The New Best: Arctic Liquid Freezer III 360 & 280 CPU Cooler Review & Benchmarks
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Arctic is launching the new Liquid Freezer III cooler, which immediately set forth to take the top rank as the best noise-normalized CPU cooler in our benchmarks. The Liquid Freezer II established itself as the best liquid cooler in our tests many years ago. In the time since, it’s been dethroned on some technicalities at times, but often finds its way back to the top of rankings through value and noise-to-thermal efficiency. We’re benchmarking and reviewing the new Arctic Liquid Freezer III 360 and A-RGB 280 today vs. the Lian Li Trinity Performance, the DeepCool Mystique, other AIOs, and air coolers like the Thermalright Peerless Assassin.
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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - The Arctic Liquid Freezer III
01:14 - Price & Features: Pump Cap & Contact Frame
04:11 - 200W Noise-Normalized Thermal Benchmarks
05:53 - 200W 100% Fan Speed Thermal Benchmarks
07:40 - VRM Fan Airflow Testing
10:15 - VRM Thermals
10:41 - Noise Levels of Pump & Fan
11:45 - Noise Samples of LF III vs. LF II
13:15 - Intel Contact Frame Pressure Tests
15:29 - 3D Laser Scan of Coldplate
17:22 - 250W Intel Thermals for Contact Frame
19:03 - Mike on Intel Installation Steps
21:39 - AMD Installation Instructions
24:57 - Critiques of Installation
25:32 - Conclusion
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