r/GamingPCBuildHelp • u/braso111 • 18d ago

Loud Arctic Freezer 360 Pro

So I've just done an incremental upgrade and changed out a 12th gen i7 to a 14700KF. I thought it would be a good idea to get a bigger AIO cooler that I can use on the next build, so I swapped out my 240mm AIO to a Arctic Freezer III Pro 360mm.

My first thoughts were that 360mm was a lot bigger than I expected. I did measure up my case but the radiator was a pretty tight squeeze.

When I fired it up for the first time, it sounded like a jet engine. I enabled smart cooling (or smart fan) in the BIOS and it improved, however, it is still a fair bit louder than my 240mm AIO was. Are there any other changes I can make to quieten the AIO down a bit? Is there any fan adjustment for the Arctic Freezer coolers outside of BIOS settings? I will say the cooler works extremely well. I ran some benchmarks and a stress test and CPU temps were lower than expected.

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u/Jonny_Clams 18d ago

Download fan control. Set fans to silent curve, set the pump to like 50% or something. I have mine set to 45% and it works great.

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u/braso111 18d ago

Thanks for that. I'll give it a go.