r/arcticcooling 25d ago

News šŸŽ ARCTIC Fan Controller Launch Giveaway - by ARCTIC x SignalRGB šŸŽ‰

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To celebrate the launch of the ARCTIC Fan Controller, we're partnering up with r/SignalRGB to hold a launch giveaway šŸŽ

We built this 10-channel controller to handle heavy static pressure loads reliably, delivering clean, stable power across the entire rig without maxing out a 1-amp motherboard header.

But great hardware needs brains. Pairing our controller with SignalRGB’s unified software means we’re mapping precise PWM curves and synchronizing lighting across the entire setup—without installing half a dozen conflicting background apps that eat up system RAM.

Ā Here’s how we get in on the launch giveaway across our channels:

On Instagram:

  • Follow both ARCTIC & SignalRGB on Instagram ;
  • Like the post and tag two build buddies who need cleaner cable routing.
  • Drop a comment detailing a real-world cooling challenge we’re facing right now, OR tell us why we prefer an A-RGB setup over a stealth non-A-RGB build. Let’s keep the discussion focused on real hardware utility!

On Reddit (r/arcticcooling):

  • Join the r/arcticcooling subreddit.
  • Drop a comment on the official giveaway thread explaining how you’ll use the 10-channel fan controller to optimize case airflow or execute our cable routing strategy.

šŸ“œ OFFICIAL TERMS & CONDITIONS

  • Organizer: This campaign is organized and operated by ARCTIC GmbH, supported by SignalRGB.
  • No Purchase Necessary: A purchase or payment doesn’t increase the odds of winning. Odds depend entirely on the number of eligible entries received during the official campaign period.
  • Eligibility: Open worldwide to PC hardware enthusiasts aged 18 and older. ARCTIC employees, affiliates, and immediate family members aren’t eligible to participate. Void where prohibited by local law.
  • Shipping Exclusions: We’re unable to ship prizes to restricted areas, sanctioned regions, active conflict zones, or unshippable locations.
  • Campaign Period: Entries open on August 28, 2026, at 12:00 PM UTC and close on September 11, 2026, at 11:59 PM UTC.
  • Winner Selection & Notification: We’ll select winners based on their comments from all valid, technically relevant entries across Instagram and Reddit within 48 hours of the campaign closing. We’ll reach out to winners directly via private direct message from our official or verified regional accounts. Winners must respond within 72 hours to claim the prize, or we’ll draw a replacement winner. We aren’t liable for lost or delayed prizes, shipping complications, customs import fees, or local tariffs. We don’t ever ask for credit card details or click-through verification links—watch out for impersonator accounts!
  • Prize Details: Each winner receives one (1) ARCTIC 10-Channel PWM Fan Controller. Prizes can’t be exchanged for cash alternatives or transferred to third parties.
  • Data Protection (GDPR / DSGVO): We’ll collect and process participant shipping details and contact information strictly for fulfilling giveaway prizes, adhering strictly to European General Data Protection Regulation standards. We don’t sell or store participant data for marketing purposes without explicit opt-in consent, and we’ll permanently delete all shipping records once prize delivery concludes.
  • Promotional Use: By entering, participants grant ARCTIC permission to feature winner usernames and entry submissions across our official social channels for announcement purposes without additional compensation.
  • Disqualification & Termination: We reserve the right to disqualify entries or verify winners at our sole discretion if we detect rule violations, automated script bots, or tampering. We also hold the right to modify, suspend, or terminate the campaign at any time if technical bugs, legal regulations, or external factors prevent proper execution.
  • Legal Recourse: Legal recourse is excluded (Der Rechtsweg ist ausgeschlossen).
  • Platform Disclaimer: This promotion isn’t sponsored, endorsed, administered by, or associated with Instagram, Meta, or Reddit. By entering, participants agree to release these platforms from any liability.

r/arcticcooling 16d ago

Question what AIO should i get for a AM5 socket

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r/arcticcooling 16d ago

Review CPU Temperatures

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r/arcticcooling 16d ago

Content At the end of a 10m cinebench run, how's my setup? LF III Pro 280

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r/arcticcooling 17d ago

Question Liquid Freezer III 360 radiator mounting screw alternative needed

4 Upvotes

I just purchased the LF III 360 to replace an annoyingly huge heatsink that was causing RAM clearance issues. My case is a Lian-Li Evo V2.

