Review Thermalright Frozen Notte and Aqua Elite 360 White V3 Review: Strong AIOs available for less than $65

[Admin]

With performance this good, it’s hard to believe it’s available for less than $65 USD

Thermalright Frozen Notte and Aqua Elite 360 White V3 Review: Strong AIOs available for less than $65 : Read more

 

[JamesLahey]

Frozen Notte 360 user here:

Glad to see this capable and very budget friendly aio get some airtime.

When I bought mine I couldn’t find any mainstream reviews, and I took a chance on it.

I was replacing a Noctua NH-D15, only because I wanted to vertical mount my gpu, for aesthetics.

Fan control software is a must if you want to really fine tune your sound profile, but I never had anything but great performance from the cooler.

I didn’t notice the inline pump when I purchased it, but other than wondering why it had a fan header attached to a weird plastic lump for a few minutes, it was never an issue with tube routing or noise.

These are exceptional coolers at a price that competes with budget air options.

 

[GravtheGeek]

At last we see

With performance this good, it’s hard to believe it’s available for less than $65 USD

Thermalright Frozen Notte and Aqua Elite 360 White V3 Review: Strong AIOs available for less than $65 : Read more

a review for this line! With the 360 only $65 and the 240 only $50, it's amazing it's taken this long to see some reviews for it. Seems like the go to for cheap AIO cooling.

 

[thestryker]

Given how long Thermalright has been in business and they carry decent warranties it certainly seems to be as fantastic a deal as their air coolers. It looks like they use multiple ODMs for their pumps which may be part of the reason they're able to have such low prices.

With new CPUs coming out this year it will be interesting to see if anything changes on the cooler front since Intel's cores should be offset similarly to AMD.

 

[parkerthon]

Just fyi, this is a vertical case and the block outlet tubes should be oriented facing up when you install it. Not sideways and definitely not down. Otherwise air bubbles can potentially get trapped in block and burn out the pump. Pretty much everyone, including Toms it would appear, doesn’t pay attention to this proper installation detail and instead focuses on the aesthetics of routing the tubes to the radiator. This is why some pumps die prematurely or whine out of the box. GamersNexus did a big thing on it, but it should be noted in the install instructions.

 

[tlkraus1965]

Just fyi, this is a vertical case and the block outlet tubes should be oriented facing up when you install it. Not sideways and definitely not down. Otherwise air bubbles can potentially get trapped in block and burn out the pump. Pretty much everyone, including Toms it would appear, doesn’t pay attention to this proper installation detail and instead focuses on the aesthetics of routing the tubes to the radiator. This is why some pumps die prematurely or whine out of the box. GamersNexus did a big thing on it, but it should be noted in the install instructions.

I'm not sure of the issue here. The radiator is at the top of the loop with the tubes facing down so the air should rest at the top of the radiator which is well above the pump. In the Gamer's Nexus video I watched, the tube orientation at the pump was not addressed, only that the pump is below the loop and try to avoid air at the connection barbs of the radiator.