Can't find one single negative in the comments about Arctic. Means they are doing a great job! Also I checked the box and realised there was a qr code for the instruction manual lol (it was mounted upside down and there is no paper manual).
Arctic is closest to custom loop you will find on the market .. my only issues (there not crazy bad ) is the pump header is more function not flash ( some love the flashy GIF shit or pretty colours ) and the hose orientation into the pump header will be a issue for alot of sff builds..
There coolers are the best . Back when evenyone was buying the other 420 I watched some reviews and these were beating everything in its class. Im using arctic 420 II with my 11900 and its best cooler for thermals on super hot cpu. My cpu temps from my air cooler dropped to 40c from 80c using hyper 212 could not do it . so i gott the blacck one and it is got insane abilties . Ive never talked about this on channel . But lowe your channel . Hope all is well in aussieland.
Arctic's whole lineup is awesome. Their low profile coolers are great for the price, the Freezer 34 is great and their P12 fans are SO GOOD and pretty cheap for what you get.
Could not agree more. Only thing I don't like about the P12 fans is certain PWM levels have some motor noise. But it is easy enough to tune fan curves around the resonance points. Can't wait to try the new P12 MAX fans.
the new p12 fans are the best case fans currently for airflow under 40 dB most people don't run their fans loud anyways, you can get 5 for the price of a single t30 which it outperforms, amazing
@@MDFGamingVideo They have a new more efficient and quieter motor in the fans these days. I bought their P12 fans a couple years ago but never ran into any resonating noise though I've watched video reviews on Amazon of that issue and they were audible so it has happened to some people. In my experience, having had both a Noctua premium A12x25 fan and Noctua Redux fans, the Artic P12's were no louder and cooled about as well though Noctua's fans had a higher quality build but for up to triple the price (Redux fans were ~$15 and the premium fan was $30, Arctic P12's have been as cheap as $5 or $6 on sale but typically are $7-$9 depending on features like PWM, PST, CO ect.). I haven't heard anything about the P12 Max fans until I ran into this comment section. I'll check them out.
dont forget the AM4 mounting option which makes for better cooling on said platform .. ( offsets it over the parts that require the better cooling ) i understand hes using Intel but Arctic freezer ii AIO's are the best of the best and at the cheaper price they really do cater to both platforms !!
I had the old Arctic 240 cooler. Bought it for 60 bucks back then new. Even then it crushed most of the way more expensive competition. It cooled my 4,8 ghz AMD FX6300 to like 65 Degrees at max under full load in a really really tiny case. Absolutely loved it. Its a damn good company especially for the price.
Arctic has exceptionally good price-quality combo in Europe, where it is mostly a lot cheaper than all the other coolers. They even offer refurbished coolers for even less money. In addition they have an amazing customer-support and you can trust them, because if there is an issue, they will let us know about it(referring to aio's from 2021 w copper plate issue) and offer us a solution.
@@iikatinggangsengii2471 No. Arctic is Swiss/German but der8auer has nothing to do with them. He's also not a part of Lian Li, he only designed the O11 lineup. Thermal Grizzly is its own entity.
that was gasket issue ant not the plate, I had mine for 1 year before I saw GN video and upon opening mine - it wasn't bad at all, all I saw was few colored bubles and bit darkened copper plate
@@iikatinggangsengii2471 ARCTIC is Swiss at the root, now headquartered in Germany but with R&D based in Hong Kong and lead by a French (me 😁). The CEO is still the Swiss founder. Truly an international company.
The point is, all of Arctic's Liquid freezer II range is really good due to that extra thick radiator and the fans. I have a 280 mm arctic liquid freezer with my 5800x3d and is basically quiet. Soon I will be adding the new P12 Max to the exhaust and P14 Max fans to the cooler.
@@pietrmuffei8874 Not really if you can utilize all of this stuff well. Also, I doubt you'd prefer a jet engine as a PC and would pay a bit more for some level of silence.
not sure if there is diminishing returns on the fans really .. Cant say much with arctic but ive slapped a set of noctua 3000rpm industrial fans on NZXT x63 280mm aio and while watching the CAM software underload i see little to no real lower temps but i get a jet engine noise .. Thats why i swear by the stock arctic freezer ii AIO and fans both quiet and effective !!
Artic has been a good AIO for a while now. I've used it in a few builds and the thickness of the rads and the price is hard to beat. Supposedly the small fan on the pump also helps circulate air around the power stages which is supposed to help overall performance and longevity as well. One other AIO I like too is the Lian LI Gallahad. Like the Artic it has a slightly thicker rad when compared to other AIO offerings which I think helps the performance of the AIO. The Lian Li is not as thick as the Artic, but they have options to purchase the AIO with their unifans for those who want to spend a little more for the fans for consistency in our builds since you can deck out your entire build with the unifans more easily than the artic build. Keep up the great work.
I’ve been working with Arctic too and I’ve gotta say they’re really on top of their game. Best value for money hands down, plus their things run without sounding like a jet engine!
I have a 5900x and living in a very hot country I was having some temp issues with a 240 AIO Galahad Lian Li. I changed to Arctic freezer II 360 and the improvement was impressive, very impressive. Arctic forever.
Arctic Freezer II 240 on an i5-13600K. Idle at 30C. Gaming Cyberpunk 2077 at 60C. Cinebench at 95C after 10 minutes. Got it off Arctic's Ebay B-Stock store for $60 shipped
I have this exact 420 on my 13700KF in a 7000D Airflow and it's fantastic so far. The good thing about Arctic is that they don't use the generic Asetek design like most other AIO's.
I’m using this on my current build. Arctic is regularly a top performer even with their 360mm version. I choose it because it was a top performer at 360mm and the 420mm just ups the ante on cooling. They also build their own rather than simply branding something made by someone else. I did replace the fans with what I considered better fans and run the fans separately off the motherboard rather than coupling them with the included splitter cable.
I have this front mounted in my evolv x case, fits perfectly and I even done push pull configuration, used 3 case fans included with evlov case to push and rotated included argb arctic fans to pull. I have to seriously recommend it especially because of how awesome the arctic customer support was and they sent me additional screws free of charge for my push pull configuration.. Unlike some other crappy brands like Thermaltake that refuses to even answer my emails
i have the 240 model on an i711700k and it was actually in a recall due to a gasket issue. arctic sent me a new copper plate, gasket, addition fluid and paste. thats standing by your consumers and i have no complaints with the cooler or company and am very satisfied..
You've mounted it upside down the small fan at the top of the unit is for your vrm. Gn found in their testing that the vrm fan actually works too it's not a gimmick. This unit came 2nd in gn testing it was just behind the EK which is much more expensive.
Yes and no. GN grudgingly acknowledged that the VRM fan wasn't completely useless, in that it dropped VRM temps by 1-2C. However, on something like a good X670 motherboard where the VRM temps are already around 20C below the acceptable threshold the VRM fan doesn't matter. On a bad B650 motherboard (ie any ASUS) where the VRMs hit 100C without trying hard the VRM fan won't make a meaningful difference. It's a nice idea that in practice doesn't add anything useful. Fortunately, you don't have to use it.
I still think the Arctic freezer beats the EK hands down because ( as im sure if you have watched the review ) EK blasts the win by more fan RPM so in logic the Arctic freezer ii loses to it but at lower fan noise !!
