Sunbeam 120mm Core Contact Freezer $30 AR

[pbroussard]

Sunbeam CR-CCTF 120mm "Core Contact Freezer linky $40 shipped, $10 rebate Final cost $30

$10 rebate form

Best air HSF I've used, several C cooler than Ultra 120's

 

[GZeus]

Thanks!

 

[TehNomad]

It's No. 1 on the FrostyTech rankings.

 

[NamesDontMatter]

Link to review http://www.frostytech.com/arti...?articleid=2271&page=5

I'm in for one, I had to laugh at checkout when it costs nearly as much as the GIGABYTE GA-G31M-ES2L G31 Motherboard its sitting on(which overclocks pretty damn well for a $50 motherboard. This has been a big part in my cheapest budget build ever for my brothers.

OCZ 500 Watt Stealth Stream $25 AR
CORSAIR 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 $25 AR
Sunbeam CR-CCTF $30 AR
E5200 65 free ship
Gigabyte Mobo 52
Sata DVD Burner 20

So everything for 220$ total!

Not bad for a budget gaming rig. And my bros already have the HD 4850 that I gave em. The deals going on lately have been pretty amazing. I think with this cooler I'll try to hit 4ghz on the E5200

 

[Stas]

I picked it up a couple of months ago for about the same price. Replaced Thermaltake BigTyphoon on my X2 5600+ @ 3.35Ghz. Keeps the CPU about 5-8C cooler than the previous HSF.

 

[allies]

Word of caution: I heard that these have trouble fitting on UD3P/R series of Gigabyte mobos. I passed, but Jumped on the Xigmatek HDT-S1283 at Microcenter for $30+tax

 

[Tempered81]

I'm using it now on an ASUS P5N-D - huge heatsink! works good though 59C prime load 19 hours@ 4ghz 1.36v

 

[ghitz]

Unfortunately, I have the Xigmatek HDT-S1283 and Sunbeam CR-CCTF but the quality of the build is very far off from Thermalright products like the TRUE. Fins on the aforementioned coolers are very thin and fragile. On my HDT-S1283 the top fin just slid right off. At the moment I'm inspecting the Thermalright HR-01 PLUS CPU cooler and the HR-03 GT VGA cooler on my bench and they are impeccable. Sorry for the negative post.

 

[imported_RayS]

10-12 for rebate to process...
When will this rebate bull stop?

r.

 

[Phew]

Yes, the fins are thin (more surface area is a good thing), but this cooler has an excellent retention system (bracket mounted to MB using push pins, then the heatsink clipped to bracket). Beats push pins or spring-loaded screws directly on the heatsink.

The CPU interface on this heatsink is mirror smooth. Literally, you can see your reflection on the heatpipes. Even comes with a fluid bearing fan, not a noisy ball bearing or short-life sleeve bearing.

There isn't a better HSF for $30.

 

[Elfear]

Anyone have an idea how this would compare to a Gemini II with a pair of 120s on it?

 

[IEC]

Looks similar to my Scythe Infinity tower HSF. These tower HSFs are great coolers. Currently running mine "passive" with a 120mm exhaust close to it. Temps are low 50C.

 

[Oxides]

I think they are going to discontinue these and replace them with models that are core i7 compatible btw.

 

[pbroussard]

Originally posted by: Elfear
Anyone have an idea how this would compare to a Gemini II with a pair of 120s on it?

Significantly better. I have both, the Gemini struggles to keep a clocked quad cool, while it's no problem with the Sunbeam.

Originally posted by: ghitz
Unfortunately, I have the Xigmatek HDT-S1283 and Sunbeam CR-CCTF but the quality of the build is very far off from Thermalright products like the TRUE. Fins on the aforementioned coolers are very thin and fragile. On my HDT-S1283 the top fin just slid right off. At the moment I'm inspecting the Thermalright HR-01 PLUS CPU cooler and the HR-03 GT VGA cooler on my bench and they are impeccable. Sorry for the negative post.

Where it matters, to me, is the base. The 3 Thermalright's I have, an ulra 120e and a pair of IGFX's, all have warped bases that took a lot of lapping to get rid of. They are also massive and take more work to mount.

I'll take the Sunbeam Core Contact any day over the Thermalright's.

edit- looks like Newegg has stopped carrying Thermalright products...

 

[killster1]

Originally posted by: ghitz
Unfortunately, I have the Xigmatek HDT-S1283 and Sunbeam CR-CCTF but the quality of the build is very far off from Thermalright products like the TRUE. Fins on the aforementioned coolers are very thin and fragile. On my HDT-S1283 the top fin just slid right off. At the moment I'm inspecting the Thermalright HR-01 PLUS CPU cooler and the HR-03 GT VGA cooler on my bench and they are impeccable. Sorry for the negative post.

hhaha want to talk about quality? thermalrights true's are not even flat.. and everyone of the sunbeam core contact's ive bought is perfect along with every achillies s1284 ive bought (i replaced all my heatsinks with these ) and they work great and have no issues with quality at all..

 

[Tempered81]

I'm very happy with my sunbeam CCF, although i'd say it's on par with my Lapped True. I didn't have to lap the ccf though.

