Gamers Nexus | The New Best: Arctic Liquid Freezer III 360 & 280 CPU Cooler Review & Benchmarks @GamersNexus | Uploaded February 2024 | Updated October 2024, 6 days ago.
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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, other AIOs, and air coolers like the Thermalright Peerless Assassin.
Watch our full tear-down of the Liquid Freezer 3! youtube.com/watch?v=AaMmfE2eCPY
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RELATED PRODUCTS [Affiliate Links]
Arctic Liquid Freezer III on Newegg (when it's listed): howl.me/clFOfj4zl7i
Arctic Liquid Freezer III on Amazon (when it's listed): geni.us/wXZd
Lian Li Trinity Performance on Newegg: howl.me/clFOg0OqFoA
Lian Li Trinity Performance on Amazon: geni.us/84V7GY
Arctic Liquid Freezer II 420 on Newegg: howl.me/clFOmocBDx5
Arctic Liquid Freezer II 280 on Amazon: geni.us/8BokJ
Thermalright Peerless Assassin air cooler on Newegg: howl.me/clFOhwtvZxG
Thermalright Peerless Assassin air cooler on Amazon: geni.us/SjIrJgn
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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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, other AIOs, and air coolers like the Thermalright Peerless Assassin.
Watch our full tear-down of the Liquid Freezer 3! youtube.com/watch?v=AaMmfE2eCPY
Find the written review of the Liquid Freezer III here! gamersnexus.net/coolers/new-best-arctic-liquid-freezer-iii-360-280-cpu-cooler-review-benchmarks
SUPPORT our in-depth, independent testing and help fund our next massive effort!
Get one of our extremely heat resistant soldering mats! store.gamersnexus.net/products/gn-project-soldering-mat
Or a PC building work surface with the Modmat! store.gamersnexus.net/products/large-modmat-gn15-anniversary
And one of our 3D emblem pint glasses: store.gamersnexus.net/products/gn-3d-emblem-glasses
Grab a memory explosion diagram T-shirt with disappointing dates on the back! store.gamersnexus.net/products/disappointment-pc-2023-heather
Learn about our Hemi-Anechoic Chamber here! youtube.com/watch?v=eUqYTenB2A0
And watch our Billet Labs Water Block review to see our debut of the 3D laser scanner! youtube.com/watch?v=0e1nDf0GYZU
Find the best air coolers right now in our round-up: youtube.com/watch?v=ow0crBSKIXw
And our full CPU cooler MEGA CHARTS here (haven't added LF III at time of posting): gamersnexus.net/megacharts/cpu-coolers
The best way to support our work is through our store: store.gamersnexus.net
Like our content? Please consider becoming our Patron to support us: patreon.com/gamersnexus
RELATED PRODUCTS [Affiliate Links]
Arctic Liquid Freezer III on Newegg (when it's listed): howl.me/clFOfj4zl7i
Arctic Liquid Freezer III on Amazon (when it's listed): geni.us/wXZd
Lian Li Trinity Performance on Newegg: howl.me/clFOg0OqFoA
Lian Li Trinity Performance on Amazon: geni.us/84V7GY
Arctic Liquid Freezer II 420 on Newegg: howl.me/clFOmocBDx5
Arctic Liquid Freezer II 280 on Amazon: geni.us/8BokJ
Thermalright Peerless Assassin air cooler on Newegg: howl.me/clFOhwtvZxG
Thermalright Peerless Assassin air cooler on Amazon: geni.us/SjIrJgn
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
** Please like, comment, and subscribe for more! **
Links to Amazon and Newegg are typically monetized on our channel (affiliate links) and may return a commission of sales to us from the retailer. This is unrelated to the product manufacturer. Any advertisements or sponsorships are disclosed within the video ("this video is brought to you by") and above the fold in the description. We do not ever produce paid content or "sponsored content" (meaning that the content is our idea and is not funded externally aside from whatever ad placement is in the beginning) and we do not ever charge manufacturers for coverage.
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Steve Burke: Host, Writing, Testing, Editing
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Mike Gaglione: Testing, Host
Vitalii Makhnovets: Video Editing, Camera
