Arctic Cooling Roundup

[Capper]

Arctic Cooling has long been known as a manufacturer of quiet cooling products for PCs. Today we have the opportunity to check out some of their latest fans, as well as their super quiet Alpine 7 CPU cooler. We'll be looking for effective cooling, as well as an exceptionally quiet experience. In its current configuration, outfitted with standard fans and a Zalman CPU cooler, our test system is far from loud, but it is definitely noticeable. Lets see if Arctic Cooling can make it silent!

More....

[gvblake22]

Those L series fans are pretty nifty. Do you think the 120mm 12L would fit on a Thermalright Ultra-120?

[drew and not u]

I think it would take a bit of finagaling (and possibly a bit of drilling, but I think you definitely could make it work.

[polobunny]

Originally Posted by Drew

Here we see the four fans they've sent us. Counterclockwise, starting at the top left, we have a 120mm AF series, the 120mm 12L, and 80mm AF series, and the 80mm 8L.

That would be clockwise. :P

Is there an error in the temp graph? 69.5 at full load for stock speed with the Intel cooler and less when overclocked?

Great review, those fans look pretty nifty.

[drew and not u]

Ah, that was definitely an error in transcription! Thanks for pointing that out bud!

[polobunny]

What about the temp though, is that an error or it really gets that hot at stock? :S

[Jokerswild]

Nice write-up Drew.

[garetjax]

I've got three of those 90mm Arctic Cooling AF8 fans in my case. Awesome fans, quiet as hell, and really do a great job cooling my rig. The fans in my OCZ PSU are louder than the AF8's I use. =)

[onebxr]

I have the 64 pro for the heatsink and it works wonderfully and silently. I do alot of gaming. Under everest for 2 hrs my cpu temp never got over 40 degrees.
-1

[drew and not u]

Originally Posted by polobunny

What about the temp though, is that an error or it really gets that hot at stock? :S

It was an error, and has been corrected. =)