It cools about the same, maybe slightly better than the true, but like someone said earlier - the fins are very flimsy and fragile compared to the true.

 

[Elfear]

Originally posted by: pbroussard

Originally posted by: Elfear
Anyone have an idea how this would compare to a Gemini II with a pair of 120s on it?

Significantly better. I have both, the Gemini struggles to keep a clocked quad cool, while it's no problem with the Sunbeam.

Thanks for the info. I may have to give it a try on my current chip.

Anyone want to guess the likelihood of Sunbeam releasing an i7 mounting kit for this?

 

[Bozo Galora]

Frostytech is the only one that gets those incredible numbers
Most reviews say so - so, and cant handle overclocked quads
The plastic frame mount often gets in the way of top of mobo PWM heatsinks (wont fit on some DFI's like the P-35 DK)
Their mount also gives weak pressure on CPU
Has four large direct touch pipes that outer 2 will straddle cores, you have to know where the cores are under the IHS and have the pipes cross them
The TR TRUE is deliberately concave and rough by flycutting with an angled mill machine head at fast feed - its not poor quality control.
And adding a pound of goop to fill in the airspace also defeats their design goal.
You might want to try the TRUE as is before you rush to sand it flat.
Maybe they know something you dont.

http://www.ocia.net/reviews/corefreezer/page1.shtml
http://www.overclockercafe.com...ntact_Freezer/pg4.html
http://www.tweaktown.com/revie...ing_results/index.html
http://www.ncixus.com/products/30008/CR-CCTF/Sunbeam/
http://www.cpu3d.com/content/view/5123/52/1/6/
http://www.dreamwarecomputers....tactfreezer/index3.htm
http://www.pro-clockers.com/reviews/?id=50
http://tech-reviews.co.uk/reviews/sunbeamtech-core-contact-freezer/
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardwa...core-contact-freezer/1
http://www.virtual-hideout.net...ct_Freezer/index.shtml
http://www.xsreviews.co.uk/rev...-core-contact-freezer/
http://www.techpowerup.com/rev...Contact_Freezer/5.html

Quote:
Doesnt work for quads
http://www.ninjalane.com/displ...me=sbcorefreeze&page=4
I think the Core-Contact Freezer can do a great job at cooling lower end processors and dual core units however quads will need to remain at their default speeds.

The reason for this is in the core processor contact. Here we have four 8mm heatpipes and only two are really getting worked hard since they are directly over the processor cores while the two outer heatpipes get to do very little work. This creates an unbalanced chain reaction that does not allow the heatsink to handle the heat very well. The other reason is in capacity, Heatpipes by nature have very thin walls and while heat can have direct access to the heatpipe you lose efficiency due to a smaller heat differential. The higher the temperature difference, the more heat the pipe can remove. This is clearly indicated in the benchmark portion of the review. Maybe a stronger fan would help or more surface area on the radiator but neither of these come in the retail package.

 

[pbroussard]

Originally posted by: Bozo Galora
The TR TRUE is deliberately concave and rough by flycutting with an angled mill machine head at fast feed - its not poor quality control.
And adding a pound of goop to fill in the airspace also defeats their design goal.
You might want to try the TRUE as is before you rush to sand it flat.
Maybe they know something you dont.

I did say I had to lap my 120e and IGFX's. I have not tried the True. My 3 were warped outward, not inward concave. They performed poorly, with several cores significantly higher temps than the other 2. The goop imprint was also poor, holding a credit card across the base showed a definite bulge outward.

This is a well documented problem with earlier Thermalright hsf's, especially the two I mention.

 

[cubeless]

has anyone tried orienting the hsf to line up with the cores? i can't seem to find a pic of what the quads look like with the ihs removed to see how the chips are layed out...

 

[Phew]

Originally posted by: cubeless
has anyone tried orienting the hsf to line up with the cores? i can't seem to find a pic of what the quads look like with the ihs removed to see how the chips are layed out...

I tried both mounting the HSF both orientations on my Q9650, and it didn't make much of a difference on core temperatures.

 

[Bozo Galora]

http://www.arcticsilver.com/pd...s5_intel_dual_wcap.pdf
http://www.arcticsilver.com/pd...s5_intel_quad_wcap.pdf

http://www.arcticsilver.com/in...ute_step2intelas5.html

http://benchmarkreviews.com/in...=view&id=170&Itemid=38

 

[DarkManX4lf]

Ordered and got mine. Its a really cheap build heat sink, but for $30 its not too bad.

 

[SynthDude2001]

I :heart: this thing. Dropped my load temps (Q6600 @ 3.6GHz and pretty well overvolted) by 25°C. Mounting was a challenge on the P5Q-E though...ended up having to slightly tilt one of the chipset heatsinks out of the way so it's probably not making good contact anymore. But I'd rather have slightly higher chipset temps than have the CPU pushing almost 80°C on the crappy stock cooler...

 

[cubeless]

is it just me, or the ga650sli mount, but i can't open the chipholder lever all the way with this thing installed!!! had to pry it open to change chips... couldn't install facing front-back because of the nb hsf...

not a good choice for a ga-650sli... too many interference issues...