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Thermaltake Frio Reviews

MaximumPC

12/2010

8.0/10

Thermaltake Frio

The Thermaltake Frio is a hefty cooler in the dual-fan skyscraper tradition. With both fans attached, it’s a staggering 4.75x5.37x6.5 inches and clocks in at two pounds, 10.6 ounces. It’s not the biggest we’ve ever tested—Noctua’s NH-D14 and Scythe’s Mugen 2 share that dubious distinction—but it’s among the heaviest. Its plastic fan mounts and trim add unnecessary weight, though most of the heft comes from the five meaty heat pipes and stack of heat-dissipating fins. The two 1,200–2,500rpm 12cm fans that ship with the Frio attach to its preinstalled plastic casing via rubber mounting posts, which add bulk but are easier to use than wire clips. Unlike most skyscraper coolers, which screw down from the top (and thus require removing the fans to get to the mounting screws), the Frio’s mounting system uses screw-on nuts that mount behind the motherboard backplate, so you can leave the fans on during installation. This does mean you have to have hands on both sides of the motherboard during install so the cooler doesn’t fall off, but that’s what motherboard tray cutouts are for, right?

TweakNews

07/2010

Thermaltake frio cpu/processor cooler review

Over the past few years the increasing heat output from newer hardware has put an ever growing strain on manufacturers to come up with a solution that delivers solid performance while maintaining an acceptable level of noise. However, Thermaltake, a company formed in 1999 and based in Taiwan are no amateurs when it comes to designing a product that works; take the insanely popular BigWater series for example or the SpinQ VT CPU cooler. That brings us on to today's subject, the Thermaltake Frio, a giant of a cooler based on the classic tower heat-pipe design that is poised to take a spot as one of the best coolers out there at the minute, lets take a look. We live in a world where most things seem to move at the speed of light. At Thermaltake, we feel the same way and that is exactly how Thermaltake conducts itself to deliver innovative, reliable and customer-centric solutions to the worldwide market. Since the beginning of Thermaltake in 1999, it has been at the forefront of creating new and exciting products at a time where most computer users were provided little to no choices for components that may seem irrelevant, but in reality crucial to the performance of a PC.

Techgage

06/2010

Thermaltake FRIO Overclocking CPU Cooler

With CPU heat thresholds and power consumption staying nearly constant as of late, it is no surprise that the venerable heat sink has not changed much over the last few years. End user's currently have a wide variety to choose from in numerous styles and formats. Whether it is the tried and true air cooler you are after or one of the ever growing in popularity water-based models, there is surely something for everyone's taste and needs. Having been around since the very beginning of the PC, Themaltake's constantly evolving lines of merchandise contains something for everyone. It's strived to offer a wide variety of functional yet exciting products to choose from, and from the mundane power supply to the ever eccentric enthusiast chassis, the company has strived to listen to what the end user wants and then integrate such desires into new releases. While it can be argued that we are getting more of the same old design in most new releases, I still find that manufacturers are tweaking and fine-tuning for new CPU releases and also for the obvious thermal heat load increases. As has been proven in the past, heat sinks are not created equal, and I have personally tested parts that are nearly identical on paper yet perform very differently in the real world.

TechwareLabs

05/2010

Thermaltake Frio CPU Cooler

It doesn't matter what language you say it in, if your an over-clocker, you need your processor to stay cold. If you are not looking to dive into to water cooling then Thermaltake's Frio could be the answer. Let's take a look. It is obvious from their site, Thermaltake wants to let the specifications speak for themselves. Let's see what we can glean. With dual or single 120mm fans and speed controls for each fan, their is an abundance of cooling capability here. The five heat pipes, in conjunction with the aluminum fins, is a standard design. With Intel's I7 monsters coming in at 130 watts stock, the 220 watt rating on this cooler should keep things very cool. The cooler was packer very nicely, I was glad to see that most of the weight of the box was caused by the cooler itself. I was awed by the shear size of this unit, it comes with two variable speed 120mm fans but it is impressive with just one installed. The mounting brackets are comprehensive, I like that Thermaltake included separate brackets for each socket, I have seen other companies that use one cheaper adjustable bracket system for both AMD and Intel processors.