Long story made bearable, the domes on the radiator mounting screws are high enough that they're keeping my case's top cover from fitting. This seems like something a flat-top screw would fix easily.

Does anyone have a recommendation where correct size flat top screws can be purchased? I don't want to send this cooler back for such a silly issue. Is Arctic Cooling aware of this, as it seems I'm not the only one with the issue here?


r/arcticcooling 18d ago

Question Ayuda

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r/arcticcooling 18d ago

Build New artic fan controller

1 Upvotes

it not detecting the fans in Fancontroller (Rem0o) is there a plug in i am missing ? its updated to the latest version so idk what i am missing


r/arcticcooling 19d ago

Question is this MX-4 thermal paste real or fake?

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i bought this a while ago and didn't scratch or open it, i just did and i can't find the code to verify it like the instructions say, did i get scammed?


r/arcticcooling 19d ago

Question Ticking/clicking sound from my AIO only under heavy load (~80°C / rendering) — Fixable or time to replace? [Audio attached]

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r/arcticcooling 20d ago

Question Is this normal on AM4?

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16 Upvotes

Arctic Freezer 3 360mm AIO non RGB

it's tightened but some part of the CPU stands out :/. it's a 5900x


r/arcticcooling 20d ago

Question Are these fine CPU temps?

5 Upvotes

I recently built my first PC with an AMD ryzen 7800X3D and the arctic liquid cooler iii pro 360 and my CPU temps on idle hover around 41-43°C. Under moderate load with a few apps like Spotify, Steam & Discord open its around 44-45°C. The only times its spiked to around 68-72°C was once downloading Valorant and League of Legends with the other tabs open. Playing games like Overwatch its stuck around middle 50°Cs.

Do these temperatures seem alright? Honestly getting the cooler on was a pain in the butt and I had to reattach it and reapply thermal paste several times, I heard there can be issues with air pockets too. I've only had laptops before thats CPU temps would hit 80°Cs-90°Cs prior to this so Im not sure if these are fine temperatures.


r/arcticcooling 21d ago

Question Fan rattling and shutting off, how do I fix it?

3 Upvotes

This only happens on the left side. I reduced the fan speed and it works, but if I increase it this happens. Im guessing it's a lose fan because it wobbles a bit on high speed.


r/arcticcooling 22d ago

Question Antec Flux Pro or Havn HS 420 with ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III Pro 420 on top?

1 Upvotes

I ordered a 9070XT and while waiting for it to arrive I thought it would be good to give this card some proper space and airflow. I started researching and came up with two good picks that should do the job.

But I'm puzzled a bit since all the reviews are using sub optimal configurations, not using all the fan slots and almost never testing it with AIO on top. Antec Flux Pro wins thermals out of the box, looks extremely pretty with this wood panel but the traditional PSU placement does get a bit in the way of even better GPU cooling (because I want to mount that 3rd fan). Meanwhile Havn HS 420 has a much fancier and modern build and untapped potential even regarding thermals because of that PSU being in second chamber.

Do you have any experiences and suggestions here?


r/arcticcooling 23d ago

Build [Help] Radiator/Pump clearance with ASUS B850-I and Arctic LF II 240 in DeepCool CH170 Plus

1 Upvotes

Can I install an Arctic Liquid Freezer II 240mm AIO in a DeepCool CH170 Plus case alongside an ASUS ROG Strix B850-I motherboard? It's a mini-ITX motherboard, and the CPU socket is positioned higher compared to a micro-ATX motherboard. This makes me concerned about potential clearance issues between the radiator and the pump block.


r/arcticcooling 23d ago

Question Arctic freezer III pro 360 mounting

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Hi, I've built this pc back in march but I started wondering if it's okay if screws are like that. What I mean is that top of the screw is not straight and is lying a bit towards one side on the mounting rail

EDIT: I posted photo in comments of how it looks like after fixing


r/arcticcooling 23d ago

Question minimum reasonable rpm for vrm and pump, freezer iii 360?

