reviews. I will probably have to cut them some slack on pricing, for hopefully obvious reasons...
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