I also chose the Artic Freezer II 420 mm and upgraded it with the NOCTUA NF-A14 iPPC-2000 PWM, which generate almost twice the pressure at the same volume. I use it to cool my INTEL 14900K and it's simply awesome. The thick cooler in combination with the powerful NOCTUA industrial fans is simply unbeatable. I have the power limit at 300 watts and am far from the 100 degree Celsius CPU limit.
Nice video and i'd agree that Corsair is overpricing surfing on RGB hype...Imho a comparison with the Alphacool Eisbaier Aurora 420mm (copper radiator) would be worht it (priced 190 euros in UE). pretty silent, performs well (28 °C idle on my Ryzen 7 5800X3d) , open loop concept, making it available for both CPU & GPU cooling in a single AIO
Arctic not only got good performance & customer support, but also a lower price than most of its competition! If you want even more performance, they just launched a jet engine version of their P12 fan for $13. Runs at 3000+ RPM max, much like Noctua's iPPC or Phanteks T30 at $30-35.
Have to agree their customer support was awesome to talk with and they provided me with additional screws free of charge for my push pull configuration on liquid freezer ii 420. Unfortunately those new p12 fans are not available yet, so I bought regular ones for push and pull configuration on my suprim liquid x
Part of the reason as why Arctic Liquid Freezer II is that good even till now on the Zen4 or intel Gen13th platform. (highend processor) are due to these factors. 1) They have the offset bracket which aligns properly with the Zen4 processor, as the processor Dies are not centered. with the offset bracket the coldplate fin stack inside the pump aligns dead center on the processor IHS (the dies area). As for intel, it's just dead centered. 2) It has the advanatge of having a 38mm thick radiator which has bigger surface area to absorb more heat off the IHS of the processor, therefore you dont need to run fans at high rpms, be it the Arctic Liquid Freezer II 240, 360, 280 and 420, infact best are the 280s and 420s. Thats why at lower rpm, it can get the job done. Of course if you want to ram up the RPM of those P12 or P14 fans, it's even better. 3) If you are not aware of, the reversion of this product which are after Rev 3, Arctic have done a wider fin stack and taller fin stack in the coldpate. Byran, i have sent you an email of my findings which you might be interested as I have done an in-depth series of how this LF2 is being engineered.
Have one of these mounted in a 90° case cooling a 13900k With a contact plate, stock settings ambient 70°F, it will keep the 13900k at about 93°c for approximately 5 hours of rendering After 5 hours the 13900k fully heatsoaks my Arctic II 420 and it'll throttle from that point onward at 100°c Quite impressive that it lasts that long, but if your renders/projects go on longer than that, you're going to want to seriously consider a dual rad custom loop to delay full heatsoak for as long as possible
ive got the same one but the 360 and its absolutely the best ive ever used and there technical support/customer support are absolutely out of this world.
This is a great review. Really interesting. I'm just building a 14900K build for my wife and will have a large case with a lot of harddrives so can fit a 420 cooler. The Corsair sounds really loud so that feels like a no go, but this one is really low. I wonder if one would get even lower noise by replacing the fans to Noctua 140 fans. This cooler actually looks so good that I consider replacing my current air cooler for an older AMD 3990X that uses Noctua air cooling. To be fair it does not really have a temperature problem, but I would maybe increase the frequency a bit.
I am impressed that it took you so long to test it out. I own 3 of them 2x280mm and 1x420. No issues for years. Also push pull config make even more magic
Seriously, you actually believe that push/pull fan setup is doing anything beneficial? Gamer’s Nexus, Linus, Derbauer (I think) and several others have ALL confirmed on several different brands and rad sizes that all push/pull fan setups are an absolute complete waste of time, money and noise. Even on a triple fan rad, whether 360mm or 420mm, the very best improvement from adding the additional 3 extra fans and all the extra noise is generally in the vicinity of 1-2degrees lower temps. The most I’ve seen on any review site was a 4.6degree improvement but the noise is at least doubled, or even louder if using 2000+ rpm fans. Don’t forget about the shitloads of additional dust and crap that the extra 3 fans are now pulling into your case and covering every component in an even thicker layer of crud. There just aren’t any real, tangible benefits that actually make push/pull a worthwhile option in ANY rad setup.
i used to work at Scorptec in Melbourne and i asked about this cooler and my managers said that this cooler has a high return rate. Due to the pump dieing. Or the fan on top of the Aio Cpu block.
I have been running an Artic Liquid Freezer 2 -280 (non RGB) on a i7-12700K and without any “tweaking” it self boosts to 4.9GHz all core (spec 3.6) without fuss, drama or excess noise.
push that 12700k beyond 4.9ghz, and the power ramps up a fair bit. Performance also scales at least.. I think at around 5.3ghz is where scaling and power draw starts getting more concerning on average. Luckily ADL undervolts well too.
Hey U inspired me to take risks when buying used parts! I literally just bought 2 "new" faulty cards today. One GTX 970 4GB (Asus) for 30 bucks and a r9 280x for 25 bucks. Both are faulty, the GTX 970 often needs 2-3 boots to start and the r9 280x got really hold and the owner installed a water cooler. Now he sells it as faulty, cause it got so hot with the stock blower. :D I also get the original blower cooler with it. Extremly good buy. I probabaly go to fit a cpu cooler or a AIO to the r9 280x. :)
Arctic LF II 420 is about 100 EUR(110USD) and is by FAR the best deal possible. I don't know any other PC component, that offers such a price/performance ratio. The only significant problem is that ...this cooler will NOT fit in your case - you need at least 470mm for the radiator and things getting worse if you want to place it on right place - the top of the case. Even Arctic LF 360 needs at least 410mm for the radiator, or removing intake/exhaust fans ...
closest to custom loop really .. the arctic will squeeze into the thermaltake ceres 500 case only just !! I do think though the 420mm aio in general is a monster and a pain for most mid tower cases anyway that if you can squeeze the arctic in there its a much better cooler !!
I use their 360mm without the rgb. I love it because it comes pre-assembled and only uses one pwm plug and thats it. Mounting with the little sticker spacers is a bit of drag though
Optimum tech compared the arctic P12 fans where a 5 pack costs as much as a single noctua nfa 12 or how its called and it beforms almost indentical as the nocuta fans. Arcit is this no compromise (not even in price) company. Insane Value parts.
I always wanted to get this one to replace my Snowman cooler even though I really like it, but almost always when I wanted to buy it, the Artic 420mm was out of stock, it truly shows just how crazy good they are since they always sell kinda quick. Wished that Snowman did now an AIO like this one since they did well with their air coolers, maybe they could bring another banger in price/performance.
Arctic has been selling their 420mm AIO on a significant discount (like $95) as an open box on their Ebay store. If the case I have could fit it I would buy it but I got the 360 instead. Arctic sells B Stock items at a discount and still gives you the full 6 year warranty. Just checked eBay and the Liquid Freezer II 420 is still available at their store under B Stock section for just $95.90. They have one left so hopefully you see this comment in time. If not they will have some 280m ones if that also works for you and they go for just $67.19.
I LOVE Artic ! I have the 'Arctic Liquid Freezer II 240' *BUT ... What surprises me, is that the AIGO is also tolerable GOOD , while it is 360mm, compared to those 420mm's !* Btw ... I paid (just) 79 euro for my 'Arctic Liquid Freezer II 240' It's such an GREAT deal, for that kind of performance !!! NO other brand can deliver that !
