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With all that said and done, what does the Athlon Freezer Pro really offer? 3DCOOL Athlon Freezer Pro Fan Review - Cases and Cooling 13 First, the heatsink itself is large; at 1.25″ x 2.25″ x 4.75″. The rungs on the heatsink are thick and sturdy so you don’t have to be worried about bending them over when you remove the CPU from the case. From the pictures, you can see the heatsink is a brilliant purple cooler that adds to the image the fan emotes.

The fans are big and quiet: almost the perfect combination. Pushing 46 Cubic Feet per Minute of air total, these fans have the power to keep the heatsink cool. The chrome grills that cover the two fans are both neat to look at and useful. You no longer need to worry about getting fan wires or power connectors tangled in the fan blades and stopping the fans: this would hinder your cooling project now, wouldn’t it?

Connecting the heatsink to the processor is very simple, just as you would expect. Two clips located at the top of the heatsink allow for individual locking of the stability clips. As a gift to the purchasers of this heatsink, the people at 3DCOOL included a power adaptor that allows you to plug in both of the fans on the Athlon Freezer Pro to a single 3-pin power connector on the motherboard.

The only major difficulty you will find with this high-end fan and heatsink is mainly directed towards the users who have unfortunate ATX-power connector placement on their motherboard. Boards such as the Asus K7M and Soltek SL-77KV. As many of you know, the ATX power placement makes putting any other heatsink than the retail AMD fan a chore, since the area where the power connector is at, and where the fans are suppposed to be, overlaps; which is not good. Ben, owner of 3DCOOL, tells me their is a simple modification you can do to the Athlon Freezer to allow these fans to fit on those motherboards that it normally would not. Simply unscrew the fan that is having problems from the heatsink, and move it up the heatsink around one inch, and put 2 of the 4 screws back in to the fan. All should be well.

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