ARCTIC Liquid Freezer II 360 A-RGB

Fehler können passieren! Wichtig ist, dass diese rechtzeitig erkannt und behoben werden. Leider wurden bei einer bestimmten Charge Liquid Freezer II Wasserkühlungen von Arctic fehlerhafte Dichtungen unter den Cold Plates verbaut. Wasseraustritt im PC wäre natürlich das Letzte was man sich beim Betrieb einer Wasserkühlung wünscht, da dieser zu einer Beschädigung des PCs führen kann. Heute zeigen wir auf OCinside.de wie man mit dem Liquid Freezer II Service Kit die Dichtung unter der Cold Plate der AIO Wasserkühlung erneuert. Einerseits als schriftliche Anleitung mit Bildern und nützlichen Hinweisen und andererseits zeigen wir den Umbau auch als Video auf unserem OCinside YouTube Channel.

Der Arctic Liquid Freezer ist eine gute AiO-Kühlung im Budget-Segment: Der Hersteller verknüpft eine leise Pumpe mit guten Lüftern zu einem attraktiven Preis. Die aktuelle Generation II erhält leuchtenden Zuwachs. Im ComputerBase-Test zeigt der Liquid Freezer II 360 A-RGB, dass dabei keine seiner Stärken verloren geht.

Many of you may well have seen the news report about ARCTIC having a batch of its Liquid Freezer II coolers having a potential flaw and associated media coverage that was, in my opinion anyway, handled in a good manner outside of the issue having been undetected/un-reported for nearly an year. I wanted to see whether ARCTIC could have gone about this sooner, and also go through the self-service process myself to ensure the average end user would not have any issues. What follows below is my own experience with an affected unit and the kit itself, and thanks to ARCTIC for helping arrange the two samples for TechPowerUp!

The base design is still the same, but at this price level, we feel the Liquid Freezer II is brilliant. There are multiple cherries on top of the cake, the fans are already installed and bridged. Then there are only two cables to connect, you'll get 6 years warranty, sleeved tubing, and yeah just very reasonable acoustics and performance for only 100 USD/EUR, and that's this 360mm model. And sure, not a lot has changed ever since the original model was released, but it's a small step upwards in aesthetics. This 360mm model has plenty of reserve and capacity. With the CPU overclocked and 1.40v under load, we did not even hit 80 degrees C. The cooler itself is good in cooling capacity (but not premium excellent), the fans have high RPM values so simply limit your RPM to acceptable levels in the BIOS in order for this kit to become exceptionally silent (which it certainly can be), at default it already is silent, but a tiny bit hearable. The aesthetics are pretty decent though the shape is a little weird due to the VRM fan (which also is a big plus). Normally RGB sure is a lot of wiring to deal with, Arctic already did that job for you. We admit it, this is terrific value for your money and it'll do well for the vast majority of people. Highly recommended and great, if not, super value.