Would you even consider picking up the "old", now "outdated" Liquid Freezer II now that the Liquid Freezer III is out? 🤔😁 How many of you actually own the Liquid Freezer II, and what are your experiences with it? 😅

@WSS_the_OG

2 ай бұрын

I think the LFII is still a good, affordable, good performing option. I have been using the LFII 240 for a few years now, and it's been going strong with multiple builds. I think I got it when I had a 3800X, which got upgraded to a 5800x3d, and how it's keeping a 7800x3d nice and cool. Decent cooler, even though that plastic fan / pump shroud looks cheesy and tacky, haha. Function over form, I guess? Anyway, thanks for the video good sir.

That plastic VRM fan / pump housing doesn't look bad. It looks cheap, like a 1980s toy. Yet, nobody really cared, because of how well it performs. Nice job, Nicolas, auf Englisch.

@Nicolas11x12English

2 ай бұрын

You're right. Haha! Danke very much, auf Deutsch. :D

my freezer II 280 is still running perfectly fine, after 4,5 years of usage :) 250W TDP is abolutely no problem for it.

I'd get it, if I needed one.😀

It's still in my rig ❤

Tbf i like the look of the liquid iii water block more than the ii So finding the liquid freezer iii for below £80 was a fucking steal, building my pc next month

In regards to AIOs, Arctic knows what they're doing. But on tests that I've seen, the Arctic 3 would seem to be a only few percent cooler than the Arctic 2. Personally, I'll never buy an AIO. I prefer building custom loops with two or three 420mm copper radiators.

@WSS_the_OG

2 ай бұрын

I used to do this too, custom loops. But I realised I change out and upgrade components so frequently that the inconvenience of having to drain the loop, and dismantle everything just to get at a CPU or replace GPU (with a new custom block) was becoming extremely tedious. Now I'm back to either straight air cooling (I really like the Peerless Assassin), or a decent AIO like the Arctic LF II (or III). As much as I loved building custom loops, they got to much too much effort for simple, incremental, upgrades. And while the cooling was a littler better, and generally quieter, I have found I can get pretty close with smart fan set up in a case, custom fan curves, and off the shelf CPU coolers.

@OlettaLiano

2 ай бұрын

@@WSS_the_OG I completely understand. Custom loops, for me, aren't primarily about cooling or reducing noise. They're more of an artistic expression. I find joy in the meticulous process of bending tubing. In my main PC, I run dual loops, and it typically takes three to five days to achieve the desired aesthetic. I believe the investment of time, money, and effort is well worth it. Cheers.

@WSS_the_OG

2 ай бұрын

@@OlettaLianoThe satisfaction and esthetics of perfect hard tube bends is difficult to describe, I agree. It's a love/hate thing I guess, haha. Love the result, hate it when I feel like upgrading components ...

@OlettaLiano

2 ай бұрын

@@WSS_the_OG I don't do upgrades often. My main rig is still AM4, with a Ryzen 5900X and an XFX 6900XT on an MSI X570 Unify with 32GB of DDR4 RAM tuned to 3800 MT/s @ CL 14. It does everything I need it to do and should last a few more years.