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Date 2006-02-28
Provider: Arctic Cooling
Author: Robar
Editor: Princess Ammie
Arctic cooling Alpine 64
Today I'll be reviewing Arctic Coolings new Alpine 64 Sempron/FX/X2 cooler. The first thing I noticed about this new cooler from AC was the price, with an RRP of $15.50USD this could be considered a “budget” cooler. Read on, and find out if poor performance matches the cheap price.
About Arctic Cooling:
Who we are
ARCTIC COOLING is a private owned company founded in 2001 with headquarters in Switzerland, offices in Hong Kong and with production facilities in Asia. The team of ARCTIC COOLING insists on international young highly educated people with business, technical and communicational skills. The attitude to work is based on the Swiss innovative spirit and adheres to the high Swiss standard recognized internationally.
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This striving for excellence is integrated in all processes and is a matter of course. ARCTIC COOLING's core competencies are multifarious such as systematic noise reduction, copper and aluminum heatsinks, customizing of thermal solutions, “Just-in-time” fan manufacturing, Ceramic Bearing, Multiple Signal Output / BIOS interface and low noise Fan Blade Design.
What we do:
ARCTIC COOLING is a leader in creating thermal cooling solution for personal computer systems that enable CPU (Central Processing Unit), GPU (Graphic Processing Unit) and PC-case cooling while reducing the noise level. Increased heat generated by modern computer systems has overwhelmed most existing CPU cooler manufacturers in their efforts to keep pace with the demands in terms of cooling. At the same time noise pollution caused by today's IT-systems has increased, severely affecting productivity in open office environments.
ARCTIC COOLING has been working with globally recognized companies in the graphics industry. Through these partnerships ARCTIC COOLING is privileged in gaining latest know-how about graphics for developing new cooling solutions. ARCTIC COOLING combines the Swiss art of engineering to realize innovative cooling ideas. Due to the low labor cost in Asia, ARCTIC COOLING's highly customized products with high performance remain affordable. Cooling system solutions are created from the demand of end-users. According to constant product development the demands of end-users will always be satisfied. As a result of the head-start ARCTIC COOLING has in knowing end-user's requirements, manufacturing possibilities and ARCTIC COOLING's strong R&D, ARCTIC's products will continue to be the trendsetter in cooling systems and provides assemblers, Computer Hardware distributors and IT-technicians with innovative, virtually silent, cost-effective Cooling solutions for CPU, GPU and PC-case worldwide.
Vision: Providing thermal solutions optimized to reduce noise for our global customer base.
Specifications:
Heat Sink: 78(L) x 98(W) x 56(H) mm
Fan: 113(L) x 101(W) x 47.2(H) mm
Overall Dimension: 113(L) x 101(W) x 91.7(H) mm
Rated Fan Speed: 2000 RPM
Power Consumption: 0.17 Amp.
Air Flow: 36 CFM / 62 m3/h
Weight: 486 g
Noise Level: 0.6 Sone
Thermal Resistance: 0.26°C/Watt
Thermal Interface Material: Pre-applied MX-1 Paste
Warranty: 6 Years
The product:
 
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Like the last cpu cooler I received from AC, the box shows a picture of the product, tech specs and an air-flow chart. The air-flow chart shows that with the specific designed of the HS/F, this cooler will not only keep your CPU cool but will also cool down motherboard components surrounding the socket.
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Coming with the Alpine 64 are retention brackets with screws, instructions, and an AC sticker. The thermal paste is pre-applied and comes with a plastic covering to preserve the paste and protect the base.
 
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Here you can see ACs recent approach to mounting fans. To eliminate noise caused by fan vibration, the fan is mounted to the HS by 4 rubber connectors. You can also see how the fan housing directs airflow to the surrounding area.
Closer look and testing >>>>> Page 2
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