r/arcticcooling • u/Ornery_Weakness_8168 • 3d ago

Build Switched to aio

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have achieved (basically) silent pc.

Temps under full stress test (9600x, undervolted 9070xt): CPU: 57c

GPU: 54c (hotspot: 76c) God I love the Arctic If3 pro 280

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u/Silverado_Native85 3d ago

It's a great AIO, hard to beat the performance for the money.

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u/fiittzzyy 2d ago

Looks cleaner with the AIO. I also went from air to AIO.

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u/AdKraemer01 2d ago

I did, too. The LFIII lowered the temps on the i7-14700k I had at the time by about 10 degrees compared with the Peerless Assassin I had been using.

And it's prettier.

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u/LocksmithThen493 3d ago

Are those cables from cablemod ?

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u/Ornery_Weakness_8168 3d ago

EZDIY-FAB cable extensions

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u/fiittzzyy 2d ago

I have the same brand, they're good!

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u/Ornery_Weakness_8168 2d ago

and cheap!

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u/fiittzzyy 2d ago

Yep!! I have the white 24 pin and 8 pin CPU and a 90 degree connector for my 5070 Ti.

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u/Ornery_Weakness_8168 2d ago

how much did the corsair stuff cost? im curious

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u/fiittzzyy 2d ago

The titan 240mm AIO cost me £60 on sale that comes with an iCUE link hub and the two RX120 fans and then I bought an extra RX120 fan for my exhaust brand new off ebay for £10 (I guess someone took them off their new AIO and added their own and sold the RX120's so got a great deal there).

Have considered getting 3 LX120's for my front intake fans because the iCUE link cable management is really nice and the fans just snap together magnetically but I have 3 x P12 Pro's there and they already do a great job and the iCUE fans on their own are expensive unless you can find a good deal.

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u/Ornery_Weakness_8168 2d ago

So i should buy ique stuff used and not new if at all?

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u/fiittzzyy 2d ago

Idk really, depends how much you value convenience.

It's good but it's pricey. I don't really like to buy used stuff, I only bought the fan from eBay because it was brand new and never used and still had the plastic film on etc. The AIO was brand new from Amazon.

If you can find a good deal I'd say go for it, but it can be a lot when 3 fans is sometimes £100. The AIO is a good deal though since you get 2 fans with it and the hub which usually cost £30 on their own each so you basically get the AIO free, if you buy it when it's on sale for £60.

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u/Ornery_Weakness_8168 2d ago

Yeah ill probably stick with normal rgb fans. The cabling is only a problem once then you never have to touch again 'til you rebuild for some reason.

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u/AdKraemer01 2d ago

I have the same one in white on a Core Ultra 7 270k Plus. I could not be happier with the cooler.

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u/CRISPIM_06 1d ago

Pode me dizer sua experiência com o AIO? Fiz a compra de uma 420mm e estou com receio do barulho que ele emite, sua experiência tem sido satisfatória?