Overclocker Cafe - CoolIT Freezone

Cool IT Freezone TEC Cooler Kit

The Package

The Freezone came packed nice and snug which alleviates worries that it may get damaged during shipping.

Let's pull everything out and take a look at what we've got here. The first thing that caught my eye when I pulled everything out was this warning label stating the user should ensure that the pump is hooked up correctly. So I took notice of it, and like you're probably saying right now.....well no 'DUH!. Oh how I should have listened, but we'll get into that later.

Besides the Freezone unit itself, we also have everything you need to install it on pretty much any system configuration. Included are retention bars for the block which will fit different systems including standard AMD Athlon sockets, AMD AM2, Intel Socket 478 and 775 as well. Since the fan on the unit is a 90mm jobber, there is also a 120mm fan adapter plate. And then we have the Thermal Control Module.

As we mentioned before, the Freezone comes assembled and ready to go. Fluid exchange is accomplished with 1/4" hoses which are wrapped with metal coiling to help prevent kinkage. I wasn't able to find out much information about the pump itself except that it's a brushless MAG drive pump and rated for more than 50,000 hours of use (not too shabby;)!

The 90mm fan on the unit is one big mutha! It reminds me of some of those old Delta fans from days gone by. I hope it's not quite as loud though. At a speed of 3200RPM's the fan is pushing air at over 63CFM with noise rating of just over 38 decibels.

The last thing to take a look at is the block itself. The block comes with thermal grease already applied (which normally would make me very happy) but today we need to see just how shiny it is.

Anyone need a mirror to shave with? Though the block is very shiny, if you look closely you can see tiny nicks in the surface which resulted either from the machining of the block or when it was polished. Not a big deal, but worth noting.

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