Arctic Alpine M1 passive cooler, socket AM1 [ACALP00005A]

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.

In order to enable a genuine Fanless construction on AMD Kabini base, the heat sink has been enlarged compared to the boxed version and completely dispensed in return for active ventilation. The passive cooler Arctic remains always completely silent, making it ideal for silent enthusiasts. Its cooling power is to each AM1 APU to keep in mind the low TDP of Kabini chips still more than sufficient in absolute silence on ideal temperature.

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 absolute freedom from maintenance spendiert manufacturer Arctic passive M1 a warranty period of 6 years lush!

Technical details:

    Dimensions: 77 x 70 x 77 mm (W x H x D)
    Material: Aluminum (heat sink, baseplate)
    Weight: 246 g
    Ventilation: passive
    Maximum TDP 25 Watt
    Compatibility: AMD Socket AM1
    Manufacturer Warranty: 6 years