Arctic Liquid Freezer III Pro 360 Argb Review

You don’t have to spend a fortune on the next liquid cooler. Arctic Liquid Freazer III Pro 360 Argb is all you need for a contemporary processor and it just costs USD 94/80 £. This applies to 360 mm version with ArgB lighting. You can spend as little as USD 71/£ 62 On 240 mm option without lights. This releases the budget to put somewhere else – maybe it is a better graphics card.

You wouldn’t make your platform or processor to utilize a liquid freezer III PRO. Earlier, we assessed the Arctic liquid freezer III as the best liquid cooler in one and it is improved only with the Pro version. It still has the same broad radiator and built -in VRM fan, as its predecessor, but the Pro version also has a higher fin density and improved RPM pump control. What’s more, the fans receive the greatest improvement.

Arctic includes three P12 Pro fans on Liquid Freezer III Pro 360 Argb. They look impressive on paper-level paper compared to P12 PST PWM fans in an older version-with a maximum of 3000 rpm, high air flow and unchanging pressure measured with a massive 6.9 mmh20 massive. This is a unchanging figure of the Arctic and I can’t test it myself, but this is a huge result for the utilize of the radiator. I presented fans using the anemometer.

In my tests P12 Pro reached 2.6 m/s at 3000 rpm. This is only beaten by Hyte ThicC FP12, and even exceeds our choice for the best PC fan, NF-A12X25 G2 PWM NOKTUA, probably due to the much higher arctic turnover. P12 Pro pencil breaks down at lower revs. Fan G2 NOKTUA beats everything else at 1200, 800 and 450 rpm. This is crucial because you will lead the fan most of the time than the maximum speed. But this is undoubtedly impressive.

P12 Pro is a clamorous fan in a full throttle, due to this sublime maximum rotational speed, although it is particularly quieter than Hyte Thicc FP12, which reaches the same speeds. Hyte also exceeds the Arctic at maximum speed. I tested both side by side and I definitely prefer the Arctic fans on my computer because of the tone of Hyte fans, but to be truthful, I don’t really want not to work at full speed. They are clamorous. You must keep them on a exquisite curve to keep them.

There is no dedicated software for the Arctic. However, setting the curve in the BIOS could not be much easier. You have a choice: either configure it with individual control of all fans and pumping, or start everything from one curve. This is possible thanks to two cable sets contained in the field: one set has individual fan connectors for the pump fan, VRM fan and radiator fan; The second one has only one connection. Both end on the pump unit with a reserved connection.

I tested with individually connected cables. I was worried that a petite VRM fan would be very clamorous, how often the petite fans were, but I was pleasantly surprised when he is not so audible. For a general user, I probably recommend sticking to the approach to a single cable. This is much smarter. All in all, the Arctic hides its cables quite well. The fans in the radiator are connected in paory to reduce loose cables, including Argb cables, all of which are then directed by sleeves on the pump tubes to the pump unit, potentially connecting only to the fan connection and ArgB connection. After using a few liquid cooler with screens, which recently require cables everywhere, I will shock. The number of freezer III Pro is so plain – it should really be.

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Although, unlike Hyte Q60 or NZXT Kraken Elite, Arctic does not move the cables from the pump (where they are more observable) on the radiator (where they are not). This is the opposite. Although two petite pump cables are easily hidden, so honestly works almost so well.

Speaking of the configuration process, it is quite straightforward on the AMD Ryzen processor, but a bit more involved in Intel One. This is because Artic has, in its favor, it contained a contact frame with Liquid Freatez III Pro – one and the same as a contact frame with the freezer 36. This is a metal frame that completely replaces Integrated load mechanism (ILM). Basically, Nixxing Metal CPU frame and socket cover for a flat, stronger metal block. It is also a good idea because the 13 and 14th generation processors were obliged to bend over time. Yes, bending. The contact frame prevents it, but only if you do it immediately using a fresh processor.

It is great to have this peace of mind to offer a contact frame here, which is contained in a box without additional costs, but installing it on the motherboard requires a little more effort. It requires carefully Removing ILM with a supplied tool, being careful not to stab a screwdriver or finger to a exquisite socket underneath, and then make sure that the rear plate is still aligned with four holes on each corner. It is best to do it with a flat plate, because I did it once on my vertical test bench and, yes, don’t do it. The task then requires placing the processor in the exposed nest, and then the contact frame at the top, and then screwing it all together with the rear plate at the back. Once together it is solid as stone.

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Water some of the attached Arctic MX-6 thermal paste, or another by choice (I test everything with a massive MX-4 tube), load a icy plate on the spot and tighten two bolts in captivity. Sorted and stable as hell. Although I noticed that the icy board on the radiator does not include the full Intel system, with a lean piece on the bottom edge of the system. An crucial thing is real silicon and the spread of heat above, in any case it is well covered, which apparently applies to temperatures registered during testing.

It should only be remembered that there is a potential for the problem of compatibility between the pump tube and the particularly high SSD M.2. There is no real way to mount this radiator in a different way than stretching the tube below the pump, which should not be a problem yourself for this radiator, but it can rub against the high M.2 socket for SSD PCIe 5.0. Arctic says to contact support if you still encounter this problem because it will provide a free M.2 fridge.

The number of freezer III Pro manages excellent thermal performance in my test apartment, even with a chip as hungry for energy as the I7 14700K core. I must admit that I have not yet tested a liquid radiator, which does not work at the same level – the technology has really appeared a jump and border in recent years, so that even budget radiators are with the best there – and the liquid freezer III Pro is not different. It is often there with one of the best liquid coolers that you can buy today, Masterliquid 360 Cooler Master Master 360 and easily competes with much more exorbitant Corsair, NZXT and others models.

I have already mentioned the levels of noise from fans individually and we test each refrigerated liquid with fans at maximum speed, so it is not surprising that this is a clamorous unit compared to some. However, I let it work in the background on a standard fan curve, which was set by Dark Hero ASUS ROG Maximus Z790, which I utilize on a test bench, and is quite tranquil. This is in my fans tests, because at 1200 rpm P12 Pro is one of the quietest fans I tested.

If you ignore hyper-speed liquid cooler with massive screens and I intend, I see only one true competitors in the Arctic Liquid Freezer III Pro Argb from my tests. This is the cooler Masterliquid 360 Core II. It works extremely well, looks good and is tranquil. It is also spectacularly affordable $ 100/£ 86. Between them I lightly lean towards the Arctic option, even because of the built -in VRM fan, which can aid in maintaining other key components by their vitality, a neat cable solution and a contact frame. Although both really have their advantages, and if one is much cheaper than the other, I say, go.