The New Best: Arctic Liquid Freezer III 360 & 280 CPU Cooler Review & Benchmarks

Sponsor: Montech K95 Pro on Amazon 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, the DeepCool Mystique, other AIOs, and air coolers like the Thermalright Peerless Assassin. Watch our full tear-down of the Liquid Freezer 3! Find the written review of the Liquid Freezer III here! SUPPORT our in-depth, independent testing and help fund our next massive effort! Get one of our extremely heat resistant soldering mats! Or a PC building work surface with the Modmat! And one of our 3D emblem pint glasses: Grab a memory explosion diagram T-shirt with disappointing dates on the back! Learn about our Hemi-Anechoic Chamber here! And watch our Billet Labs Water Block review to see our debut of the 3D laser scanner! Find the best air coolers right now in our round-up: And our full CPU cooler MEGA CHARTS here (haven’t added LF III at time of posting): The best way to support our work is through our store: Like our content? Please consider becoming our Patron to support us: RELATED PRODUCTS [Affiliate Links] Arctic Liquid Freezer III on Newegg (when it’s listed): Arctic Liquid Freezer III on Amazon (when it’s listed): Lian Li Trinity Performance on Newegg: Lian Li Trinity Performance on Amazon: Arctic Liquid Freezer II 420 on Newegg: Arctic Liquid Freezer II 280 on Amazon: Thermalright Peerless Assassin air cooler on Newegg: Thermalright Peerless Assassin air cooler on Amazon: DeepCool Assassin IV on Newegg: 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. Follow us in these locations for more gaming and hardware updates: t: f: w: Steve Burke: Host, Writing, Testing, Editing Patrick Lathan: 3D Scan Testing Mike Gaglione: Testing, Host Vitalii Makhnovets: Video Editing, Camera