Excellent timing, I've been looking at getting one of these (a shame the ARGB version isn't in stock in the UK for a sane price). This 5900X wants to go faster, but it is hitting 80c (4.6ghz all core) on a Noctua D14 (with 2xP14 fans, they are good!). And as it happens I have the Torrent case (don't mind a little trimming).
Just upgrading my system and ordered a 360 Freezer 2 for my new Lian Li O11 Dynamic. Currently use a Freezer 2 240 in an Antec NX410 Case but got some trouble to keep the 13700K Cool under load :D For gaming it´s totaly fine, but Benchmarks, especially Prime and Cinebench send the CPU to hell xD But the 360 is a powerhouse as well, cant wait for it. Great vid as always
Arctic Freezer 34 Sports (and Sports duo) are incredible as well. And their small Arctic Freezer 7 and Freezer i13 are very small but effective nonetheless, and much better than stock Intel coolers.
Used the 34 DUO on my Brother's 7700x build. He got GREAT silicon, -30 UV OC and rock solid stable. Added a 135w power limit (138 is MAX) and it will boost to 5.15 GHz all-core and 5.75 GHz turbo core and this cooler keeps it below 90c in Prime with these BIOS settings.
04:58 Yeah MX 4 still is Arctic's best thermal paste offer. The MX 5 is too thin imo, which is why it suffers badly from pump out effect. The hassle of repasting every 3-6 month is not worth the 1-2° Celsius that the MX 5 performs better than the MX 4. As soon as the pump out effect starts to hit it will perform worse than the MX 4 anyways.
I put a 360 with phanteks in a friends build and realy look forward to putting noctuas on a 420 in the future. 420 compatible cases are expensive and/or plasticly gaudy, so be ready for that.
thermal take ceres 500 will fit the Arctic freezer 420mm only just but it fits in the front ( remove the added HDD drive caddy ) the ceres 500 is a really on the bigger side of a mid tower but no where near the size of a full tower .. basically mesh with filters on the front and top TG side panel and will fit 370mm long GPU's plus 4 rgb fans included .. its the case im using with rog crosshair x670e gene mATX mobo 7900xtx red devil GPU and the arctic freezer ii 420mm with push pull on the top 2 fans to fill the case and to blow air over the GPU
Okay, you sold it for me. Just bought this for my R9 5900x for £110. I was foolishly going to buy the Corsair cooler because everything I have is Corsair thanks to their proprietary eco-system (I'm going to break free this year). I currently have a Noctua NH-D15S (1x 140mm fan, 1x 120mm fan) and it's okay but struggles to keep control of temps in games. I've got a Corsair 7000D case, so hopefully there shouldn't be compatibility issues (it's claimed to support 420mm radiators). I'll edit this comment if I have any issues, the cooler arrives tomorrow.
I will be putting the 360 version in my VM Server/Workstation. I currently have an 'inferior' AIO water cooler on that system, so O can do a comparison between the two.
I have an arctic 120mm, 360mm and the 420mm. The 120mm cools a Ryzen 9 3900x just fine. I had the 360mm on my 5900x and 7950x and now my 420mm of my 7950x3d. They have all be great and not to mention the people that work there are some of the best people to deal with.
Just got this cooler installed for my 13900K, can confirm it fits the View 71 at the top. But barely though, most people will have issues with fitment. I haven't done much testing but brought my idle temp down to the upper 30s. I was getting upper 40s and mid 50s with my TT 360 AIO.
I've previously used 2 of the 240mm Arctic Liquid Freezer 2, 2 of the 280mm Arctic Liquid Freezer 2, and 1 of the 360mm Arctic Liquid Freezer 2 and I only have one complaint about Arctic. The complaint I have is, my 280mm Arctic AIO was only 2 months old when one of the Arctic 140mm fans started rattling loud. it was the non RGB variant. I loved that 280mm Arctic so much that I just bought a new 280mm A-RGB Arctic AIO instead of getting a new fan since I know I will use the non RGB Arctic 280mm another time and I can get a new fan for it then. Best AIO's on the market without a doubt.
I have had this 420mm model paired with a 5900x, and never exceeded past 45c under full load and that’s it being oc to the max!! I’ve also used it on a 5800x3d (runs very hot) did some undervolting and it also hasn’t made it past 40’s under full load!
Talking about water-cooling & best cooling setups, can you please cover custom water-loop cooling setups? Which are the best CPU water blocks for latest CPUs, and who make the best RTX4090 GPU custom water block?
Hi Bryan, Thanks for the very nice comments, I'll pass the message to the engineers. For the single header, no worry, each of the fan uses 0.17A, the pump is 0.25A, total is well below the 1.0A that a single standard fan header can accept. Anyhow, I'll take the "king of water cooling" any day 😁
I can vouch for the P14 RGB/aRGB fan which is an improvement on the already very good plain version - the circumferential band around the fan stops the noise the latter suffers at particular RPM by bracing the long blades. I have a couple and they are the quietest 14cm fans I've used by some margin (including the NF-whatever on the Noctua NH-D15S and the Be Quiet! Silent Wings, both of which are well over twice the price).
The Artic silent series of fans are great. Lots of airflow at very low rpm. I've used their single rpm silent fans several times on OEM prebuilts which don't have any extra fan headers. Just connect to whatever is handy for 12v and slap one or two in there wherever there's room. Fixes the typical OEM prebuilt terribly airflow problem but doesn't add noise. Those weird HP Pavilions with the perforated side panels being a common one for me to buy cheap and do this to. And they are considerably cheaper than similar options from BeQuiet or others. Prices have gone up recently but they are still less costly and come in 80/90/120/140.
I've been rocking a artic 360mm aio for a while now and damn does it work. Even though my 5800x3d is way toastier then I thought it'd be it still keeps it under wraps
I spent a month researching coolers ended up with the rgb 420. It’s literally the best. Zero compromises. Silent and cool. Don’t waste ur time with anything else tbh.
I have that very cooler and it cools my 13900k extremely well. I dont see over 55 degrees in games. Haven't tested cinebench yet I haven't had it for more than a week.
