ASUS announces Arctic Square

ASUS has announced the Arctic Square CPU cooler. This compact cooler incorporates features, including double side fins, dynamic fan speed control and four copper heat pipes in order to deliver efficient heat dissipation for the latest quad-core processors. With a small cooler size, the Arctic Square should be compatible with many motherboards and chassis.

The Arctic Square incorporates a double side fin design that includes "ladder-shaped" fins located on both sides of the cooler for a larger heat exchange area. Four heat pipes made of copper transfer heat generated by the CPU to the fins. Furthermore the Arctic Square supports Intel's Core 2 Extreme series, Pentium D Dual-Core CPU, and Pentium 4 LGA775 processors; as well as AMD's Socket AM2/940/939, AthlonTM 64-FX, AthlonTM and SempronTM processors.

The voltage regulation shield inside the cooler directs airflow created by the 9cm LED fan to surrounding VRM (voltage regulation modules). This design should effectively reduce VRM temperature by 10-15˚C, states ASUS.

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