Arctic’s New $28* Freezer 36 Air Cooler & Contact Frame: CPU Cooler Review & Benchmarks

Sponsor: Get 10% off Squarespace purchases () The new Arctic Freezer 36 Black CPU cooler is a dual-fan, single-tower solution that includes an Intel contact frame. It also comes in A-RGB variants that predictably cost more. The model we’re reviewing has two prices: The official price of the Freezer 36 Black is about $50, but the price for the next 2-3 months is about $28, according to Arctic. Assuming the price really does nearly double in a few months, that greatly affects the value proposition of the cooler. At its current sale price though, it’s directly competitive with the Thermalright Peerless Assassin. Find our previous coverage of the best air coolers for CPUs: Arctic recently released its Liquid Freezer III as well. We reviewed that here: Support our work by buying one of our brand new tear-down style hoodies! These are super warm and comfortable: Like our content? Please consider becoming our Patron to support us: RELATED PRODUCTS [Affiliate Links] Arctic Freezer 36 on Amazon: Thermalright Peerless Assassin air cooler on Newegg: Thermalright Peerless Assassin air cooler on Amazon: DeepCool Assassin IV on Newegg: Arctic Liquid Freezer III on Newegg (when it’s listed): Arctic Liquid Freezer III on Amazon (when it’s listed): TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Arctic Freezer 36 Review & Benchmarks 02:17 - Mechanical Design, Price, & Fan Mount 06:06 - Testing Plan 06:41 - 200W Noise-Normalized Thermals 08:09 - 200W 100% Fan Speed Thermals 08:44 - 123W Noise-Normalized Thermals 09:25 - 123W 100% Fan Speed Thermals 10:05 - VRM Thermals on 200W Load 10:52 - Intel LGA1700 Thermals Noise-Normalized 12:18 - Pressure Distribution 13:03 - Intel Pressure Distribution with Contact Frame 13:35 - AMD Contact Pressure 14:06 - Installation Instructions for Freezer 36 18:27 - Praise & Criticisms 19:31 - Conclusion & Pricing Variance ** Please like, comment, and subscribe for more! ** Links to Amazon and Newegg are typically monetized on our channel (affiliate links) and may return a commission of sales to us from the retailer. This is unrelated to the product manufacturer. Any advertisements or sponsorships are disclosed within the video (“this video is brought to you by“) and above the fold in the description. We do not ever produce paid content or “sponsored content“ (meaning that the content is our idea and is not funded externally aside from whatever ad placement is in the beginning) and we do not ever charge manufacturers for coverage. Follow us in these locations for more gaming and hardware updates: t: f: w: Steve Burke: Host, Test Lead Mike Gaglione: Testing, Host Video: Vitalii Makhnovets Video: Tim Phetdara