I'm using this Freezer II 420 ARGB on my 7950X. And even with it, the 7950X still goes up to 91°C under continuous CinebenchR23 multi core test. There is no OC at all just the BIOS defaults. At least the 7950X doesn't go up to 95°C
nice .. my 7600x will not get past 85c in cinebench R23 with the Arctic 420mm.. same no OC stock as a rock bios defaults .. it was built as a ( im impatiently waiting the x3d cpu's ) so thanks for the info on the 7950x temps now i know my 7800x3d for sure will stay under TJ max with the arctic 420mm
@Volvo T6 R design awd It definitely better stay cool with that monster AIO we are using. But man are these Current CPUs freaking Stoves. The 7950X is bad enough with the temps even with this AIO can't imagine the 13900K/KS, it'll probably still hit 100°C with the 420. I'm currently hesitating if i should replace my 7950X with the 7950X3D but i really don't want to spend $700 on the same CPU with a little more cache on it when i bought my 7950X for $550. So i'm convincing myself to keep the regular 7950X lol 😆
@@Gielderst i was going to buy the 7950x3d thats why i kinda overkilled the cooler and the mobo i went rog crosshair x670e gene (well for 2 reasons i plan on staying with that mobo up till the end of the AM5 socket life and i wanted a higher end mobo for VRMs etc etc ) I then thought on the 7900x3d but i was quickly swayed away after the Vcache stacking and the lack there of performance over the 7950x3d .. If i was going to offer any advice on it if you do production work then stay with the 7950x ( the 7950x3d suffers from the same issue the 5800x3d does its great in cache sensitive games but only so so in the rest ) otherwise for pure gaming i ( now ) think the champ will be the 7800x3d .. On the flip side i think being as this is only AMD's second attempt at V cache i see ZEN 5 x3d parts being a better product for the gaming /production ( iron out some of the shortcomings )
Love arctic AIOs, They use quality parts for the pump & silent, The radiators are Quality & around 8mm more in thickness, ARCTIC MX-6 is a carbon filler-based they have. I Own a Arctic AIO 120 & 240mm, The 240mm AIO beats some of the 360mm Brands.
the little fan on the water block is a vrm cooler it should be mounted towards the top of the motherboard ... I do wish the waterblcck had some rgb or even just a light strip .. minor compaint . .. I've used arctic for all my am5 builds .. they have performed well .. the thicker rad is the secret .. hopefully other companies follow them . I hate corsair aio's because I have to use icue .. unless it's a all corsair build I avoid using them
hey dude, just one thing: The little fan is supposed to be used for VRM cooling, and I think (not sure), but I think I've read you should *really* set it up so that the fan is on top of the unit. For better water flow inside.
Did you use their new "Offset" mounting for AMD cpu's? It makes a significant difference if your motherboard has the room for the offset mounting holes. BTW....Arctic has discontinued making MX-5, and their newest MX-6 beats it anyway. There are reviews comparing MX-4 to MX-5 and MX-6.
New Arctic fans due so this cooler will get even better! ARCTIC P12 Max - High-Performance 120 mm case fan, PWM controlled 200-3300 rpm, Optimised for static pressure, 0dB mode, Dual ball bearings. Model Number ACFAN00280A
I have this cooler in my Lancool 3 with a 11700k and it's fantastic. :) putting inside my case made me want to punch my case with my face though until I adjusted a few things.
Will you ever review the DeepCool LT720 AIO? It has the most unique and interesting pump casing I've ever seen, but I would like to know about it's performance.
The DeepCool LT720 was tested in this video from der8auer. (ruclips.net/video/tYARk9OQsaU/видео.html) and there are like a dozen other less known/reputable reviews on RUclips. Search is your friend. 😀 FYI, it looks better, but can't cool like an Arctic Freezer II. But it's not bad, it just costs more and doesn't cool as much. Plus the quality of Arctic is hard to beat, it's got that typical German engineering, yet somehow doesn't have the typical high price tag.
@@Bundy714 oopsie, didn't know der8auer had tested it. Howewer, I asked about it here because I only watch tests from trusted people that know what they are doing and talking about, and tech yes man is one of those people.
@@POLARTTYRTM the Arctic freezer ii is the closest you will get to custom loop because of the simple fact the RAD is the biggest on the market of ANY aio .. everyone else uses 27 to 28mm rads as standard ( pure speculation but this could be due to the ASTEK pumps most other companies use ) Arctic uses there own in house pump design !!
@@volvot6rdesignawd702 yeah well, the only thing abose that are DYI 480mm rads that fit in almost no case. LiquidHaus is a pioneer of these custom rads and loops, they even sell server-grade quick disconnect fittings.
@@POLARTTYRTM thermal take ceres 500 case will fit the arctic 420mm rad .. its a tight squeeze and i needed to leave the to bottom fan screws out ( no issue no rattling ) but youre going to find issues with any 420mm in most cases unless you go full tower !! Honestly i prefer sff builds but with these modern cpu's and gpu's everything is getting hotter and hotter so i forced myself down the bigger build for the sake of cooling and the ceres 500 is a smart filtered mesh case ( one of the only midtowers i could find ) that fits the arctic 420mm in.. ohh the thermal take core p3 with fit it but its open air and my love for that case dies with the amount of dust it gathers !! There was another case i bought before it fractal define 7 its specs says it will fit a 420mm rad but the arctic didnt fit so i returned it !!
Arctic has the best AIO cold plate going for it too, not just for the new ryzen but also for new intel. It's flat, HUGE and covers EVERYTHING. Thats whats making the biggest difference.
Can't find one single negative in the comments about Arctic. Means they are doing a great job! Also I checked the box and realised there was a qr code for the instruction manual lol (it was mounted upside down and there is no paper manual).
Take a look at their budget low noise cpu coolers, they're great for when you just want to quiet down a simple desktop.
lol you missed a small detail, the fan on that block is supposed to be pointed at a VRM block not a PCIe slot :P
Arctic is closest to custom loop you will find on the market ..
my only issues (there not crazy bad ) is the pump header is more function not flash ( some love the flashy GIF shit or pretty colours ) and the hose orientation into the pump header will be a issue for alot of sff builds..
LT720 AIO 360 beats that 420 easy lol. And its CHEAPER> LT720 cools my 13900ks up to 340 watts. That 420 pump is trash .
There coolers are the best . Back when evenyone was buying the other 420 I watched some reviews and these were beating everything in its class. Im using arctic 420 II with my 11900 and its best cooler for thermals on super hot cpu. My cpu temps from my air cooler dropped to 40c from 80c using hyper 212 could not do it . so i gott the blacck one and it is got insane abilties . Ive never talked about this on channel . But lowe your channel . Hope all is well in aussieland.
Arctic's whole lineup is awesome. Their low profile coolers are great for the price, the Freezer 34 is great and their P12 fans are SO GOOD and pretty cheap for what you get.
the new p12 max is awesome
Could not agree more. Only thing I don't like about the P12 fans is certain PWM levels have some motor noise. But it is easy enough to tune fan curves around the resonance points. Can't wait to try the new P12 MAX fans.
So far the best Im able to cool a R95950X with the 120mm AIO
the new p12 fans are the best case fans currently for airflow under 40 dB most people don't run their fans loud anyways, you can get 5 for the price of a single t30 which it outperforms, amazing
@@MDFGamingVideo They have a new more efficient and quieter motor in the fans these days. I bought their P12 fans a couple years ago but never ran into any resonating noise though I've watched video reviews on Amazon of that issue and they were audible so it has happened to some people. In my experience, having had both a Noctua premium A12x25 fan and Noctua Redux fans, the Artic P12's were no louder and cooled about as well though Noctua's fans had a higher quality build but for up to triple the price (Redux fans were ~$15 and the premium fan was $30, Arctic P12's have been as cheap as $5 or $6 on sale but typically are $7-$9 depending on features like PWM, PST, CO ect.).
I haven't heard anything about the P12 Max fans until I ran into this comment section. I'll check them out.
Just a note, you mounted the pump upside down. The small fan is to cool the VRMs, it needs to be facing upwards to reach both vrm sides.
i came here to say this
I thought it looked funny
dont forget the AM4 mounting option which makes for better cooling on said platform .. ( offsets it over the parts that require the better cooling ) i understand hes using Intel but Arctic freezer ii AIO's are the best of the best and at the cheaper price they really do cater to both platforms !!
