Question Difference between Thermalright AIO's

[Maxjek95]

Hi all,

I've been looking at the Thermalright AIO's for a while for my i5-13600k and checking reviews on them, but I can't really decide which one to take.
I'm currently looking at the Frozen Prism 240 BLACK ARGB, Frozen Notte 240 BLACK ARGB and the Frozen Magic 240 Scenic V2.
Looking at their prices, they are all very close to each other.

The differences I can find:
- Pump dimensions
- Pump speed: Frozen Prism has 3300 RPM (23 dBA) max, while the other two have 5300 RPM (28 dBA) max
- Pump power consumption: Frozen Prism has 4.8W max, the other two have 1.5W max.

Fan specifications
- Speed: Frozen Prism 1850 RPM / Frozen Notte 2000 RPM / Frozen Magic 2150 RPM
- Noise Level: Frozen Prism 27 dBA / Frozen Notte 27.7 dBA / Frozen Magic 28.1 dBA
- Air Flow: Frozen Prism 70.4 CFM / Frozen Notte 72.37 CFM / Frozen Magic 69 CFM
- Air Pressure: Frozen Prism 2.64 mm H2O / Frozen Notte 2.87 mm H2O / Frozen Magic 2.87 mm H2O

Looking at these 3 in comparison, could anyone perhaps point the best/better one?

Thank you in advance.

 

[boju]

Are you prepared to change pumps every 2~3 years? Sorry for suggesting change of direction but 13600k doesn't need water and if you're not aware pumps will fail, not if but when, you should invest in a tower cooler like the Noctua D15s or Deepcool AK620 instead which will never break down.

 

[Phaaze88]

Looking at these 3 in comparison, could anyone perhaps point the best/better one?

That would require you, or someone else, to acquire all three and test performance within your comfort zone; your ears will cause you to tune them differently.
The differences between them may even be negligible, but you won't know that without testing.

 

[geofelt]

What are you now using for a cooler, or is this for a new build?
What is the make/model of your case, and what is the graphics card?
Are you looking for RGB "bling"
Do you care about noise?
Yes, pumps are mechanical devices and will fail in time.
But, also aio coolers will have air permeate through the cooling tubes, making the unit ineffective.
I might plan on 5 years or so for a lifetime.
A 240 aio will be using 120mm fans that need to spin up and will become noisy.
A cooler like the NH-D15s needs only a single 140mm fan to be effective.
Normally runs at about 1000 rpm which is inaudible, and with a max of 1500 rpm. Not noisy at all, even full out.

An air cooler will direct airflow over the motherboard vrm's and the graphics card.
An aio only takes care of itself.

 

[Maxjek95]

What are you now using for a cooler, or is this for a new build?
What is the make/model of your case, and what is the graphics card?
Are you looking for RGB "bling"
Do you care about noise?
Yes, pumps are mechanical devices and will fail in time.
But, also aio coolers will have air permeate through the cooling tubes, making the unit ineffective.
I might plan on 5 years or so for a lifetime.
A 240 aio will be using 120mm fans that need to spin up and will become noisy.
A cooler like the NH-D15s needs only a single 140mm fan to be effective.
Normally runs at about 1000 rpm which is inaudible, and with a max of 1500 rpm. Not noisy at all, even full out.

An air cooler will direct airflow over the motherboard vrm's and the graphics card.
An aio only takes care of itself.

I'm currently using the Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE. I used to have my desktop on the floor, but recently placed it on my desk because I read it's better for dust, etc.
Now that I'm looking at it, I find the Peerless Assassin huge and not really nice looking and thus was looking for an AIO for the looks (with RGB), but obviously also performance wise.
In terms of cooling, the Peerless Assassin does a very great job though.

My current case is a MSI Vampiric 010 and GPU is a MSI Gaming Radeon RX 6700 XT 12 GB.
Noise is not the most important, as 9 of 10 times I have my headset on.

 

[geofelt]

Looks count.
But, to me, I would, in time find RGB to be distracting.

For dust control, see if you can't find a washable dust filter for the air intake source.
If all of the cooling air comes from one source and is filtered, your parts will stay clean.

You may need to find a better case for that..