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Steve from GamersNexus explains you the mistakes to avoid while assembling your water cooling AIO in your PC case.
As Cinebench R23’s multi-core benchmark will push coolers to their limits, it’s also a great test for recording the worst-case scenario of fan noise levels. Here the results are a bit different than above, with the Liquid Freezer II providing the second quietest performance of all the coolers we’ve tested. Only Thermalright’s single-fan low-profile AXP120-X67 air cooler is quieter, although that cooler is the worst performer in the previous test. B) it will be difficult to run a push/pull due to the sheer size of the radiator depending on your case. I BARELY got it all to fit.Albert.Thomas said:I'll be extremely impressed if I ever find a cooler capable of handling it full bore :)Time to step into 420mm territory? XD
I am glad someone was listening to what a few of us here commented on the last AIO reviewed about how Arctic's LF 2 coolers were the best overall by far. The VRM fan clearly does something, and temperature improvements will follow the more even FPM on either side of the VRM heatsink, but we also want to be clear that a top-mounted radiator would also benefit the VRM. This is something we simulate in our test setup. VRM Thermals Plus, our sophisticated cable management hides the PWM cables of your radiator fans in the sleeving. The majority of Liquid Coolers on the market today are based around Asetek designs, but the Liquid Freezer II features a pump which was designed in-house by Arctic, with the goal of quieter operation and higher efficiency. Like its fans, the water pump is PWM-controlled and will adjust its speeds. This decreases power consumption and leads to lower noise levels in lighter workloads.Small fans have the reputation of being particularly loud and not very durable; that’s why we set out to develop a quiet, sturdy diagonal fan, especially for the Liquid Freezer II. We’re 100% convinced that this 40 mm fan is just as durable as our other case fans. If the fan doesn’t live up to our claims, our customer service team will send you a replacement free of charge (without you having to replace the entire unit). Its very easy, the fan on there just use standard 4-pin connectors, so you can just swap them out for any pwm fan. You might need a splitter to connect both fans to the original cable though.
Er ... this thing costs less than half the price of a h100 pro ... and cools within 0.1 degree (by the data that you yourself linked) ... not to mention PWMs @ over 50% cooler with this AIO. The nature of a review cycle (while a product is relevant) typically dictates that there’s no means to realistically test for endurance or age. We can revisit in the future if needed, but that’s the only question mark left after the review process: Arctic’s pump design is new, something we’ll look at in our tear-down video coming up shortly, and a new design means we have no reference point for endurance and reliability. In general, liquid coolers outlive the usable life of the system, and potentially two systems, but those that fail do so in a much more visible or catastrophic fashion. Failures are overall rare, however, and that’s always important to note. We’ll send you to our Air vs. Liquid cooler content for more of an explanation on this front. Should be available in Europe -- I'm pretty sure Arctic is a European company -- based in Germany maybe?
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This one in the review looks really nice as well. I wish more manufacturers would stop making their products look like action figure toys. But are you sure the fans are the issue? the P12/14 on the AFII are already pretty decent fans. You're not going to see massive improvements unless you're going to get something with much higher speeds. The increased cooling challenges posed by Raptor Lake mean that we’ve had to change some of the ways we test coolers. Some coolers were able to pass Cinebench R23 multicore testing with Intel’s 12th Gen i9-12900K when power limits were removed (although only the strongest models were able to pass that test).
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