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Review on Water Cooling System for Arctic Liquid Freezer II 420, Black/ARGB by Stanislaw Kesicki ᠌

Revainrating 4 out of 5

I am satisfied, the product fully corresponds to the description.

My day to day tasks aren't particularly heavy, but the 7800X is stable at 4.8 instead of stock 3.5. With Noctua D15 it was 4.5, with Kraken X52 it was 4.3. Some pros: In the 420 form factor, there are only 2 or 3 unattended CBOs. I took this one because it seemed from the pictures more reliable than analogues in terms of the material of the tubes. The radiator itself is relatively compact, almost does not go beyond the mountings, unlike, say, from Eisbaer. I was pleased that all the power was connected to one connector. You connect it to the motherboard in the pump's PWM power connector, and all three fans are powered from it. The wires to the fans are hidden in the braided pipes, they do not hang in the air and do not interfere with installation. Although yes, they cannot be controlled separately, but I don’t want to. Cons: Set in Fractal Design S2. Even for this rather large case, it was difficult to install even this compact CBO fan for its fans. At the same time, on foreign sites, maybe even somehow related to the manufacturer, there are long lists of compatible cases, and I was convinced that this compatibility is very formal, it makes no sense to rely on such lists, and the actual list of suitable cases will be quite short. Especially if you discard EATX. At the same time, there is no fantastic increase in efficiency. Maybe 15 percent stronger than Noctua NH-D15, and that's not a fact. Although, of course, CBO on the processor allows the video card to breathe. But the difference of this CBO with 360 or 280 will not be very big, even the Kraken X52 is not much weaker.