5.0 out of 5 stars BEEFY COOLER - Make Sure You Have Room!

a. · June 11, 2025

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5.0 out of 5 stars Best cooler for AM5 platform

D.O. · June 13, 2025

I tested a newly released (2025-06-05) Lian Li Hydroshift II TCL right before this AIO and this one is cheaper and keeps a 9950X3D cooler at idle by 2 degrees C 47ish down to 45ish. And under Cinebench 2024, the Hydroshift II had peak temps at around 82 degrees C while this one tops out at 74 degrees C. I won't regularly be pushing those temps, but the way boosting works, it's always better to run cooler. I prefer the no-nonsene cooling of this product, and that it's way cheaper is a bonus. I've heard the Hydroshift II performs relatively better on Intel while not being as good on AMD, and the flipside is true of the LFIII a bit and it shows.The big downside of the Lian Li is the required control software. It's a 1GB installer for...fan control? The Liquid Freezer III has the option to use the 3 way split header for CPU, CPU_OPT, and the FAN_PUMP header to separately control the radiator fan, VRM fan, and pump speed with whatever base fan control you have available to your motherboard. With the Lian Li, you can go this route with the USB header connection to use the 2 way split (no VRM fan), but you also are left with only the preconfigured LCD screen options and that seems like a waste if you go for that product.Advantages of the Lian Li Hydroshift II is that it's thinner and obviously more aesthetically pleasing, In the Meshify 3 XL case, the side radiator option is only possible with the Hydroshift II being under 55m thick so it doesn't collide with a longer GPU.

5.0 out of 5 stars This thing is good

A. · May 11, 2025

This thing impressed me a lot. I have a 9800x3d and a 5090 so the heat trapped inside my system was an issue. I had a be quiet dark rock pro 5 and thought it was good enough, but it wasnt. the temperature spikes were a problem especially while playing games. this lowered the clock speeds of my cpu and made games a bit unstable. cpu would reach 85c when playing games for more than an hour... with spike temperatures of 96c <which is the throttle temperature of the cpu.With the arctic liquid freezer 3 pro that changed. The performance of the cooler, at least on amd, surprised even me( i've been doing this for years). The aio is able to soak up the spike temperatures of the 9800x3d and now it barely touched 80c < and this is a spike temperature! very very impressed. The thing that supprised me the most was my gpu is now 3 degrees cooler, my vrm is 10 degrees cooler, and my ram is 5 degrees cooler all because there inst a giant air cooler in the way of everything. The whole system "feels" smoother to me. Might be placebo.The cooler itself is very very noisy! I was going to return it until i fiddled with the rpm of everything. turned the pump down to 2000rpm, the vrm fan to 1500rpm, and the fans down to 950rpm. This made it whisper quiet! MESS WITH THE PWM RPM OF EVERYTHING PLEASE.Totally happy with the way things turned out. Price was on 85 buck usd. Can't complain with that!

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Performance, Shipping Issues dock a star

Z. · April 28, 2025

4.5Works Great for keeping a 9950x3d system under 73c while reaching expected Cinebench R24 scores. While gaming and doing single thread it stays between 50 and 55 which I really enjoy. It is a little loud though but I'm sure I can adjust it with fan curves. Installation is terrible and really frustrating getting it to mount correctly and to screw in the radiator. It's worth the pain and suffering because it's one of the best performing liquid AIOs on the market, and getting it for 85 bucks was a great deal and it matches the look of my all black system.Big Issue I had, probably not the seller's fault but I received an empty box that was torn open all over, which I can only assume was a mistake during shipping. The USPS Post Man who runs my mail wrote me a note apologizing and stating that they received the package like this. Bolo was really cool about it, I contacted support and they quickly helped me out after I sent them pictures of the note and the torn-open box with the missing item. They promptly send me a replacement that arrived the next day, and I am really happy Bolo helped me out and didn't make me feel like I stole it or anything. Never have had a package stolen out of its box before with Bolo so I hope that is a one-off thing. Thanks for the help Bolo!

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J. · May 9, 2025

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Bueno pero no hace milagros.

E. · May 10, 2024

Tengo un Ryzen 7 5800x procesador bastante calientito, lo enfriaba con aire con un DeepCool AK620 y la verdad no iba mal, la temperatura en juegos se mantenía en 80 grados celcius y en sesiones de trabajo si llegaba a los 90 grados, entonces vi que este enfriador líquido acababa de salir y que su antigua versión había sido muy buena y decidí probarlo.Y pues la verdad no hubo mucho cambio, las temperaturas bajaron entre 3 y 5 grados ya con la curva de enfriamiento ajustada, el ruido cambio eso si no tiene comparación esta madre es mucho más silenciosa qué un enfriador de aire.Una cosa que no tome en cuenta fueron las medidas, me confíe por que tengo un Corsair 5000D y pensé que me sobraria espacio y no fue así, el radiador no entro en la parte de arriba, choca con los disipadores de la MB entonces tube qué colocarlo en la parte frontal usando métodos de ajuste a la Mexicana y quedo perfecto, tons el consejo es que revises bien las medidas sino quieres tener problemas de instalación.Cha-chauu...

