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PC Gamer
Nick Evanson

While everyone seems to be ignoring the state of the economy at Computex, Arctic is keeping things real by giving us a new, affordable CPU cooler

A photo of an Arctic Freezer 61 CPU cooler, as displayed at Computex 2026.

It's fair to say that the overall theme at this year's Computex seems to be 'forget the economy, spend big' when it comes to new PC hardware. Fortunately, not every company is thinking along these lines, and when it comes to keeping your CPU and your wallet even cooler, Arctic has got you covered.

Simply called the Freezer 61, the new air cooler has a neat feature that should make it stand out in the vast sea of models on the market. While it's 'just' another twin heatsink and fan combo, with six heatpipes running through the copper base plate, the two fans aren't quite identical and for a good reason.

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