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Discussion in 'Article Discussion' started by arcticstoat, 28 Jan 2011.

  1. arcticstoat

    arcticstoat Minimodder

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  2. Fordy

    Fordy Minimodder

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    Woah. So nearly ordered a Frio a couple nights ago.

    Need to see temp comparison before deciding - but hopefully it'll push the old Frio's price down too!
     
  3. Cthippo

    Cthippo Can't mod my way out of a paper bag

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    Does anyone else see the irony in a CPU cooler that looks like it's called fry?

    As in "Fry yo CPU"? :eyebrow:
     
  4. Sketchee

    Sketchee Suddenly, looters! Hundreds of 'em!

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    The styling looks a bit better than the frio... but still doesn't look good :|

    blue, red and grey?? gonna look a bit cheap and tacky on a lot of boards
     
  5. thetrashcanman

    thetrashcanman Angel headed hipsters

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    looks like its come straight out of a tron film :|
     
  6. SchizoFrog

    SchizoFrog What's a Dremel?

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    I would have to say that anything that came from the TRON design team would look a hell of a lot better than this. What is with all the dodgy plastic? It's a no go for me.
     
  7. Phalanx

    Phalanx Needs more dragons and stuff.

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    I pronounce it "Free-Oh" rather than "Fry-Oh".
     
  8. red4our

    red4our ¿Qué es un Dremel?

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    I'm with Schizofrog on this. Too much plastic, really tacky look. Give me shiny fins any day!! ;)
     
  9. law99

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    It looks funny.
     
  10. Waynio

    Waynio Relaxing

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    Me too.
     
  11. t5kcannon

    t5kcannon Minimodder

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    Looks nice :)

    Question for me is will it offer clearance of all ram slots on a asus p8p67 pro? Currently the frio covers the nearest ram slot (using corsair vengeance). With two sticks of ram this is no problem, since on the asus board (according to the manual) you need to populate the 2nd and 4th closest slots first. However, it would be nice to have the option of using all slots.
     
  12. ledbythereaper

    ledbythereaper What's a Dremel?

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    Same on my Gigabyte P55A-UD3, Frio covers the first RAM slot and is possibly pushing a DIMM in the second slot back.
     
  13. mpr

    mpr What's a Dremel?

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    I run mine with only a single fan. Even though my RAM is low profile... I find it's cooling capacity isn't overly affected by more than 2ish C under load. I am however currently running a stock 950 so it may be a bigger issue with a bit of tuning to handle.
     
  14. kosch

    kosch Trango in the Mango

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    I'm hoping they made the fan speed cables a bit longer with this generation as thats the only thing I find annoying about the Frio installed on my Sabertooth. Looking forward to seeing whats what though :)
     
  15. WildThing

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    Me too, and I'm pretty sure that's how it's meant to sound given that "Frio" is Spanish for "Cold".
     
  16. Kasius

    Kasius Bringin' the dremolition

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    Aesthetically is looks much better than the Frio which i'm on the cusp of ordering, i really want this to be good so i can get one of these instead :). Need temp figures and to know whether the fans are interchangeable
     
  17. Jqim

    Jqim What's a Dremel?

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    The design of this is what is giving pc nerds a bad name. Its fugly and plastic like somthing a chav would put in his car.
     
  18. Phalanx

    Phalanx Needs more dragons and stuff.

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    Said one stereotype to another ;)
     
  19. Jqim

    Jqim What's a Dremel?

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    .......*deep thought*............. yeah but obsessing over the asthetics and fine tuning a car is so completly different to obsse.ss.s..ing.....
    but ... *sigh*
     
  20. Kasius

    Kasius Bringin' the dremolition

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