ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III Pro 360 - AIO CPU Cooler, 3 x 120 mm Water Cooling, 38 mm Radiator, PWM Pump, VRM Fan, AMD AM5/AM4, Intel LGA1851/1700 Contact Frame - Black

Best AIO i have used so farWhy did you choose this product over others?:The price and reviews from youtube From what i found out has some of the best cooling and for that price cant go wrongPerformance:As i said keeps thing nice and cool Chunky radiator with 3 very good fans Also has a VRM fan which is greatBuild quality:Very solid build very good qualityLook:Looks very nice i got the all black no rgb version looks very nice Thickness:Very thick radiator make sure to check sizes to see if it fits in your case as it is bigger than most AIOsFit:Fit well in my case as i did check measurements before handSize:Its very big as i have said before make sure to check measurements of your CaseAlso very easy to install and pretty quiet aswell

I recently purchased a Liquid Freezer II 360 with the intention of installing it on my 13900K main system here, but a month later still not got round to doing so, when Arctic launched this week their updated Liquid Freezer III AIO at an unbelievable price. The price alone for the LFIII 360 was what made me purchase it in all honesty, even if I have an unopened LFII sat here, but I am glad that I did!No longer do I need to undervolt the CPU or restrict power limits to the CPU to keep temperatures under control (although if you play games that use the Unreal Engine 5, you may still want to do this).Running Cinebench R20 (which puts a load on the CPU much higher than what 99% of applications or games will) on the 13900K will almost automatically send the temperatures up to the thermal throttle limits within a few seconds of starting the test, but with the Arctic LFIII installed, temperatures have not even approached anywhere the thermal limits of the CPU, therefore it does not throttle & stays at full turbo speed for longer. With the CPU overclocked to 5.9Ghz all P-Cores & 4.4Ghz all E-cores, a maximum temperature of 82C has been experienced with no throttling what so ever. Before with a Noctua NH-D15 (one of the very best air cooling solutions available), 100C+ could be reached within 2-3 seconds of starting the test causing the CPU to throttle back by upto 300Mhz during the a single test run or more if you are running it for a longer period of time.During game sessions, I have yet to see the CPU temperature on any core get higher than 63C and not had the fans spin up any more than about 40% of their maximum speed (no change in noise basically with the fan curves I have set).There is one drawback though which stops me from buying more of the LFIII units & that is that it is not compatible with ANY other Intel sockets than LGA1700 (12-14 gen) or the upcoming LGA1851 that is going to be used with newer generations. That means if you have a i9 9900K/10900K/11900K (or any older socket platform), you cannot make use of this cooler. I feel Arctic are losing out on sales because of this as it is obvious that the cooler can be used with the more traditional style mounting solutions as they use this with the supplied AM4/AM5 mounting kit. For the sake of an extra £2-3, Arctic could have provided a mounting solution for LGA115x/2011 and still be cheaper than virtually every other AIO brand on the market. Same applies with the tiny amount of MX6 thermal compound supplied with the cooler. This is a one time application and with contact frames having to be torqued correctly to make sure that all memory channels are present (if overtighten the screws or not provide even pressure on all sides when tightening it down for the contact frame you run the risk of some pins not making a good contact with the CPU) & if you find after installing the cooler that half your memory is not available or system is unstable because of this, you will need additional thermal compound to be able to remove the cooler, reseat the CPU & frame, then reattach pump block. Putting a 2g syringe of MX6 in (£3 if sold separately) still will have the package much cheaper than other available (this is something that should be aware of & have to hand just in case if you have not fitted a 3rd party contact frame before or seen any of the YouTube videos talking about them). In short, tighten the screws 1 turn at a time working in a X/star (top left, bottom right, top right, bottom left, repeat) pattern until the thread bottoms out under 2 fingers turning the screwdriver - DO NOT OVER TIGHTEN!I haven't even mentioned the other benefit of having a fan mounted on the block that cools the VRM’s on the motherboard as well which is silent even at full speed. Unlike other similar VRM cooling solutions built in to an AIO, if it fails, it it can be easily replaced without having to dismantle the whole system & pump block by simply lifting off from the pump as is connected by 2 magnets. Power to the VRM fan is provided by pogo pins on the pump itself that make connection to the fan motor when the magnets engage. You also get a choice of mother board connections as well - two cables are provided - one with a single 4 pin PWM connector that powers the main fans, pump & VRM fan together with a single PWM curve or a 3 way PWM cable (fans, pump & VRM fan) for setting individual PWM curves for each part individually (ie run the pump at 100%, steeper curve on VRM fan & a flatter/steeper curve on the main fans). Regardless of which solution you choose to use, the 4 pin ribbon cable is the same size for ease of cable management.Other than the 2 minor issues that buyers could run into, every thing else I don’t think can be beaten for performance, let alone the price, unless you go full custom loop water cooling (which is going to cost a LOT more than the LFIII does!). For any new machines that I build going forward, the Arctic LFIII will be my first choice of cooler for them as you get all the benefits of a top end liquid cooled cooler at the price of a mid-priced air cooler. If you want/like RGB, then there is also an A-RGB version available for roughly £10 more than the non-RGB version, which when compared to other AIO’s available is still around half the price of other brand equivalent in performance!

Best AIO there is, but it is very big, triple check all the messages with your case to make sure it fits its also thick and took me some intresting mounting methods to get it in my case which is a corsair 5000d so not a samll case, overall it looks good, premium build quality, and function very well, keeps my CPU very cool

If you are looking for a really quiet solution to cool down your CPU, you'd struggle to find something better.If you want the best possible cooling solution and don't mind having a jet engine inside your case, there are better options out there.Over all, I believe it's the best compromise between cooling and noise, hence why it's been voted by most of reviewers as the most efficient cooler (and tends to be even better for AMD CPU's). But, there are a few things to check carefully before you press "Buy" :It can only be mounted in one position, with the tubes "down". If you have a vertically mounted GPU, this might be a nightmare as you'll need to mounted as low as possible to clear the tubes.The radiator it's thicker than the "standard" 25mm, so having it mounted on the top of the case might be tricky as on most of the cases you don't have too much room before it hits the motherboard or cable going into the motherboard. If you don't have the option to offset the radiator, no chance!Front or side mounted (like in my case) should work fine in most cases.When front / side mounted, you want to pull the air from outside the case so the fans will act as intake - again, the radiator it's thick, so you won't get as much intake you'd think with 3 fans. Make sure you don't rely on these as the only intake option. Other components will cry for cold air.The VRM fan does help and you can hardly hear it even at 100%. Set back to about 80% and completely blends in with the other fans..The pump it's also silent (can't hear it unless my ear it's right next to it) and I'm a bit surprised when reading reviews saying the pump it's loud; maybe quality check issues, or radiator mounted in a wrong (lower than the pump) position?Over all, at least for me, it's the best compromise, not to mention the very good price too. A bit more flexibility when it comes to installing it and it would be a "perfect 5 stars". I'm curious what Arctic will bring with the new model as it looks like they always listen and come up with new ways to improve things!1st photo at idle and the 2nd with Cinebench R23 running in background. All P cores fixed at 5.3GHz and E Cores at 4.2 GHz, Undervolted -0.110000