Zero-Infinity Free-Flow+ Review
Up Close: Assembled
Published: 11th June 2012 | Source: Zero Infinity | Price: £59.99 |
Up Close: Assembled
The Free Flow+ comes packaged with 3x120mm fans, making for quite a formidable and impressive structure once assembled. The fans are aligned in a linear pattern as you might imagine, giving a flow of air from the front to the rear of the unit (hence the name free flow).
When assembled the whole unit is 155mm long from front fan to rear fan, which might give some rear case fan clearance issues in smaller cases, and certainly causes clearance issues for those with tall heat sinks on their RAM.
The choice of Purple bladed fans is something of an unusual design direction. I guess it stands out from the crowd, but if you're looking to colour theme your build you're going to be hard pushed to find purple products from other manufacturers, but then I guess that's part of the marketing plan.
I have to be honest in that the Free Flow+ doesn't exactly ooze feelings of quality. The towers of the cooler itself weren't actually perpendicular to each other, necessitating quite a bit of leverage to insert the central fan, and the fans themselves did feel a little on the chap and flimsy side, with little effort made to disguise the injection moulding points. That said, once assembled you can't help be impressed by the scale and purpleness of the cooler (Purpleness is a real word, honest)
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Originally Posted by SEBAR
This was a great read, I love the way you do your reviews. Hey Tom, did you read the directions before trying to install this thing? Just kidding, you probably should have thrown this out the window. This thing is all show and no go. |
Seriously, they need to start selling those fans on their own. Shame about the cooler itself, but oh my those fans! Do want!!!
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Originally Posted by Josh Weston
If by Tom, you mean Gary? |
Anyway, on the 2nd graph (overvolted CPU), shouldn't the delta T for the Free-Flow+ be 64.75 if the CPU temp was 83.75 and ambiant was 19?
Just our way of checking who reads the full review and who just skips to the end
I mean come on, there really is no excuse. Smaller coolers have the limitation of size and usually aesthetics. These twin tower coolers have no such restrictions. I see their only purpose is to perform to a high level!! (though I personally love twin tower designs
) which is why I am always excited by the thought of a new twin tower offering. But again we, the twin tower brigade have been let down so I and many others will be sticking with the trusted if a little long in the tooth Noctua Have the NH-D14 and the Silver Arrow really hit the limit of what an air cooler is capable of doing?
I would love a better looking alternative to the NH-D14, and will be one of the first to buy such a product if it ever materialises.
I really like the look of the Havik, though when I think about it maybe its the blade design on
the fans that I cant see past, I think those fans look bloody awesome
I may order some of them to see what they are like, Oh no, wait, I cant, I'M POOR!!!!
Another sign that this sample was a dud, is how the screws supporting the base seem uneven in the photo(s).
I am not a fan of the 'direct contact' heatsink design because the spacers between the heat pipes will never be as efficient as a thick and solid copper base. Still, it would be nice to see this one redone with a proper sample.
At least this isn't as bad as TTL's Zalman 9900(MAX?) review. That fan was wobbling soo bad, I'm surprised the rig didn't shimmy off the table ! lolz..And yes, its STILL giving me nightmares, Tom.
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