Test Thermaltake Frio
Marque
Thermaltake
Modèle
Frio
Site
xbitlabs.com
Date
11.05.2010
Nombre de Visites
200
Practically every manufacturer of processor air-coolers needs to have a flagship product that could successfully compete against the competitors. This is a matter of prestige, branding, recognition and market success, even when we are talking about the coolers from the same maker. For example, these coolers are (click the links to check out our reviews): Thermalright IFX-14, Zalman CNPS10X series, Scythe Mugen 2, Cooler Master V10 and Cooler Master V8, Coolink Corator DS, Noctua NH-D14, Alpenföhn Nordwand, Asus Triton 88, Xigmatek Thor’s Hammer, Tuniq Tower 120 Extreme, etc.And now imagine that a company selling more coolers than anyone else in the world, doesn’t have a flagship product like that. No matter how paradoxical it is, but since the times of Big Typhoon Thermaltake Technology Co., Ltd. hasn’t had a decent super-cooler yet. At this point Thermaltake offers semi-budget ISGC series with low cooling efficiency, image-setting V14Pro and SpinQ VT, inexpensive Silent 1156 and even an individual low-end sub-brand called TMG including corresponding mainstream coolers. But as for a super-cooler, there is simply none!Finally, Thermaltake felt ready to resolve this shortcoming by announcing a new cooler called Frío (that means “cold” or “frost”) with pretty ambitious characteristics. For example, they claimed in the pre-launch announcements that the new cooler can cope with processors running as hot as 220 W! This sounds very impressive, so let’s not wait any longer and check out the new cooling product from Thermaltake.



