Review Arctic Liquid Freezer II 240 Review: Quiet i9 Chiller

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Arctic’s Liquid Freezer Lives up to its name and performs well in loads of 200W+ when paired with Intel’s i9-12900K.

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[Zescion]

Nice cooler, but the Thermaltake Peerless Assassin beats it with similar noise using air and a third of the price.

 

[shady28]

Good to see this getting reviewed, most only do the 280mm version.

I've had mine for about 2 years now. It is a great AIO, punches well above its 240mm AIO class. Mine can keep up with sustained 220W loads without getting into thermal throttle. It's as good as it gets in this size class IMO.

 

[-Fran-]

My baby!

I have it cooling my 5900X with the offset bracket/mod they have by default. It's only ~156W at full blast, but never goes above 70°C. Ah, this is also after installing the fix kit for the heatsink. It actually improved my temps by about 5°C, I'd like to say, but I never kept a close enough eye to gauge accurately, but I did see temps above 70°C before swapping it.

Also, you should let the CPUs run at full blast now. As long as you let them thermal throttle, it should be fine. You're just neglecting the most interesting data points for the cooler IMO.

Anyway, thanks as always for the review.

Regards.

 

[saunupe1911]

The 360 version just got delivered from their Amazon sale. Tired of NZXT and janky software smh.

 

[Sleepy_Hollowed]

Seems like the absolute top 3 GOAT for 240, will have to put on the short list, thanks for the review.

 

[Darkbreeze]

So, what I'd REALLY like to know is how this cooler manages to not exceed the amperage requirements for a single PWM header when just one PWM cable is running both fans, the pump and the VRM pump as well? Do we have any specs available on what each of those contributory components draws in terms of peak amperage requirements. Normally we tell people not to put more than two or at most three fans on a single PWM header, and it seems like a pump plus another small fan is cutting it rather close.

 

[-Fran-]

So, what I'd REALLY like to know is how this cooler manages to not exceed the amperage requirements for a single PWM header when just one PWM cable is running both fans, the pump and the VRM pump as well? Do we have any specs available on what each of those contributory components draws in terms of peak amperage requirements. Normally we tell people not to put more than two or at most three fans on a single PWM header, and it seems like a pump plus another small fan is cutting it rather close.

From what I understand, the AIO_PUMP header in most motherboards has higher amp delivery precisely of that reason, plus it serves as monitoring for the pump itself for AIOs.

My Arctic Freezer uses that single connector, although I could connect the fans independently to the CPU_FAN headers.

Regards,

 

[Darkbreeze]

I might suggest they do that. Not sure if that's possible on the AF II though. Manual leaves MUCH to be desired.

 

[-Fran-]

I might suggest they do that. Not sure if that's possible on the AF II though. Manual leaves MUCH to be desired.

What do you mean?

I have the Arctic Freezer II 240 AIO and I use a single connector, which I plugged into the AIO_PUMP and control it via the BIOS as a PWM-style pump.

Regards.

 

[Darkbreeze]

What I meant was, I didn't know if YOU had an AF or AF II. There might have been differences between generations, wasn't sure. Since you have the AF II, clearly it's a non-issue.