A no-brainer unless on older Intel platforms

M. · February 24, 2024

I recently purchased a Liquid Freezer II 360 with the intention of installing it on my 13900K main system here, but a month later still not got round to doing so, when Arctic launched this week their updated Liquid Freezer III AIO at an unbelievable price. The price alone for the LFIII 360 was what made me purchase it in all honesty, even if I have an unopened LFII sat here, but I am glad that I did!No longer do I need to undervolt the CPU or restrict power limits to the CPU to keep temperatures under control (although if you play games that use the Unreal Engine 5, you may still want to do this).Running Cinebench R20 (which puts a load on the CPU much higher than what 99% of applications or games will) on the 13900K will almost automatically send the temperatures up to the thermal throttle limits within a few seconds of starting the test, but with the Arctic LFIII installed, temperatures have not even approached anywhere the thermal limits of the CPU, therefore it does not throttle & stays at full turbo speed for longer. With the CPU overclocked to 5.9Ghz all P-Cores & 4.4Ghz all E-cores, a maximum temperature of 82C has been experienced with no throttling what so ever. Before with a Noctua NH-D15 (one of the very best air cooling solutions available), 100C+ could be reached within 2-3 seconds of starting the test causing the CPU to throttle back by upto 300Mhz during the a single test run or more if you are running it for a longer period of time.During game sessions, I have yet to see the CPU temperature on any core get higher than 63C and not had the fans spin up any more than about 40% of their maximum speed (no change in noise basically with the fan curves I have set).There is one drawback though which stops me from buying more of the LFIII units & that is that it is not compatible with ANY other Intel sockets than LGA1700 (12-14 gen) or the upcoming LGA1851 that is going to be used with newer generations. That means if you have a i9 9900K/10900K/11900K (or any older socket platform), you cannot make use of this cooler. I feel Arctic are losing out on sales because of this as it is obvious that the cooler can be used with the more traditional style mounting solutions as they use this with the supplied AM4/AM5 mounting kit. For the sake of an extra £2-3, Arctic could have provided a mounting solution for LGA115x/2011 and still be cheaper than virtually every other AIO brand on the market. Same applies with the tiny amount of MX6 thermal compound supplied with the cooler. This is a one time application and with contact frames having to be torqued correctly to make sure that all memory channels are present (if overtighten the screws or not provide even pressure on all sides when tightening it down for the contact frame you run the risk of some pins not making a good contact with the CPU) & if you find after installing the cooler that half your memory is not available or system is unstable because of this, you will need additional thermal compound to be able to remove the cooler, reseat the CPU & frame, then reattach pump block. Putting a 2g syringe of MX6 in (£3 if sold separately) still will have the package much cheaper than other available (this is something that should be aware of & have to hand just in case if you have not fitted a 3rd party contact frame before or seen any of the YouTube videos talking about them). In short, tighten the screws 1 turn at a time working in a X/star (top left, bottom right, top right, bottom left, repeat) pattern until the thread bottoms out under 2 fingers turning the screwdriver - DO NOT OVER TIGHTEN!I haven't even mentioned the other benefit of having a fan mounted on the block that cools the VRM’s on the motherboard as well which is silent even at full speed. Unlike other similar VRM cooling solutions built in to an AIO, if it fails, it it can be easily replaced without having to dismantle the whole system & pump block by simply lifting off from the pump as is connected by 2 magnets. Power to the VRM fan is provided by pogo pins on the pump itself that make connection to the fan motor when the magnets engage. You also get a choice of mother board connections as well - two cables are provided - one with a single 4 pin PWM connector that powers the main fans, pump & VRM fan together with a single PWM curve or a 3 way PWM cable (fans, pump & VRM fan) for setting individual PWM curves for each part individually (ie run the pump at 100%, steeper curve on VRM fan & a flatter/steeper curve on the main fans). Regardless of which solution you choose to use, the 4 pin ribbon cable is the same size for ease of cable management.Other than the 2 minor issues that buyers could run into, every thing else I don’t think can be beaten for performance, let alone the price, unless you go full custom loop water cooling (which is going to cost a LOT more than the LFIII does!). For any new machines that I build going forward, the Arctic LFIII will be my first choice of cooler for them as you get all the benefits of a top end liquid cooled cooler at the price of a mid-priced air cooler. If you want/like RGB, then there is also an A-RGB version available for roughly £10 more than the non-RGB version, which when compared to other AIO’s available is still around half the price of other brand equivalent in performance!

La facilidad de instalación es lo más importante y la potencia de refrigeración.

M.6.m.g. · March 27, 2025

Refrigeración increíble con las 3 B bueno bonito y barato ... Una refrigeración que mantiene un Ryzen 9 5900x en los 58 grados en invierno... Y en verano no pasa de los 69-70 grados ayudando a aumentar la frecuencia hasta los 5ghz . Muy recomendable y aparte es muy discreta sin iluminación con buena presión de aire en los ventiladores y fácil de instalar.

Good, But...

G. · May 30, 2025

Works great! Full warning it is quite loud at max fan RPM and in general louder than the other fans in my PC.