MSI Core Frozr L CPU cooler review

Posted on: 11/01/2016 02:57 PM

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The reason for the specific orientation in the review was because HH used the Sabertooth Z97. It will not affect the majority of other motherboards.

So sideway installation to avoid any thermal issues for the gpu will not be an issue..

Just saying.

Quote:

"One problem you could run into is the base-plate mounting. It is a little big and if you have a motherboard (like we used) with thick plastic shielding and stuff, you might need to mount the cooler 90 degrees differently (as shown in the top photo). 98% of the motherboards do not have this issue though, we use the Z97 SaberTooth from ASUS for this very specific reason as it has shielding all over the place."

Posted on: 11/01/2016 02:59 PM

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Techpowerup used it sideways:
https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/MSI/Core-Frozr-L/images/installed1.jpg

I always use it sideways and put another fan for push-pull.

Posted on: 11/01/2016 03:34 PM

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So, where can I get one???

Posted on: 11/01/2016 03:38 PM

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Ah, I see - missed that bit. Thanks for pointing that out.

Posted on: 11/01/2016 05:11 PM

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Impressive results, just a bit shy of the older Noctua DH14 model which is a fair bit bulkier and heavier, not bad at all.

EDIT: Noctua DH14 ~1200g with both fans whereas this according to specs weighs 960g, still heavy but a good reduction while offering similar performance.
(Plus the DH14 uses two fans whereas this uses one but if I remember reviews right there's not a huge difference if you remove one of the fans from the DH14.)

Can't really tell due to this motherboard in the review having a shroud or something over the CPU slot but I guess this fan isn't quite as restrictive with RAM size either depending on motherboard layout.

EDIT: Falls behind a little bit more in the overclock test but not by that much, 3 degrees or so in idle and then pretty much even in the full load test which is the more important one.

Though I guess air cooling caps out depending on various factors from idle temps to airflow and such whereas water cooling while a bit more work to set up has less restrictions.
(And then there's oil cooling or more like submersion but I haven't seen that in a few years now so I guess it was too much work for only marginal improvements over water?)

EDIT: Seems to be fairly silent too.

Wonder how that 5960K 8-core CPU would fare? Guessing it's a bit above the 4790 here in terms of heat although if one can afford a 1000$+ dollar CPU just like that one could probably afford decent cooling for it heh not exactly standard hardware with such pricing though then again for "just" gaming a eight core CPU might be a bit overkill in most titles due to CPU scaling, "lower" end model but OC'd a bit to make up for it might fare better too due to that, probably getting a higher stable OC too.

(Not that I would know but I assume with hardware like that or GPU's like the TitanX Pascal well the manufacturer might be a bit less willing to let the review website or such keep said hardware too so probably not the easiest to keep around for testing.)

Problem here is that since the 6700k uses TIM instead of solder and the fact that it has a tiny die, TIM cannot conduct heat fast enough..

That is why all of the HSF coolers are so similiar.

a 5960x(or 6 core) would be a better CPU to test with; it would show a coolers true potential and the DH-14 should gain another 5-10c advantage over this MSI cooler.