Thermaltake Frio

Zitat: The Thermaltake Frio Advanced is a nice addition to the Frio line of CPU coolers. It falls right in place with the other as it shared the same black and red theme. But that is all that it shares with the other models. The Advance´s size isn’t bigger than the previous unit so this isn’t how it manages to outperform them. It was the change in structure build and some pretty high spinning fans. The Frio Advanced did beat out the dual tower coolers we recently tested. We feel that says a lot as many of you know dual tower coolers are the best on the market today in some cases. But in order for this to happen the fans had to be run on high to do so. And with that being the case, you had to suffer through the noise production. At high speed the fans of the Frio Advanced is loud. It easily beat out everything on the bench when it came to its audible levels. But at aid of the fan controller the user can adjust accordingly. Stock to mild overclocking setting this should not be a problem. If you are cranking up the voltage then you may have to deal with the noise. The assembly is a no-brainer especially on the AMD socket and the Intel 2011 socket. When dealing with Intel sockets 775 to 1366 it gets a little time consuming but nothing major at all. Online we found the Thermaltake Frio Advancde selling for just about $60, making it a pretty decent value.  

Zitat: Advantages: + Good cooling performance + 2 fans included + Built in fan speed controllers + Attractive design Disadvantages: - Fans loud on high - 3 pin to 4 pin adapter not included

Zitat: I’m glad I didn’t stop and just go with the testing as I saw it with the AMD mounting kit. Using the Intel kit showed a degree and a half difference at load and just over half a degree improvement at idle. Usually with Thermaltake coolers there is an AMD locking bar like what is found on a stock cooler. During my testing it always left the coolers a little loose. After testing the Jing and seeing there was a different AMD setup, I tried it out. The mount was way more secure than their previous setup, but I am glad they added newer AMD hardware with the Jing. It will be an improvement felt by AMD owners everywhere. Moving over to the Intel hardware was the ticket to getting better results from our setup. Even though it took me a bit of fiddling around, I was able to find that secure foundation I was looking for. Having two fans pushing just over 100CFM covers my air flow and I can check that one off the list. As I said, with fans high CFM brings noise with it. For those looking for silence, this is definitely not the cooler for you. Innovations and tricks were my last pre requisite and Thermaltake has us covered here as well. Fans attached to shrouds, five fat heat pipes, unique bends and angles of the fin placements just to name a few. I really think Thermaltake left no stone unturned with the Frio and I can see where it led to the Jing. Lastly, as it does come into play for some, is the aesthetics of the cooler. White fan blades aside, the all black with bold red highlights will be a huge seller to mass amounts of custom builders. Like I mentioned, this review is a little late in the game, but I wanted to see for myself what all the fuss was about and Thermaltake was happy to oblige me and sent the Frio along. I have to say it is quite the performer. Keeping up with $80 air cooling and even $90 to $130 all-in-one water cooling units isn’t easy, but it looks as if Thermaltake has hit back to back homeruns. If clearance for the Frio isn’t an issue, for the $54.99 asking price at Newegg, it is a good bang for the buck. The question really becomes, do I go for the red and black of the Frio, or do I take the green silent Jing? - Either way you go, you won’t be disappointed.

Zitat: Even with one low-speed fan attached, the Thermaltake Frio managed to provide better cooling than the excellent Titan Fenrir (with its fan at low speed) on both Intel sockets. Better still, for overclockers who can handle the noise, the Frio was the best cooler we’ve seen for LGA1366 with both fans at high speed. While the Frio’s cooling with low-speed fans was decent in our AMD system, it’s a great choice for taming your LGA1156 or LGA1366 CPU.

Zitat: The Themaltake Frio is everything you want from a CPU cooler: A great price and even better performance. Be sure to keep the Frio on your wishlist!