Arctic Freezer 36 Black - Single Tower Air Cooler King 👑

[@VincentAndre_HK]

thanks for the good review. We have indeed a small quantity of Freezer 36 initial batch that was shipped with a LGA1700 only contact frame, the rest is a 1700/1851 compatible one.

[@qweasdzxc]

Are they different or just one lacks the engraving for LGA 1851? I checked mine and it doesn't have any "LGA" engravings, just the Arctic logo.

[@JeffWaynee]

It's not only functionally better, but also looks much better.

[@villho]

I have a gaming PC with 7800X3D and I've been using 240 and 280 AIOs. Now as I upgraded to a liquid cooled 4090, and got a stupid looking fitment with my AIO CPU block hose placement, I decided to give this Freezer 36 a go with the CPU and it's been flawless. Firstly, it keeps the Ryzen CPU easily cooled (even with 100 % benchmarks the package temps get to 77-78, when gaming 60-62 and idle 44-46) and secondly, it looks awesome in my complete black build. Installation is a breeze.

[@nerdianz8081]

thanks for the feedback

[@yuvalyemini4265]

I just ordered it to pair with my 7800x3d I hope it will run like yours !

[@ethaneaves_04]

@@yuvalyemini4265how’s it been so far

[@Drehzahlorgel]

Finally! Someone who uses this cooler in combination with the 7800X3D. I am leaning heavily towards buying a 7800X3D, instead of a 9XXX Ryzen. On my current 5900X, I am using a Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 EVO. That thing is awesome, looks very nice and it would probably cool the 7800X3D even better. Huge downside is, that thing is fn huge and causes issues regarding ram clearance. So, I will probably pair the 7800X3D with the Arctic Frezer 36.

[@yuvalyemini4265]

@@Drehzahlorgel I completed my build today with the freezer 36 and the 7800x3d and the idle is 42 and gaming around 60

[@vladsta3833]

Lancool 216 review waiting room ❤

[@swizzler8053]

It's a great case. That's the short answer.

[@taomahNEGEV]

Lancool 217 is coming...

[@Sapple498]

I have the esports duo with one P12 argb attached to it. I'm absolutely going to upgrade to this one asap, just for the tidy look!

[@qweasdzxc]

Regarding installation on intel, you said a lot can go wrong, what exactly can go wrong?

[@micobugija6284]

a lot

[@qweasdzxc]

@@micobugija6284such as?

[@RonMizman]

Someone needs to put the P12MAX fan on this. Am in love with that 3000 RPM fan which spools down to idle at low temps.

[@popohim]

How about the ram clearance?

[@rickh8380]

I just bought one of these on Amazon US for $25.40. Black fans and silver fin stack. Ii is just that easy to instill. They also cool very well. In the future I will probably install Noctua fans?

[@gompsie]

I have the dark rock pro 4,and i am blown away about the results of this Artic Freezer 36,i have to build a pc soon for a 12 year old and this Artic will be his first cpu cooler.......

[@rgingpanda]

hi, what is the difference of the a-rgb fan of this version? you said they are performing different.

[@_MintArcade]

ooooo might consider freezer line of air cooler once again

[@Kakaroti]

I am retiring my DR4 and getting this as it is a steal atm.

[@100500daniel]

can't they make it double heatsink and 8 heatpipes and kill the phantom spirit? Especially with offset mount on AMD

[@NGreedia]

The click fan mounting system is a very good concept. Unfortunate it took this long for someone to implement such a feature. Single tower coolers are my personal preference due to full clearance of my rgb ram. The only dual tower cooler exception is the Fuma coolers without having to remove the front fan

[@yellowfuntvix1459]

Please tell me. Is it possible to mount it vertically? I want that the air to goes from below to up (to the top of the case).

[@gamingmisthios]

So this one is perfect in budget for 7800x3d?

[@winnie2k]

why do you don't recommend installing it inside the case for intel?

[@chads7796]

Just did a build for a family member w/this cooler and 7700x. Freezer 36 was $28 in the US and worked great!

[@yellowfuntvix1459]

I'm also going to buy this cooler for 7700. Please tell me. Is it possible to mount it vertically? I want that the air to goes from below to up (to the top of the case).

[@chads7796]

@@yellowfuntvix1459I mounted it normally so can’t comment on that.

[@yellowfuntvix1459]

@@chads7796 Understood. Thank for response.

[@9989callum]

Would this be sufficient enough for the 7800x3d?

[@chads7796]

@@9989callumYes. The 7800x3d is super efficient.

[@CR055FIRE]

they're both nice some people like the protruding pipes because it gives the build a more industrial look

[@ICmikeyP]

Hey STS, would thicker fans like the P28/T30 be able to be placed onto the Freezer 36?

[@hl321662]

Really curious how it'd fare against the Scythe Mugen 6 Black.