SAME! 😁
@@volvot6rdesignawd702 Can you elaborate on that mounting? I just started buying parts for an AM5 build so it's basically the same bracket.
I had the old Arctic 240 cooler. Bought it for 60 bucks back then new. Even then it crushed most of the way more expensive competition. It cooled my 4,8 ghz AMD FX6300 to like 65 Degrees at max under full load in a really really tiny case. Absolutely loved it. Its a damn good company especially for the price.
Arctic has exceptionally good price-quality combo in Europe, where it is mostly a lot cheaper than all the other coolers. They even offer refurbished coolers for even less money. In addition they have an amazing customer-support and you can trust them, because if there is an issue, they will let us know about it(referring to aio's from 2021 w copper plate issue) and offer us a solution.
isnt it german, like derbauer are part of it/them (with thermal grizzly as well, he also has lianli signature)
@@iikatinggangsengii2471
No. Arctic is Swiss/German but der8auer has nothing to do with them. He's also not a part of Lian Li, he only designed the O11 lineup. Thermal Grizzly is its own entity.
that was gasket issue ant not the plate, I had mine for 1 year before I saw GN video and upon opening mine - it wasn't bad at all, all I saw was few colored bubles and bit darkened copper plate
@@iikatinggangsengii2471 ARCTIC is Swiss at the root, now headquartered in Germany but with R&D based in Hong Kong and lead by a French (me 😁). The CEO is still the Swiss founder. Truly an international company.
Highly appreciate the feedback on the Liquid Freezer 420!
You guys are the best!
I will buy your product 🦾
The point is, all of Arctic's Liquid freezer II range is really good due to that extra thick radiator and the fans. I have a 280 mm arctic liquid freezer with my 5800x3d and is basically quiet. Soon I will be adding the new P12 Max to the exhaust and P14 Max fans to the cooler.
Waste of money. 😅
@@pietrmuffei8874 at least its not YOUR money
@@pietrmuffei8874 Not really if you can utilize all of this stuff well. Also, I doubt you'd prefer a jet engine as a PC and would pay a bit more for some level of silence.
not sure if there is diminishing returns on the fans really .. Cant say much with arctic but ive slapped a set of noctua 3000rpm industrial fans on NZXT x63 280mm aio and while watching the CAM software underload i see little to no real lower temps but i get a jet engine noise ..
Thats why i swear by the stock arctic freezer ii AIO and fans both quiet and effective !!
@@volvot6rdesignawd702 check out the new p12 max
Artic has been a good AIO for a while now. I've used it in a few builds and the thickness of the rads and the price is hard to beat. Supposedly the small fan on the pump also helps circulate air around the power stages which is supposed to help overall performance and longevity as well. One other AIO I like too is the Lian LI Gallahad. Like the Artic it has a slightly thicker rad when compared to other AIO offerings which I think helps the performance of the AIO. The Lian Li is not as thick as the Artic, but they have options to purchase the AIO with their unifans for those who want to spend a little more for the fans for consistency in our builds since you can deck out your entire build with the unifans more easily than the artic build. Keep up the great work.
I’ve been working with Arctic too and I’ve gotta say they’re really on top of their game. Best value for money hands down, plus their things run without sounding like a jet engine!
I have a 5900x and living in a very hot country I was having some temp issues with a 240 AIO Galahad Lian Li. I changed to Arctic freezer II 360 and the improvement was impressive, very impressive. Arctic forever.
Got the AF II 420mm cooling my 5800x3d and i am very happy wiff it!
Arctic Freezer II 240 on an i5-13600K. Idle at 30C. Gaming Cyberpunk 2077 at 60C. Cinebench at 95C after 10 minutes. Got it off Arctic's Ebay B-Stock store for $60 shipped
I have this exact 420 on my 13700KF in a 7000D Airflow and it's fantastic so far. The good thing about Arctic is that they don't use the generic Asetek design like most other AIO's.
You have room for a push/pull with fans?
@@pseudomagics4576 Yes, 6x 140mm fans on the 420mm rad at the top, and 3x 140mm at the front of case. The case is a full tower so it all fits nicely.
That's also why they are louder.
Also got it in 7000D Airflow but with just 5800x3D. It was pleasure to install.
@@simptrix007 Nice, that's a pretty efficient chip so your temps must be really good.
I’m using this on my current build. Arctic is regularly a top performer even with their 360mm version. I choose it because it was a top performer at 360mm and the 420mm just ups the ante on cooling. They also build their own rather than simply branding something made by someone else. I did replace the fans with what I considered better fans and run the fans separately off the motherboard rather than coupling them with the included splitter cable.
Best damn customer support I've been in contact with as well. Edit: 3:02 Why did you mount the VRM-fan away from the VRM? xD
this
corsair's rma department sucks ass
I have this front mounted in my evolv x case, fits perfectly and I even done push pull configuration, used 3 case fans included with evlov case to push and rotated included argb arctic fans to pull.
I have to seriously recommend it especially because of how awesome the arctic customer support was and they sent me additional screws free of charge for my push pull configuration.. Unlike some other crappy brands like Thermaltake that refuses to even answer my emails
i have the 240 model on an i711700k and it was actually in a recall due to a gasket issue. arctic sent me a new copper plate, gasket, addition fluid and paste. thats standing by your consumers and i have no complaints with the cooler or company and am very satisfied..
You've mounted it upside down the small fan at the top of the unit is for your vrm. Gn found in their testing that the vrm fan actually works too it's not a gimmick. This unit came 2nd in gn testing it was just behind the EK which is much more expensive.
Yes and no. GN grudgingly acknowledged that the VRM fan wasn't completely useless, in that it dropped VRM temps by 1-2C. However, on something like a good X670 motherboard where the VRM temps are already around 20C below the acceptable threshold the VRM fan doesn't matter. On a bad B650 motherboard (ie any ASUS) where the VRMs hit 100C without trying hard the VRM fan won't make a meaningful difference. It's a nice idea that in practice doesn't add anything useful. Fortunately, you don't have to use it.
I still think the Arctic freezer beats the EK hands down because ( as im sure if you have watched the review ) EK blasts the win by more fan RPM so in logic the Arctic freezer ii loses to it but at lower fan noise !!
I also chose the Artic Freezer II 420 mm and upgraded it with the NOCTUA NF-A14 iPPC-2000 PWM, which generate almost twice the pressure at the same volume. I use it to cool my INTEL 14900K and it's simply awesome. The thick cooler in combination with the powerful NOCTUA industrial fans is simply unbeatable. I have the power limit at 300 watts and am far from the 100 degree Celsius CPU limit.
Nice video and i'd agree that Corsair is overpricing surfing on RGB hype...Imho a comparison with the Alphacool Eisbaier Aurora 420mm (copper radiator) would be worht it (priced 190 euros in UE). pretty silent, performs well (28 °C idle on my Ryzen 7 5800X3d) , open loop concept, making it available for both CPU & GPU cooling in a single AIO
Rocking the 280 since the GN reviews. Great piece of kit and alpine support are amazing when it comes to sending new mounting kits (am4 offset etc)
Arctic not only got good performance & customer support, but also a lower price than most of its competition!
If you want even more performance, they just launched a jet engine version of their P12 fan for $13. Runs at 3000+ RPM max, much like Noctua's iPPC or Phanteks T30 at $30-35.