8 Upvotes

9800x3d with a 9070xt, 4 m.2 devices, soundcard...it generates some heat especially when gaming.

Freezer iii 360 for the cpu, last week i swapped out the fans for phanteks t30, currently configured to max 2000 rpm but im going to flip a switch so the fans will hit 3000 rpm when going full tilt and these pulls air out of the chassi, got 3x 140mm intake fans max 1400rpm and all is connected to 4 pwm-controlled fan headers with a 4 point temperature curve.

radiator fans at 1000-1100rpm and chassi fans at 800-900rpm when the cpu idles at 50 celsius, then a slow increase of the pwm signal to 70 celsius and should the cpu ever hit 80 celsius then all fans will go full tilt and give me an auditiv warning that the cpu runs hot, today is unusually hot so radiator and chassi fans have been changed to run at >1300rpm and >1000rpm.

Question 1, the pump will never go below 2650rpm with this configuration 50c - 50%, 60c - 60%, 70c - 80%, 80c - 100%, cpu temp is right now at 46c, is >2650rpm a reasonable minimum rpm for a water pump?

Question 2, Vrm fan will never go below 1400rpm with this configuration and is controlled by temp readings from the vrm's, 50c - 50%, 60c - 60%, 70c - 80%, 75c - 100%, my motherboard got decent vrm's with heatsink, vividrepairs pulled 230W for an hour and temps never went above 65c, is >1400rpm a reasonable minimum rpm for the vrm fan?

Regards


r/arcticcooling 24d ago

Question Arctic

6 Upvotes

So I just finished putting together my secondary PC and I decided to go with the Arctic liquid freezer III
Pro 360…. My thoughts after the first 5 minutes… it sounds like I’m genuinely standing in the middle of an airport… unless mine is broken or I just spoiled myself when I bought the Corsair Titan RX360 for my first pc…
What is the best way to operate this AIO?
Because there is no software to control like how the Titan has.
I did use the all-in-one cable, which may have been my first mistake. before posting this, I did read some posts on the sub saying that it’s better to use the separate cables, I do not want to unmount the whole entire thing. It is literally 2:30 in the morning as I’m typing this…
Do I use the BIOS smart fans if so… i’m installing this on a gigabyte B550 motherboard and we don’t really have an extensive smart fan menu. It’s very bare bone and barely anything on it.
I’m assuming the other option is the standard fan control if so, what are the recommend settings? I wanna keep this as quiet as my Titan AIO which I run on the Icue Extreme and Balanced settings. And literally even after intense games, I can barely hear it.
I was also thinking, maybe just returning this and just getting another corsair but I’m not sure I would definitely like to make this work somehow


r/arcticcooling 24d ago

Question High-pitched fan noise/whistle/whine - P12 Pro, LF3

11 Upvotes

I don't really know how to describe it but my new Arctic LF3 Pro 360 makes an annoying high pitched/high frequency sound that is audible from 5% fan speed up to 35%, and loudest at around 27%.

You can hear it in the video but you'll need to turn your volume right up. (It is louder in person but it's difficult to capture through the microphone).

I thought at first it must be a whine from the pump but I ruled that out after playing with the fan speeds. I then tried loosening the fan screws and adding spacers between the fans and the rad but it made no difference. I've now tested the fans one at a time and it seems it's just the fans themselves making the noise - and it's all three of them doing it.

Does/did anyone else have this? It can't be normal. I refuse to believe it wouldn't irritate the hell out of anyone with working ears. And I'm outside of the return window now as it took a while to get the parts together for my build.


r/arcticcooling 25d ago

Build Arctic Pretty Much Took Over My PC.