[@marksulloway5669]

nice review. Those fan mounting screws would allow you to mount Phanteks T30 fans to the cooler. Most wire clips for 25mm thick fans do not have enough stretch in them to mount T30's on air coolers.

[@reinulf656]

So true!

[@canasdruid]

I have 88° with a ryzen 7 5700x3d with this cpu at full workload at max fan speed, this is normal?

[@riaden13]

If you already have a E-sports 34 single is worth it to get the 36 or just get another single fan, it will be going on a 5700x. Asus X570 Strix f board, thanks so much for the great video.

[@Igor369]

If you can manage to sell esports 34 for half of what you paid it for it seems like a reasonable upgrade(Freezer 36 coming with TWO fans while costing LESS than single 34 is insane value if you ask me). If you do not manage to sell 34 it is not worth it.

[@michakesicki831]

love that cooler

[@ThatGuy1221him]

Here in the UK its priced at £16.99 hows there such a big price difference?

[@gerardvailoces646]

will fit on i5 12th generation? it says LGA 1700, but i cant find the 12th generations in supported list only 13th gen up.

[@djcoolsymi4799]

Cooler installed on socket, so since 12th gen have lga1700 yes

[@maxzoRHD]

Very good, Arctic never fails to make a good product, wish they made some more high end coolers tho. This is good for some basic low tdp cpus.

[@VincentAndre_HK]

we are on it ;)

[@vitalymichailov387]

Hello! My Thermalright Ultra EX. 120 Rev.4 can handle 330 watts... Without throttling... On my 13900K- 5500/4300 all cores, on 1.23v... 40500+ Cinebench R 23

[@DonPatro92]

Now slap two P12 Max's and let it riiip.

[@joke4617]

Literally the same thing as P12 except for higher max RPM and no RGB

[@alexdobre9154]

is good for ryzen 7 5700x3d ?

[@djcoolsymi4799]

Just order the freezer 36 A-rgb with the combo 12400f, Gb 760M gaming, 2*16 fury 5200Mhz and an Samsung evo 990 pro. Maybe the best VFM build up for 450€. In previous build had freezer 34 esports duo on i5-4600k and till now was working perfectly since 2017- cpu was from 2014 but 3 years with stock cooler, but Mobo died yesterday, ssd dying too so was time for upgrade.

[@ethan11114]

Would this cooler be enough for my i713700k?

[@Kakaroti]

Yes

[@Blue_Pumpkin]

It's good enough for 14900K

[@nadtz]

kind of wish they had gotten rid of the shroud for the 4u-m as well.

[@9989callum]

Would this cooler be enough for a 7800x3d?

[@Zombie101]

Yes

[@DesRabe]

amazing cooler! the damn fan clips and that damn plastic.., now finally gone!

[@bfkc111]

I never get it below 48°C in idle. Sometimes I wonder if all the "good" results are actually similar, if one includes room temperature correction... Unclear. But then it's obviously not good anymore... And then it's actually bad practice to never mention the actual temperature. It also means that supposedly "good" coolers will throttle. And it means that it's no better than a 2016 stock cooler from Intel, which is only 1/10th as high, on a CPU with the same TDP... Good? I have tried to change cooler tightness a little (annoying how unclear this is here also) and re-applied thermal paste as well. (It doesn't make a difference on an open case, which has good flow.)

[@ethaneaves_04]

will this cooler be fine on a 7600x ?

[@saikatdey9042]

I'm also thinking about the same...can anyone help?

[@whatyouthink]

Will this be able to keep a 7800X3D cool under normal gaming conditions?

[@Zombie101]

Yes

[@mrpicky1868]

if you were not full of S. you would notice that A35 had thicker radiator sheets , bigger radiator. and also that radiator didn't have air escape path on the sides , like in 36. more fans= more noise. good design was what made 35 great. and BTW more expensive then a36 with double the fans.... and overall height increased for no reason. so it will fit less cases

[@Dale7thSigner]

08:19 wait, I can use Bionix on this cooler?

[@Super_swinia_bojowa]

Please test Endorfy Fera 5 :)

[@DonHefe]

Bought it recently goated product for cheap

[@Wiktor_r]

Will it cool i5 12600k while gaming?(

[@Zombie101]

Yes

[@harje0583]

No 10 sekonnen direkt nogekukt ops de aus Letzebuerg bass haha Top reveiw! Ech hun mer en bestallt fier main 7 7800x3d ze killen:)

[@luxosaty]

Bro could you re-test this cooler with a Arctic P12 Max fans? To showcase if itself a worthy mod? Possibly challenging DH15 ? Oof

[@killswitch8493]

i wouldn't bash the freezer 35 line too much, this was still a pretty good cooler at 20€. this was substantially cheaper than the freezer 34 lineup at 30-40€. at this price point the competition was something like the endorfy spartan 5 max and lc-power lc-cc-120, so that the was actually pretty competetive. right now the freezer 36 is offered at 20€, which is an insanely good deal and even beats thermalright's highly aggressive pricing. however, arctic has announced that this is their 23 year birthday rebate and they won't offer the freezer 36 at these prices forever. the normal listing price would be 43€, which would be on par with the phantom spirit and more expensive than the xilence m705d or the peerless assassin.

