There are lots of great high static pressure optimized fans out there and lots of different preferences. Gaining an extra 50MHz over a high-end air cooler is about the difference you can expect if you’re not planning to overclock.

Steve from GamersNexus explains you the mistakes to avoid while assembling your water cooling AIO in your PC case. Some coolers were able to pass Cinebench R23 multicore testing with Intel’s 12th Gen i9-12900K when power limits were removed (although only the strongest models were able to pass that test).The increased cooling challenges posed by Raptor Lake mean that we’ve had to change some of the ways we test coolers. The majority of Liquid Coolers on the market today are based around Asetek designs, but the Liquid Freezer II features a pump which was designed in-house by Arctic, with the goal of quieter operation and higher efficiency. I’ll be testing Intel’s i9-13900K CPU using Asus’ TUF Gaming Z690 Gaming Plus WIFI motherboard and Cooler Master’s HAF 700 Berserker computer case, with case fans limited to 35% speeds.

The lowest power limit I test at is 125W, mainly because this is also the lowest level where I can reliably measure noise measurements. As the CPU block does not interfere with RAM slots, there is full RAM compatibility when using this cooler. The Arctic Liquid Freezer II averaged about 8-10 microns depth from the 0-point, with minimums and maximums at 2 microns and 48 microns.North of the socket, aligned with the top-center of the cooler and center of the fan opening, the FPM measured between 190 and 212. There’s not much diversity overall, and that often means there’s not much change in performance from one competitor to the next. Similar behavior has been standard in laptops for years due to cooling limitations in cramped chassis. This means there’s always airflow over the VRM heatsink in all the CLC tests, whereas testing it on the table, away from the VRM, would paint a picture of Arctic’s VRM fan having a higher relative impact since you’d be taking away all cooling otherwise. While in the past a CPU hitting its peak temperature was cause for concern, enthusiasts are going to have to learn to accept high temperatures as “normal” while running demanding workloads with Raptor Lake and Ryzen 7000 CPUs.

I was wondering how good the fans would be as case fans over my silent wings 3 since they are so quiet.We’ll also provide noise level measurements recorded using a PSPL25 Sound Meter for all three power levels tested, to compare how much noise each cooler makes in different scenarios.