Arctic Alpine M1 CPU cooler, socket AM1 - 80mm [ACALP00006A]

These so-called SoCs (system on a chip) can be accommodated with base AM1 thanks to the resulting cost savings on ultra-economical motherboards. Angedachte fields of application are, for example Media, Office or HTPCs and frugal gaming systems, such as for Casual or indie games because of the strong Kabini graphics unit.

One drawback of the cheap and efficient AM1 platform is that it on the open market so far no alternative CPU coolers have been available and had to make do with the boxed cooler from AMD buyer as always. Other CPU Cooler are unfortunately generally not compatible with the attachment mechanism of the small base, but this state is now over.

The manufacturer Arctic (formerly Arctic Cooling) is familiar to most users, especially through its very quiet and high CPU and VGA Coolers and brings the M1-series ultra-quiet and low-cost alternatives on the market. Who feels the stock cooler of its base-AM1-APU to be too loud, who finally finds the right replacement here.

To ensure minimum possible noise, the 50-mm standard fan of AMD boxed cooler at Arctic M1 was replaced by a larger and thus laufruhigeren 80mm low speed fan with hydrodynamic plain bearings. This turns a maximum of 750 U / min instead of unregulated 4,000 U / min the standard version and provides the desired air flow and pressure without perceptible noise.

Even under full load is the Arctic cooler so not even about 0.1 Sone, making it more than twice as quiet as the standard cooler. Its cooling power is to each AM1 APU to keep still more than adequate to ideal temperature in view of the low TDP of Kabini chips and offers even reserves.

Be attached cooler the M1 series very easily arranged by means of two diagonal suspension bolts on the rear side of the mainboard. In addition, already Arctic MX-2 thermal compound pre-applied to the bottom plate was. Due to the high quality fan technology with a long lifetime, donated Manufacturer Arctic the M1 a warranty period of 6 years lush!

Technical details:

    Dimensions: 80 x 41 x 80 mm (W x H x D)
    Material: Aluminum (heat sink, baseplate)
    Weight: 172 g (including fan)
    Fan: 80 mm (max 0.1 sone, 750 U / min.)
    Operating voltage: 12 V (0.03 A)
    Connector: 3-Pin
    Maximum TDP: 50 Watt
    Compatibility: AMD Socket AM1
    Manufacturer Warranty: 6 years