In an effort to bring quality and unbiased reviews to our readers, I have decided to implement a program I am calling: 'A Second Opinion'. A Second Opinion will take a look at products already reviewed on DSM, another staff member will essentially review the product again, but this review will be shorter and more focused on the testing aspects of the products.
The idea is that another viewpoint might shed light on something that the original reviewer missed, and the second reviewers test system is different than the original testing system.  Not all products will receive the second opinion, only a select few will. There will be a special category in the reviews section of the site that will be titled 'A Second Opinion' here these reviews can be found.  I hope everyone finds this program helpful, as the aim to to provide quality, honest and unbiased content to our readers and for our sponsors. So, for our first Second Opinion we have the Alpine64 from Arctic Cooling, this is also our newest staff member, Tomas Ratas' first review for DSM. So stop by and check out his take on the Alpine64 and drop him a note of welcome in the forums...

Arctic Cooling Alpine64 : Second Opinion

Reviewed by: Tom Ratas AkA: DarthOverlord

Sponsor: Arctic Cooling

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Introduction:

In my first review for the Second Opinion, I will be looking at is the Arctic Cooling Alpine 64 CPU Cooler. Although I am aware of the Arctic Cooling brand, this is my first time trying one of their products. Arctic Cooling has been synonymous for terrific cooling products, particularly in their GPU cooling Silencer line.

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The Alpine 64’s selling points are its low acoustic performance and its six year warranty. That type of warranty shows Arctic Cooling is confident in the quality of their products. The Alpine 64 is designed to be used with All AMD Sempron, Athlon 64 and Athlon 64 X2 (Socket 754, 939, AM2) and All AMD Opteron processors.

Luckily for me I had a brand new Opteron 146 system that I was in the middle of testing and overclocking. So let’s take a look at what the Alpine 64 has to offer.

(Editors Note: Original review can be found HERE for entire specs and features listing.)