Review Lian Li Galahad AIO 240 Review: Performance and Style Meets Affordability

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The Lian Li Galahad AIO 240 makes an impressive first splash with competitive pricing and excellent thermal performance.

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[cma6]

Excellent review from Garrett Carver. However, he needs to address this question: Does this cooler support AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3 3970X?

"The Lian Li Galahad AIO 240 arrives ready to support the majority of current CPU sockets." While HSF coolers all come with extended base plates to ensure maximum contact with the CPU's IHS, most AIO coolers haven’t made that step yet, and still use circular cold plates that leave the edges of the IHS exposed. AIO coolers available for Threadripper CPUs therefore aren’t cooling as efficiently as they could, allowing the HSF coolers to match (and even exceed) their performance.

 

[g-unit1111]

Looks like a decent cooler. But for a 280mm cooler there's no way I would choose that over a Corsair or NZXT.

 

[Makaveli]

Excellent review from Garrett Carver. However, he needs to address this question: Does this cooler support AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3 3970X?

"The Lian Li Galahad AIO 240 arrives ready to support the majority of current CPU sockets." While HSF coolers all come with extended base plates to ensure maximum contact with the CPU's IHS, most AIO coolers haven’t made that step yet, and still use circular cold plates that leave the edges of the IHS exposed. AIO coolers available for Threadripper CPUs therefore aren’t cooling as efficiently as they could, allowing the HSF coolers to match (and even exceed) their performance.

I would expect one would go 280 or 360 on a Threadripper build over a 240 for less noise and better performance.

 

[nofanneeded]

Looks like a decent cooler. But for a 280mm cooler there's no way I would choose that over a Corsair or NZXT.

All are Asetek made , IMO all are the same ... the only difference is the quality of the FANS thats all.

 

[rubix_1011]

Excellent review from Garrett Carver. However, he needs to address this question: Does this cooler support AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3 3970X?

"The Lian Li Galahad AIO 240 arrives ready to support the majority of current CPU sockets." While HSF coolers all come with extended base plates to ensure maximum contact with the CPU's IHS, most AIO coolers haven’t made that step yet, and still use circular cold plates that leave the edges of the IHS exposed. AIO coolers available for Threadripper CPUs therefore aren’t cooling as efficiently as they could, allowing the HSF coolers to match (and even exceed) their performance.

It's covered in the details of the cooler:

Intel Sockets	775,115X, 1200, 1366, 2011x, 2066
AMD Sockets	AM2, AM3, AM4, FM1, FM2

The answer is that no, it does not support TR4 or TRX4 (which are identical in mounting size, but not electrical/socket support), which is why it isn't explicitly discussed as part of the narrative.

 

[hotaru251]

i'd prolly still go for the evga one.

i prefer darker themed insides that arent "blingy"

 

[david germain]

Does anyone know what the lowest temp that is possible with water cooling? it would seem with the closeness of the numbers, that they are close to the maximum that is possible.
At what point is comparing cooling irrelevant?
pre-chilling the water would be better, but if the cooling block is at it max then even cooling the water would make little difference.

 

[half_empty]

that fans noice is a joke
if i want to listen to jet i can power on hoover
sorry lian li but this is not a good product

 

[Netherspark]

"The Galahad pump makes use of a 4-pin PWM header, which can be managed with a pump curve from your motherboard or operate full-time at 100% via the included SATA power cable. "

This is not true... the Galahad visibly has a 3-pin DC power connector for its pump.

 

[nofanneeded]

Any news about the pumpless AIO ? was Prototyped several years ago