[@NtGism]

Would like to inform anyone interested that right now, Sept. 2024 the cooler is discounted on Arctic's website at around 20€ (+shipping). I got one myself because I think it's a STEAL at that price

[@mrpicky1868]

difference with a35 might be due to mx6 paste on a36

[@timotmon]

Noctua has A LOT of work to do. Is there any point in buying their coolers anymore?

[@ciaranplunkett1395]

Honestly, only if you are a freak who keeps changing sockets every 6 months (including to older gen) and/or needs 100% uptime. Cheaper fans do fail a tiny bit more often than Noctua. ... but you could just buy a Freezer 36, 2x Noctua NF-A12x25 and still have enough money left over to buy 2 more Freezer 36s...

[@Thebossreserve]

​@@ciaranplunkett1395Do the noctua fans fit in it?

[@Zombie101]

No

[@revengemadmax]

Dousnt come with bracket for am4

[@ellypsis603]

21euros for this, is awesome

[@Malklaw]

Bigger version with 6 heatpipes and p12 max in resonable price would be percection

[@AntonioLexanTeh]

The best single tower cooler is the thermalright u120EX rev.4

[@HannyNguyen]

@AntonioLexanTeh how about Thermalright Burst Assassin 120 EVO Black?

[@IosifBikakis]

I found it for 27 dolars on sale and i thiking about geting it . I have a ryzen 5 5600

[@bywadim]

I hope with that cooler my cpu will not be always at 96°C 💀

[@JimMcBeam]

i bought an Arctic P12 and can say Phanteks M25 and Raijintek Ageras are way better, more air and quieter

[@visualyt]

I guess this freezer will work fine with 5700X3D

[@Thebossreserve]

Is it enough for a stock i9 14900k?

[@Zombie101]

Yes

[@Decki777]

​@@Zombie101no 😅

[@aymaliev]

Great review! But I am not buying this proprietary plastic mounting. Plastic breaks with time. Clips are universal.

[@mrvalholl5987]

What about cooling a 7950x3d and with p12max? 🤣

[@Mrduckhead]

Just be realistic.This cooler is good.But it is not enough to cool down a 20-24 core processor. Of course If performance is not important you can use this cooler on a 20-24 processor.But the performance can be 20-30% less. I have a i5 14600k and this Artic Freezer 36 cooler. I like it.But I had to "hold back" my processor because the temp was 86-88 Celsius. Losing 5% performance of the processor the temperature is 72-74 C.

[@vladvah77]

Only really good water cooling solutions CAN cool a modern 20 - 32 cores CPU these days bro!

[@Mrduckhead]

@@vladvah77 I know.Did you read what I wrote it?STS says bu...s...t this cooler "can handle i9 13900"........

[@Decki777]

This cpu cooler looks like server cpu cooler .

[@MrSamadolfo]

To Arctic: take a good look at the DARKROCK PX4, that is how u are suppose to design heat pipes in 2024, get with the program, i better see this in the Arctic Freezer 37 Black and get rid of that proprietary 1700 bracket, if u want to include a 1700 bracket then make a clone of the grizzly bracket. Get It Done.

[@mombei9065]

If you want them to see this you can leave feedback about the product directly on their site, I hope you've done so, your idea seems good

[@MrSamadolfo]

@@mombei9065 ☺ ok will do, have a great week

[@ahsum28]

How to check .this fan is a fake cool? Some ytuber say very cool

[@varunaeeriyaulla]

Other fans won't fit well as Arctic fans. There will be a gap when using other brands.

[@ExplosiveTowel88]

Sometimes you make a mistake

[@Mintor94]

Yet again Arctic rushed another product and went with regular P12 instead of P12 Max

[@JBrinx18]

For the price I think P12 is fine

[@MrSamadolfo]

😒👍 its very nice for amd boards, but for me its a Dont Buy for 1700, nobody wants a proprietary 1700 bracket, everybody uses the custom bracket from Grizzly or one of the clones from china. So thats strike one. And Strike two are the heat pipes, why is it so hard to have the heat pipes tilted to the back a little bit so that all four argb ram slots with high tall heat risers can be clearly seen? Nice try but next time ask us how to design ur coolers cause obviously u guys need to listen better to us builders.But for amd I guess its OK.

[@Ari_G73]

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