Arctic Cooling has unleashed its new Freezer 36 series as part of the brand's 23rd anniversary. These will compete with the best CPU coolers on the market. Consisting of nothing less than five different variants, Arctic Cooling has a little something for everyone.
The Freezer 36 supports Intel's existing LGA1700 socket and the upcoming LGA1851 socket for Arrow Lake processors. This is as expected, since LGA1851 retains compatibility with current LGA1700 coolers, even though the new socket has more pins. This is according to documentation from another vendor, though Intel hasn't publicly said anything on the subject. The Freezer 36 supports AMD's previous AM4 and current AM5 sockets, which AMD has committed to supporting at least through 2025.
Arctic Cooling claims that the Freezer 36 is around 11% better than the Freezer 35. The Freezer 36 reportedly also performs better than the Noctua NH-D12L and the Deepcool AK400 DZ Plus. Arctic Cooling conducted the tests with a Core i9-13900KF with a 200W PPT (Package Power Tracking), running Prime95 small FFT at an ambient temperature of 23 degrees Celsius.
The Freezer 36 measures 4.09 x 4.96 x 6.26 inches (104 x 126 x 159 mm), which isn't the most compact CPU cooler but isn't too intrusive. It's a single-tower CPU air-cooler with a heatsink that features a stack of 59 aluminum fins. Arctic Cooling opted for a unique contact frame to minimize mechanical stress on the processor and improve thermal performance. The heat travels to the heatsink through four 6mm copper heat pipes. The Freezer 36 employs a side-flow design with two 120mm cooling fans in a traditional push-pull configuration.
