Final Thoughts and Conclusion
There isn’t really much left to say. We basically have the best cooler on the block sitting in the picture above. The simple design idea to make the heatpipes interface with the CPU core has paid off incredibly, and the Sunbeamtech Core Contact Freezer is easily the cooler to have. It also has a good set of support hardware, including a way to adjust the fan speed should you only need a little bit of airflow.
The only problem I have with this cooler is actually a rather glaring one. It simply will not work with and AM2 based AMD processor. The clip is either not long enough, or not designed in fashion to allow it to be properly secured. Though the AMD platform is in the minority right now, it’s still a strong market segment with some die hard users. If you use the statistics gathered by Steam, the percentage could be as high as 35% of the entire user base. That’s a significant number of power-users and enthusiasts to leave out in the cold.
In the end, the Core Contact Freezer is still an able and willing competitor in the air cooling market. It’s well thought out, and well build. This cooler should allow most any enthusiast to push their hardware as far as it’ll go, as long as that enthusiast is running on the Intel LGA775 platform.
Pros
- Excellent cooling ability
- Simple and easy installation on Intel platform
- Excellent build quality
- Cools motherboard as well as CPU
Cons
- Will not install on AM2 platform
Overall Rating: 8.0/10.0
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