INTRODUCTION

   The recent release of Intel's 13th generation CPU's and AMD's Ryzen 7000 series has once again made one thing clear, high temperatures (at least in regards to the high-performance models) at load are still a serious issue, especially for people who like to do manual overclocking. This of course means that bundled CPU air coolers are nowhere near enough to keep powerful CPUs at acceptable temperatures and so this is where AIO liquid CPU coolers and large CPU Air Coolers come in. Now even though it's clear that AIO liquid CPU coolers usually outperform CPU air coolers it's also a fact that AIO pumps can fail (I’ve had AIO models running for 6+ years continuously but I’ve also seen cases where pumps failed after a few months) and so people looking for a more surefire solution tend to turn towards CPU air coolers. Iceberg Thermal is a rather new player on the block and today I'll be testing their unique looking iceSLEET X7 Dual model.

   Iceberg Thermal Inc. was founded through the belief in the entrepreneurial spirit, passion, and creativity in innovating technologies, and bringing excellence to the electronics industry. With decades of experience in the industry, we believe in bringing our customers the best thermal conduction solutions. We do it all, design conception, product manufacturing, and direct sales to our customers. We follow our products through the design and manufacturing process to ensure the products our customers receive are of the highest quality. We manufacture a full range of cooling products including CPU coolers, VGA coolers, case fans, thermal paste, thermal pads, and water coolers.

   The iceSLEET X7 Dual by Iceberg Thermal has a TDP (thermal design power) of 225W and as its name clearly states it's a U-type (sandwich) dual-tower CPU cooler featuring two fans in push and pull configuration. Each of the two heatsinks features a total of 49 aluminum fins (0.4mm in thickness each, 98 in total, partially closed on both sides) evenly spaced (2mm) and both of them are connected to a nickel plated copper base by a grant total of seven 6mm all-copper nickel plated heatpipes. Iceberg Thermal chose to go with two different sized fans, an 120mm ARGB fan placed at the front (1850RPM/2.8mmH2O/76CFM) and an 140mm fan placed between both heatsinks (1600RPM/2.65mmH2O/96CFM). Both fans feature fluid dynamic bearings, automatic start/stop, have an MTTF (mean time to failure) of 150.000 hours and produce up to 38dBA of noise. Thanks to its top ARGB LEDs and the green/blue plastic shroud the iceSLEET X7 Dual by Iceberg Thermal certainly looks unique but what about cooling efficiency?