Thinkcomputers

04/2010

9.0/10

Thermaltake Frio CPU Cooler Review

Thermaltake is a name your might associate with CPU coolers and we sure have taken a look a quite a few of their coolers over the past few years. Today we have the opportunity to check out Thermaltake’s latest CPU cooler, the Frio. This powerful CPU cooler supports the latest processors, comes with two 120mm VR fans, and has high quality materials. The Frio is specifically designed for overclockers, boasting up to 220W of cooling power. Read on further to see how well this performs. Features The Frio comes packaged in an average sized container for a CPU cooler, but feels much heavier than most. This weight would seem appropriate since the cooler alone weights about 2.5lbs. The quality flip-top box follows the typical Thermaltake box design and includes a picture of the cooler and some key points of information. The back goes over the features and includes various images of the cooler. Opening up the flip-top lid reveals a couple of pieces of soft foam which protect all of the components inside the box.

TechRadar

04/2010

9.0/10

Thermaltake Frio review

Marking the return of the big-boy CPU coolers is Thermaltake's monstrous Frio cooler. Tagged as 'designed for overclocking' you can see why; not only is the heatsink chunky, but there is the option to slot twin fans either side for optimum cooling. But when you're dropping £50 on an air-cooled CPU chiller you're going to want something special. So how special is the Frio? Well, as an all-round package it's special indeed. The compatibility list is extensive, covering the gamut from AM2, through LGA 775 Celerons right up to Socket 1366 Core i7 Extreme chips. When you can support CPUs with TDPs going right up to 220W you've got all your bases covered. It's also a doddle to fit. True, you will have to uproot your mobo (unless you've got a fancy smancy case with access to the back plate) but all it takes is tweaking a few nuts. It also fits remarkably well on a mobo, sitting snugly in the square between chipset heatsinks, RAM slots and the power regulator blocks.Chilly performanceIn performance terms it is mighty impressive, keeping our idling Core i7 860 down around 19C and when fully loaded it still only gets up to a fairly balmy 49C.

Prices

Information	Prices
Thermaltake Clp0564 Frio Cpu Cooler Intel Lga1366 /1156	$49.8	See it
Thermaltake Frio CLP0564 Cooling Fan/Heatsink - 2 x 120 mm - 2500 rpm	$60.99	See it
Thermaltake (clp0564) Thermaltake Frio Processor Cooler	$62.99	See it
Thermaltake Frio OCK Universal CPU Cooler up to 240W TDP Dual 130 mm VR Fans (CLP0575)	$66.95	See it
Thermaltake - Clp0564 Cpu Cooler Intel Core I7 Lga1366 Lga1156 Lga775 Retail	$68.42	See it
NEW Frio OCK Cooler (CPUs)	$69.95	See it
Thermaltake Usa Frio Ock Cooler	$71.52	See it
Thermaltake Frio OCK Cooler	$73.99	See it
Thermaltake Clp0564-universal Cpu Cooler - Kit	$75.26	See it
Thermaltake Frio OCK Universal CPU Cooler	$75.94	See it
Thermaltake Thermaltake Frio OCK Universal CPU Cooler	$75.94	See it
Thermaltake Frio OCK Universal CPU Cooler up to 240W TDP Dual 130 mm VR Fans (CLP0575)	$77.61	See it
Thermaltake Clp0575 Frio Ock Cooler	$79.83	See it
Thermaltake FrioOCK CLP0575 Cooling Fan/Heatsink - 2 x 130 mm - 2100 rpm	$79.99	See it
Thermaltake CLP0575 Frio OCK CPU Cooler - 2x 130mm Fans, Intel Socket LGA1366, 1155, 1156, 2011, AMD Socket AM2, AM2+, AM3, 6x 6mm Heat Pipes	$79.99	See it
Thermaltake Frioock Clp0575 Cooling Fan/heatsink	$82.75	See it
THERMALTAK Frio OCK Cooler - CLP0575 CLP0575	$82.99	See it
Thermaltake - Clp0575 Cpu Cooler Intel Lga1366 Amd Am3/am2 1200-2100rpm Retail	$84.29	See it
Thermaltake Clp0575-frio Ock Cooler - Kit	$92.72	See it