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ARCTIC Freezer A11 Silent 150 Watt CPU Cooler for AMD Sockets FM2 FM1 AM3 AM3 AM2 AM2 with improved 92 mm PWM Fan Easy Installation Professional MX4 Thermal Compound included
Last Updated: November 25, 2018 (Refresh Now)
7.6
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/10
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999
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Review Analysis - 137 recent, verified reviews
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Cooling
56cpu, cooling, stock, arctic, coolers
+93%
-7%
" ... I decided to go old school air cooling because the Liquid coolers are a Joke. ... I continually had 21-215 degree readings for 3 different brands of liquid coolers. ... I will be buying this from now on for aa fraction of the price of a liquid vapor cooler. ... "
" ... Keeps the CPU cooler than the factory heatsink. ... "
" ... Arctic is my go-to company for CPU coolers because of the easy installation. ... "
" ... This fan is much quieter than the stock cooling fan that came with an I3 4160. ... "
" ... This is the best bang for the buck CPU cooler you can buy online ... "
" ... other than that quite and cool. ... "
" ... This cooler works as advertised. ... "
" ... I'm using arctic silver paste and really works fine. ... It has a really strong built and excellent cooling. ... "
Setup
18easy to install, installation, motherboard, heatsink, easy
+83%
-17%
" ... very easy to install. ... "
" ... Super easy to install and seems like it will be easy to uninstall swell. ... "
" ... Easy to install, very silent running at heavy load ... "
" ... The design of it was thought out, and is easy to install. ... "
" ... install was easy. ... "
" ... It was fairly easy to install. ... "
" ... Very quiet and effective but difficult to install. ... "
" ... 2: Easy to install: Took me approximately 45 mins to install because I'm technologically challenged which is why I chose this fan given its reputation for easy to install (AMD). ... Someone more familiar with this stuff could easily install this in 15-20 minutes. ... "
Build Quality
17screws, pins, mobo, heatsink, fins
+47%
-53%
" ... My only complaint is that the base doesn't cover the processor out to the edges. ... "
" ... The product itself came with some bent fins and scratches. ... "
" ... Until the unit is fixed or replaced this has to get a 1 star from me due to poor packaging/manufacturing and a fragile design. ... "
" ... If you examine the cooler itself, the piece that makes contact with the CPU is actually just a trio of metal strips across the bottom of the cooler. ... "
" ... The fan also came with one of its four flimsy plastic connectors broken. ... I gave it two stars instead of one because after a lot of problem solving and even with the broken connector, it's functional and quiet as advertised. ... "
" ... The cross arms that go over the cpu portion are plastic. ... The only metal piece is an aluminum pin that is supposed to hold everything together. ... What cheap piece of junk. ... "
" ... The cases are the same, and the case fans are the same. ... "
" ... I got it used, but nowhere in the description did it say it was missing a screw. ... "
Sound Quality
16quiet, noise, hear, quieter, cools
+81%
-19%
" ... You have to open the case and put your ear to it in a quiet room to hear it at all. ... "
" ... I could hear the stock fan from two rooms away. ... "
" ... It is massive compared to the old one but so quiet. ... "
" ... It cools it off effectively and without it making too much noise. ... "
" ... - Quiet (until high RPMs) ... - Sound is a bit noticeable after 1500 RPM (Max RPM is 2000) ... "
" ... So from that perspective it s a big improvement, though to be sure you can hear the fan. ... A gamer on the other hand is listening to so much headbanger noise that a fan sounding like a chain saw is fine as long as it cools the melting lava pouring out of their overclocked cpu. ... I have solid state drives, fanless power supplies and I don't want to hear a CPU fan at all. ... This one I hear. ... "
" ... Not a huge decrease, but the point of the purchase was to reduce noise and an easy installation, for those reasons this fan earned 5 stars because my old one sounded like a mini vacuum constantly vrooming that was driving me nuts when I am trying to study. ... "
" ... Surprisingly Quiet Fan -- just like a Noctua ... "
Overall performance
14amd, intel, i7, core, cooler
+79%
-21%
" ... Overall, this definitely does the job that I purchased it for. ... "
" ... High end AMD and Intel systems use this without any problems. ... "
" ... This is on my i7 3770 CPU and ASUS mobo. ... "
" ... Running an AMD Ryzen 5 1600 @ 3.8GHz. ... "
" ... At stock speeds (3.6GHz boost 3.8GHz) it hits 62c under load. ... I won't be overclocking, but it can at least handle stock boost speeds ok. ... "
" ... Using it to cool a Core i7-6700T that is running 24/7 as a server. ... "
" ... The cooler is great but a little tricky to install with AMD processors. ... "
" ... I bought this to cool my 4790K cpu, running OSX 10.11.5. ... So if you plan on doing overclocking, look for something else . ... Bottomline: It's good enough for basic needs, but don't expect high-end performance. ... "
Ease of Use
12install, easy, quiet, motherboard, installations
+100%
" ... very easy to install. ... "
" ... Super easy to install and seems like it will be easy to uninstall swell. ... "
" ... Easy to install, very silent running at heavy load ... "
" ... The design of it was thought out, and is easy to install. ... "
" ... install was easy. ... "
" ... It was fairly easy to install. ... "
" ... Very quiet and effective but difficult to install. ... "
" ... Easy to install, no need to remove the motherboard ... "
Fit
12fan, small, screws, mounting, low profile
+67%
-33%
" ... Fit is very snug . ... "
" ... - Fit nicely into my Dell Studio XPS 9100. ... "
" ... It helps to have big case. ... "
" ... It might fit some mini-itx boards better than others. ... "
" ... I was very pleased to see this did indeed fit without issue on an AM4 stock clip. ... "
" ... Nice low profile design allowed me to use it in the InWin MATX case. ... "
" ... The fit for memory sticks is tight. ... Don't break the clip. ... "
" ... Fits in small case. ... "
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