P12 Max 3300rpm
Have to agree their customer support was awesome to talk with and they provided me with additional screws free of charge for my push pull configuration on liquid freezer ii 420.
Unfortunately those new p12 fans are not available yet, so I bought regular ones for push and pull configuration on my suprim liquid x
Part of the reason as why Arctic Liquid Freezer II is that good even till now on the Zen4 or intel Gen13th platform. (highend processor) are due to these factors.
1) They have the offset bracket which aligns properly with the Zen4 processor, as the processor Dies are not centered. with the offset bracket the coldplate fin stack inside the pump aligns dead center on the processor IHS (the dies area). As for intel, it's just dead centered.
2) It has the advanatge of having a 38mm thick radiator which has bigger surface area to absorb more heat off the IHS of the processor, therefore you dont need to run fans at high rpms, be it the Arctic Liquid Freezer II 240, 360, 280 and 420, infact best are the 280s and 420s. Thats why at lower rpm, it can get the job done. Of course if you want to ram up the RPM of those P12 or P14 fans, it's even better.
3) If you are not aware of, the reversion of this product which are after Rev 3, Arctic have done a wider fin stack and taller fin stack in the coldpate.
Byran, i have sent you an email of my findings which you might be interested as I have done an in-depth series of how this LF2 is being engineered.
Have one of these mounted in a 90° case cooling a 13900k
With a contact plate, stock settings ambient 70°F, it will keep the 13900k at about 93°c for approximately 5 hours of rendering
After 5 hours the 13900k fully heatsoaks my Arctic II 420 and it'll throttle from that point onward at 100°c
Quite impressive that it lasts that long, but if your renders/projects go on longer than that, you're going to want to seriously consider a dual rad custom loop to delay full heatsoak for as long as possible
ive got the same one but the 360 and its absolutely the best ive ever used and there technical support/customer support are absolutely out of this world.
Btw, you mounted the Block upside down. The fan is for cooling the VRMs, as they dont get direct airflow when watercooling
bought a Freezer 280mm aio and 6 P12 fans yesterday, video came at perfect time
This is a great review. Really interesting. I'm just building a 14900K build for my wife and will have a large case with a lot of harddrives so can fit a 420 cooler. The Corsair sounds really loud so that feels like a no go, but this one is really low. I wonder if one would get even lower noise by replacing the fans to Noctua 140 fans.
This cooler actually looks so good that I consider replacing my current air cooler for an older AMD 3990X that uses Noctua air cooling. To be fair it does not really have a temperature problem, but I would maybe increase the frequency a bit.
I am impressed that it took you so long to test it out. I own 3 of them 2x280mm and 1x420. No issues for years. Also push pull config make even more magic
Seriously, you actually believe that push/pull fan setup is doing anything beneficial? Gamer’s Nexus, Linus, Derbauer (I think) and several others have ALL confirmed on several different brands and rad sizes that all push/pull fan setups are an absolute complete waste of time, money and noise. Even on a triple fan rad, whether 360mm or 420mm, the very best improvement from adding the additional 3 extra fans and all the extra noise is generally in the vicinity of 1-2degrees lower temps. The most I’ve seen on any review site was a 4.6degree improvement but the noise is at least doubled, or even louder if using 2000+ rpm fans.
Don’t forget about the shitloads of additional dust and crap that the extra 3 fans are now pulling into your case and covering every component in an even thicker layer of crud. There just aren’t any real, tangible benefits that actually make push/pull a worthwhile option in ANY rad setup.
That was a Banger. Thanks Brian. Keep the good content going.
i used to work at Scorptec in Melbourne and i asked about this cooler and my managers said that this cooler has a high return rate. Due to the pump dieing. Or the fan on top of the Aio Cpu block.
I have been running an Artic Liquid Freezer 2 -280 (non RGB) on a i7-12700K and without any “tweaking” it self boosts to 4.9GHz all core (spec 3.6) without fuss, drama or excess noise.
push that 12700k beyond 4.9ghz, and the power ramps up a fair bit. Performance also scales at least.. I think at around 5.3ghz is where scaling and power draw starts getting more concerning on average. Luckily ADL undervolts well too.
I ordered one of these for $127.14 off Amazon a couple days ago. It'll be a bit til it comes in, but I look forward to it
Hey U inspired me to take risks when buying used parts!
I literally just bought 2 "new" faulty cards today. One GTX 970 4GB (Asus) for 30 bucks and a r9 280x for 25 bucks. Both are faulty, the GTX 970 often needs 2-3 boots to start and the r9 280x got really hold and the owner installed a water cooler. Now he sells it as faulty, cause it got so hot with the stock blower. :D I also get the original blower cooler with it. Extremly good buy. I probabaly go to fit a cpu cooler or a AIO to the r9 280x. :)
Arctic LF II 420 is about 100 EUR(110USD) and is by FAR the best deal possible. I don't know any other PC component, that offers such a price/performance ratio. The only significant problem is that ...this cooler will NOT fit in your case - you need at least 470mm for the radiator and things getting worse if you want to place it on right place - the top of the case. Even Arctic LF 360 needs at least 410mm for the radiator, or removing intake/exhaust fans ...
Love seeing this cooler in action. If only it weren't so MASSIVE! I know that Thermaltake has one at a similar price point, the Thermaltake TH420.
closest to custom loop really .. the arctic will squeeze into the thermaltake ceres 500 case only just !!
I do think though the 420mm aio in general is a monster and a pain for most mid tower cases anyway that if you can squeeze the arctic in there its a much better cooler !!
It will go great with my 1000d case 😎
I use their 360mm without the rgb. I love it because it comes pre-assembled and only uses one pwm plug and thats it. Mounting with the little sticker spacers is a bit of drag though
Same and I love it! Cools my i7 13th gen pretty good. won't pass 60c while gaming
Very much agree Artic is a solid good brand, hope more people made video's about them.
I love my 420 paired with my i9 13900k, it just stays quiet even when you're pushing the CPU. Amazing value for money.
I was an early adopter of these, the 360 modal fits most cases, the 3 I own have been trouble free.
ohh man you got the Sonic motherboard? It's so cool looking, would love a review on it tbh ;)
Optimum tech compared the arctic P12 fans where a 5 pack costs as much as a single noctua nfa 12 or how its called and it beforms almost indentical as the nocuta fans. Arcit is this no compromise (not even in price) company. Insane Value parts.
I always wanted to get this one to replace my Snowman cooler even though I really like it, but almost always when I wanted to buy it, the Artic 420mm was out of stock, it truly shows just how crazy good they are since they always sell kinda quick.
Wished that Snowman did now an AIO like this one since they did well with their air coolers, maybe they could bring another banger in price/performance.
Arctic has been selling their 420mm AIO on a significant discount (like $95) as an open box on their Ebay store. If the case I have could fit it I would buy it but I got the 360 instead. Arctic sells B Stock items at a discount and still gives you the full 6 year warranty.
Just checked eBay and the Liquid Freezer II 420 is still available at their store under B Stock section for just $95.90. They have one left so hopefully you see this comment in time. If not they will have some 280m ones if that also works for you and they go for just $67.19.
artic products been on my computers since the late 2000's fantastic value and performance.
