On each side of the base is a threaded hole for attaching the included mounting brackets for both Intel and AMD setups. The base of the cooler also features the black coloring found on the rest of the cooler. It comes with four U-shaped heat pipes that sit directly atop of the CPU rather than being enclosed in their own copper block which should go a long way to effectively dissipating the heat from lightweight CPU tasks even when the fan isn't operating. The Arctic Freezer 33 TR is equipped with four 6mm copper heatpipes, that pass through the fin aluminium heatsink tower.Ĥ9 cooling fins made of aluminum transfer the heat to the air.Those fins are claimed to create micro vortices that boost the airflow and circulate it around the heatpipes. When assembled with the fan, the Arctic Freezer 33 TR is simple and unintrusive looking.Īdding a bit of color are 120mm fan with his red rings and rubber pads(black and white scheme is also available). There are not crazy fin shapes with the Freezer 33 TR, just standard, rectangular fins up and down the cooler, save for the top fin that has a bit of a stamped design to it, in addition to the heatpipes protruding. With the fan out of the way, we get a good look at the cooling fins that surround the heatpipes. From the cooling fins to the heatpipes, the cooler has a very "stealth" look, aside from the splash of color from the fans. Outside of the packaging, we see that the Freezer 33 TR features a matte black finish on the entirety of the cooler itself. A small pouch of ARCTIC's MX-4 thermal compound is included and has plenty of capacity for multiple uses, though we wouldn't recommend using the opened pouch much after first being opened. What's missing is a guide - it's only available online at Arctic. In addition to the mounting material, decoupling rubbers and a second pair of fan brackets for a push-pull configuration with two fans are included. On the side of the box, we see the specifications and contents list as well as multi-lingual information.
ARCTIC's black and red retail packaging shows a large image of the cooler and fan as well as highlighting the 10-year warranty.Īround the back, we have images as you would find on the product web page highlighting the improved compatibility as well as the benefits of the included Arctic F12 fan.
The packaging itself is really sturdy made of roughly 1mm thick corrugated cardboard it's able to withstand being squeezed with quite a bit of force which means you are going to be very unlucky to have it damaged in transit. The design changes to the Freezer 33 TR allow ARCTIC to bump the cooler's recommended TDP to 200 watts (up from 150 watts on the Freezer 33) with a maximum cooling capacity of 320 watts. It's basically the same heatsink with a longer base that accommodates Threadripper's rectangular chip, as well as Intel?s big, high-power processors, such as the Skylake-X line.
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The Freezer 33 TR builds upon ARCTIC's Freezer 33 series cooler. Our first CPU cooler review of 2018 and it's the Arctic Freezer 33 TR.