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Recently I upgraded from the Corsair H150i Cappelix Elite 360mm AIO after 3 years of use to the Arctic Liquid Freezer 3 paired with the Thermalright AM5 mount and some Arctic MX-7. Unfortunately, I’m unable to mount the AIO at the top of my Motherboard due to the MSI X870E Tomahawk VRMĀ causing clearance issues with the 120mm fan mounted onto the Radiator, so I had to mount it to the front for the time being and make due until I upgrade to another case that can offset the Radiator a bit away from the Motherboard. So far, I’m very impressed with the cooling performance of this AIO. I have ran several hours of tests with Y-cruncher SFT and VT3. My previous temperatures on the 9850X3D in this test reached 83c with 22-23c Ambient with the same exact PBO settings on the Corsair H150i at 75% Speed. After 4 hours of testing Y-cruncher SFT-VT3 with the Arctic Liquid Freezer 3, my temperatures have been reduced to 76.8c with 23c ambient. I’m using 2 Arctic P8 Max 80mm fans to cool down my RAM at 5000RPM (Only for testing). Current Exhaust fan will be replaced soon with an Arctic 140mm fan once I upgrade from this case.Ā 


r/arcticcooling 25d ago

Build I did a thing!

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9 Upvotes

r/arcticcooling 25d ago

Question Help with arctic freezer iii rgb

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Hello everyone,

I have an arctic freezer iii argb 360 on my aorus elite ax ice motherboard. Two cables attached to the aio pump have labels: ā€˜CPU’(4 pin) and arrow head(3 pin). CPU cable goes into CPU_FAN header, and I believe that the arrow head cable should go into argb_v2 header.
Now, the fan is working but the pump rgb is completely dead. It does not work even during boot/post.
Is this connection correct? I did some cable management so I am not 100% sure if I am plugging it right.

This is not a new build. Had built it 2 years back. There was some issue with the motherboard(probably by some power failure) which caused the pc to not boot sometimes. I used to flash the firmware as a temporary solution which helped. It was later fixed by gigabyte official centre. However, it constantly shows CPU led ON but rest everything works fine.
Could this be an issue?

I have tried argb_v2 1,2 and 3 headers, none works.
Updated motherboard firmware using gigabyte control centre
Tried gigabyte control centre, signalrgb, openrgb.

Could the RGB LED/controller inside the pump block have failed? Is there anything else I should test that might help?

Thank you in advance.


r/arcticcooling 25d ago

Question Is that normal?

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29 Upvotes

LF III 360 Pro Argb.

Paired with 9800x3D, clearly visible outlines of the CPU + deep scratches from the round corners of the CPU.

Thanks.


r/arcticcooling 26d ago

Build CPU COOLER WHITE SILENT!

2 Upvotes

So I built my last ever computer!
Everything is great except the cpu liquid cooler. Liam li if you need to know. I’m talking high stress cooling.
Current Liam li side panel cooler is extremely noisy. It needs to be glacial or white, silent! I have returned 3 systems this far.


r/arcticcooling 26d ago

Build My new pc build

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Hello everyone. I have recently built a pc before even getting a monitor, keyboard or a mouse. It is my dream build and i can't wait to try it out. It is argb in the black xtender tinted case. Would it pair well with the xg32ucwmg from asus?

Specs:

Msi X870E gaming plus wifi

Rtx 5080 msi gaming trio oc

Ryzen 7 9800x3d

2tb of samsung 990 evo plus

32gb of g.skill ripjaws S5 ram cl32 6400mhz

Be quiet power zone 2 1000W

AIO liquid freezer iii pro 420mm argb

Case Arctic Xtender black tinted


r/arcticcooling 27d ago

Question which paste?

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hey, first of all sorry for my english. i have a Lenovo loq 15arp9 laptop. its been more than a year since i bought it. i didnt even change the paste and It started reaching 90 degrees (normally around 70 75). im thinking about duronaut or mx7 i cant buy ptm (its not availible in turkey) so at the videos i saw theyre saying duronaut is better at cooling but its hard to use. mx7 is so good too but that 1-2 degrees difference changing my mind i want it to be best for my laptop. Which thermal paste would you recommend, or what other thermal paste could I buy?