I LOVE Artic ! I have the 'Arctic Liquid Freezer II 240' *BUT ... What surprises me, is that the AIGO is also tolerable GOOD , while it is 360mm, compared to those 420mm's !*
Btw ... I paid (just) 79 euro for my 'Arctic Liquid Freezer II 240' It's such an GREAT deal, for that kind of performance !!! NO other brand can deliver that !
Excellent timing, I've been looking at getting one of these (a shame the ARGB version isn't in stock in the UK for a sane price).
This 5900X wants to go faster, but it is hitting 80c (4.6ghz all core) on a Noctua D14 (with 2xP14 fans, they are good!). And as it happens I have the Torrent case (don't mind a little trimming).
Just upgrading my system and ordered a 360 Freezer 2 for my new Lian Li O11 Dynamic. Currently use a Freezer 2 240 in an Antec NX410 Case but got some trouble to keep the 13700K Cool under load :D For gaming it´s totaly fine, but Benchmarks, especially Prime and Cinebench send the CPU to hell xD
But the 360 is a powerhouse as well, cant wait for it.
Great vid as always
Arctic Freezer 34 Sports (and Sports duo) are incredible as well. And their small Arctic Freezer 7 and Freezer i13 are very small but effective nonetheless, and much better than stock Intel coolers.
Used the 34 DUO on my Brother's 7700x build. He got GREAT silicon, -30 UV OC and rock solid stable. Added a 135w power limit (138 is MAX) and it will boost to 5.15 GHz all-core and 5.75 GHz turbo core and this cooler keeps it below 90c in Prime with these BIOS settings.
Got the Liquid Freezer II 420 A-RGB for 119€ last week... just awesome
04:58 Yeah MX 4 still is Arctic's best thermal paste offer. The MX 5 is too thin imo, which is why it suffers badly from pump out effect. The hassle of repasting every 3-6 month is not worth the 1-2° Celsius that the MX 5 performs better than the MX 4. As soon as the pump out effect starts to hit it will perform worse than the MX 4 anyways.
I put a 360 with phanteks in a friends build and realy look forward to putting noctuas on a 420 in the future. 420 compatible cases are expensive and/or plasticly gaudy, so be ready for that.
thermal take ceres 500 will fit the Arctic freezer 420mm only just but it fits in the front ( remove the added HDD drive caddy ) the ceres 500 is a really on the bigger side of a mid tower but no where near the size of a full tower ..
basically mesh with filters on the front and top TG side panel and will fit 370mm long GPU's plus 4 rgb fans included ..
its the case im using with rog crosshair x670e gene mATX mobo 7900xtx red devil GPU and the arctic freezer ii 420mm with push pull on the top 2 fans to fill the case and to blow air over the GPU
Okay, you sold it for me. Just bought this for my R9 5900x for £110. I was foolishly going to buy the Corsair cooler because everything I have is Corsair thanks to their proprietary eco-system (I'm going to break free this year). I currently have a Noctua NH-D15S (1x 140mm fan, 1x 120mm fan) and it's okay but struggles to keep control of temps in games. I've got a Corsair 7000D case, so hopefully there shouldn't be compatibility issues (it's claimed to support 420mm radiators).
I'll edit this comment if I have any issues, the cooler arrives tomorrow.
I will be putting the 360 version in my VM Server/Workstation. I currently have an 'inferior' AIO water cooler on that system, so O can do a comparison between the two.
thats for VRM cooling (the small fan) its desinged to throw air at the vrm above the socket,your Pump head is backwards, flip it 180 degrees
Look at their new p12 max Fans, they are absolut amazing. I hope they will add them to the freezer!
I have an arctic 120mm, 360mm and the 420mm. The 120mm cools a Ryzen 9 3900x just fine. I had the 360mm on my 5900x and 7950x and now my 420mm of my 7950x3d. They have all be great and not to mention the people that work there are some of the best people to deal with.
Just got this cooler installed for my 13900K, can confirm it fits the View 71 at the top. But barely though, most people will have issues with fitment.
I haven't done much testing but brought my idle temp down to the upper 30s. I was getting upper 40s and mid 50s with my TT 360 AIO.
Hey man, im thinking this for my 13900k are you happy with this?
Did you test this further in games for example?
@@DrizztRed Have you got any answer related to this combination. I'm plannig to buy arctic 420 mm, but I'm confused.
I've previously used 2 of the 240mm Arctic Liquid Freezer 2, 2 of the 280mm Arctic Liquid Freezer 2, and 1 of the 360mm Arctic Liquid Freezer 2 and I only have one complaint about Arctic. The complaint I have is, my 280mm Arctic AIO was only 2 months old when one of the Arctic 140mm fans started rattling loud. it was the non RGB variant. I loved that 280mm Arctic so much that I just bought a new 280mm A-RGB Arctic AIO instead of getting a new fan since I know I will use the non RGB Arctic 280mm another time and I can get a new fan for it then. Best AIO's on the market without a doubt.
let's not forget customer service , where there's Artic that is leagues ahead of everyone
I have the 420 non rgb version. Like you say it is in its own league. Amazing product.
Will need to buy this now...
Arctic coolers are amazing the only thing they really lacked was RGB that's a game changer for people who love a bit of RGB with their cooler.
Have you managed to get hold of a JIUSHARK Diamond JF13K to test yet? They sound pretty decent.
I have had this 420mm model paired with a 5900x, and never exceeded past 45c under full load and that’s it being oc to the max!! I’ve also used it on a 5800x3d (runs very hot) did some undervolting and it also hasn’t made it past 40’s under full load!
Got 3 arctic freezer ii 280 on 3 of my PCs. Been using them for the last 3 years. Costs the same as high end air cooling.
Talking about water-cooling & best cooling setups, can you please cover custom water-loop cooling setups? Which are the best CPU water blocks for latest CPUs, and who make the best RTX4090 GPU custom water block?
There is Arctic MX-6 now, lol.
Hi Bryan, Thanks for the very nice comments, I'll pass the message to the engineers.
For the single header, no worry, each of the fan uses 0.17A, the pump is 0.25A, total is well below the 1.0A that a single standard fan header can accept.
Anyhow, I'll take the "king of water cooling" any day 😁
Thanks for the awesome review. I'm scared to fit this and my beef cake 4080 in the same case lol.
I can vouch for the P14 RGB/aRGB fan which is an improvement on the already very good plain version - the circumferential band around the fan stops the noise the latter suffers at particular RPM by bracing the long blades. I have a couple and they are the quietest 14cm fans I've used by some margin (including the NF-whatever on the Noctua NH-D15S and the Be Quiet! Silent Wings, both of which are well over twice the price).
I just put the arctic 420 in my new build and am never going back!
420 owner here. if you have the case to fit it, god damn its so good
It is out of stock at MSRP and the market is currently filled with scalpers selling these AIOs at ridiculous prices.
Thanks, Brian.
It’s cold 🥶 over here
The Artic silent series of fans are great. Lots of airflow at very low rpm. I've used their single rpm silent fans several times on OEM prebuilts which don't have any extra fan headers. Just connect to whatever is handy for 12v and slap one or two in there wherever there's room. Fixes the typical OEM prebuilt terribly airflow problem but doesn't add noise. Those weird HP Pavilions with the perforated side panels being a common one for me to buy cheap and do this to. And they are considerably cheaper than similar options from BeQuiet or others. Prices have gone up recently but they are still less costly and come in 80/90/120/140.
I've been rocking a artic 360mm aio for a while now and damn does it work. Even though my 5800x3d is way toastier then I thought it'd be it still keeps it under wraps
I spent a month researching coolers ended up with the rgb 420. It’s literally the best. Zero compromises. Silent and cool. Don’t waste ur time with anything else tbh.
The fan on the block is a great VRM cooler
15 degrees Celsius lower on my MSI Z390 Tomahawk with a 8700K @5.2Ghz
I have their 280mm and love it.
I have that very cooler and it cools my 13900k extremely well. I dont see over 55 degrees in games. Haven't tested cinebench yet I haven't had it for more than a week.
Have you tested cinebench? If so, what is the point? What is your thermal paste? Are you using any contact frame? What would you suggest?
I just got a brand new one for £111.
No stupid lights on it, though, which is exactly the way I like it.
I'm using this Freezer II 420 ARGB on my 7950X.
And even with it, the 7950X still goes up to 91°C under continuous CinebenchR23 multi core test.
There is no OC at all just the BIOS defaults.
At least the 7950X doesn't go up to 95°C
nice .. my 7600x will not get past 85c in cinebench R23 with the Arctic 420mm.. same no OC stock as a rock bios defaults ..
it was built as a ( im impatiently waiting the x3d cpu's ) so thanks for the info on the 7950x temps now i know my 7800x3d for sure will stay under TJ max with the arctic 420mm
@Volvo T6 R design awd It definitely better stay cool with that monster AIO we are using. But man are these Current CPUs freaking Stoves. The 7950X is bad enough with the temps even with this AIO can't imagine the 13900K/KS, it'll probably still hit 100°C with the 420.
I'm currently hesitating if i should replace my 7950X with the 7950X3D but i really don't want to spend $700 on the same CPU with a little more cache on it when i bought my 7950X for $550.
So i'm convincing myself to keep the regular 7950X lol 😆
@@Gielderst i was going to buy the 7950x3d thats why i kinda overkilled the cooler and the mobo i went rog crosshair x670e gene (well for 2 reasons i plan on staying with that mobo up till the end of the AM5 socket life and i wanted a higher end mobo for VRMs etc etc )
I then thought on the 7900x3d but i was quickly swayed away after the Vcache stacking and the lack there of performance over the 7950x3d ..
If i was going to offer any advice on it if you do production work then stay with the 7950x ( the 7950x3d suffers from the same issue the 5800x3d does its great in cache sensitive games but only so so in the rest )
otherwise for pure gaming i ( now ) think the champ will be the 7800x3d ..
On the flip side i think being as this is only AMD's second attempt at V cache i see ZEN 5 x3d parts being a better product for the gaming /production ( iron out some of the shortcomings )
I have a arctic 280 its whisper quiet, great instructions, 1 4 pin connection, vrm cooling. Cools my 13600KF great. 800RPM under gaming load
I have this cooling my 5950x and it does an amazing job
Love arctic AIOs, They use quality parts for the pump & silent, The radiators are Quality & around 8mm more in thickness, ARCTIC MX-6 is a carbon filler-based they have.
I Own a Arctic AIO 120 & 240mm, The 240mm AIO beats some of the 360mm Brands.
You should check out their new P12 Max case fans too!
the little fan on the water block is a vrm cooler it should be mounted towards the top of the motherboard ... I do wish the waterblcck had some rgb or even just a light strip .. minor compaint . .. I've used arctic for all my am5 builds .. they have performed well .. the thicker rad is the secret .. hopefully other companies follow them . I hate corsair aio's because I have to use icue .. unless it's a all corsair build I avoid using them
Have a o11 air mini w/ a front 280 arctic aio, 5 p12 fans & rest stock fans. Love Arctic. Simple, efficient, great price.
Have a 360 version and am so happy with it
hey dude, just one thing:
The little fan is supposed to be used for VRM cooling, and I think (not sure), but I think I've read you should *really* set it up so that the fan is on top of the unit. For better water flow inside.
Did you use their new "Offset" mounting for AMD cpu's? It makes a significant difference if your motherboard has the room for the offset mounting holes. BTW....Arctic has discontinued making MX-5, and their newest MX-6 beats it anyway. There are reviews comparing MX-4 to MX-5 and MX-6.
Thanks. Still using EVO212's on my pc fam but if I upgrade certainly interesting.
New Arctic fans due so this cooler will get even better!
ARCTIC P12 Max - High-Performance 120 mm case fan, PWM controlled 200-3300 rpm, Optimised for static pressure, 0dB mode, Dual ball bearings.
Model Number ACFAN00280A
I have this cooler in my Lancool 3 with a 11700k and it's fantastic. :) putting inside my case made me want to punch my case with my face though until I adjusted a few things.
Might grab one for 12700KF 7900XTX build. Have an Assassin 120 SE though maybe I'll step the cooling up.
Arctic is top quality, and thier customer service is legendary.
Will you ever review the DeepCool LT720 AIO? It has the most unique and interesting pump casing I've ever seen, but I would like to know about it's performance.
The DeepCool LT720 was tested in this video from der8auer. (ruclips.net/video/tYARk9OQsaU/видео.html) and there are like a dozen other less known/reputable reviews on RUclips. Search is your friend. 😀 FYI, it looks better, but can't cool like an Arctic Freezer II. But it's not bad, it just costs more and doesn't cool as much. Plus the quality of Arctic is hard to beat, it's got that typical German engineering, yet somehow doesn't have the typical high price tag.
@@Bundy714 oopsie, didn't know der8auer had tested it. Howewer, I asked about it here because I only watch tests from trusted people that know what they are doing and talking about, and tech yes man is one of those people.
@@POLARTTYRTM the Arctic freezer ii is the closest you will get to custom loop because of the simple fact the RAD is the biggest on the market of ANY aio ..
everyone else uses 27 to 28mm rads as standard ( pure speculation but this could be due to the ASTEK pumps most other companies use ) Arctic uses there own in house pump design !!
@@volvot6rdesignawd702 yeah well, the only thing abose that are DYI 480mm rads that fit in almost no case. LiquidHaus is a pioneer of these custom rads and loops, they even sell server-grade quick disconnect fittings.
@@POLARTTYRTM thermal take ceres 500 case will fit the arctic 420mm rad .. its a tight squeeze and i needed to leave the to bottom fan screws out ( no issue no rattling ) but youre going to find issues with any 420mm in most cases unless you go full tower !!
Honestly i prefer sff builds but with these modern cpu's and gpu's everything is getting hotter and hotter so i forced myself down the bigger build for the sake of cooling and the ceres 500 is a smart filtered mesh case ( one of the only midtowers i could find ) that fits the arctic 420mm in..
ohh the thermal take core p3 with fit it but its open air and my love for that case dies with the amount of dust it gathers !!
There was another case i bought before it fractal define 7 its specs says it will fit a 420mm rad but the arctic didnt fit so i returned it !!
Arctic has the best AIO cold plate going for it too, not just for the new ryzen but also for new intel. It's flat, HUGE and covers EVERYTHING. Thats whats making the biggest difference.
I have 360 aio arctic freezer and 4 140mm arctic p14 a rgb with fan hub its amazing how they keep eveything cool :)