ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III Pro 360 - AIO CPU Cooler, 3 x 120 mm Water Cooling, 38 mm Radiator, PWM Pump, VRM Fan, AMD AM5/AM4, Intel LGA1851/1700 Contact Frame - Black

This works as intended. Cooling an Ryzen 9950X it keeps the temps down without feeling like I'm in a wind tunnel even when it does ramp up. This replaced the NZXT 240 that just couldn't seem to keep up without having to keep the fans cranked up to 11 all the time.Few things to note if you plan on purchasing:The radiator is HUGE. Make sure you have measured for your case before buying. I have an older NZXT FULL TOWER and still had to install this on the front instead of the top due to clearance issues. Not a big deal but it wasn't fun having to tear everything down to get it to fit.The pump only mounts the one way. And like the old AMD Coolers of the past - its a huge PITA to get to screw down correctly. You'll catch the one side then it'll pop out once you try screwing down the other side of the mounting bracket. I was able to get it on fairly easily but my brother had a rough go of it with his.And although I didn't experience this. Some people have complained about "pump whine" I was lucky and don't have this issue its quiet. IF you do get one - it'll be this annoying buzz noise that's always in the background unless you have the volume up.No software. There is no software as there is no USB interface with this cooler. It's all ran from your motherboard BIOS. I have a newer x870e AMD chipset. And SignalRGB isn't supported yet as of writing this review. I have to use the MSI Center software to sort of control fan curves/pump speeds.Overall though this is a BEEFY cooler. If it can't keep your CPU cool? Then nothing can.

I tested a newly released (2025-06-05) Lian Li Hydroshift II TCL right before this AIO and this one is cheaper and keeps a 9950X3D cooler at idle by 2 degrees C 47ish down to 45ish. And under Cinebench 2024, the Hydroshift II had peak temps at around 82 degrees C while this one tops out at 74 degrees C. I won't regularly be pushing those temps, but the way boosting works, it's always better to run cooler. I prefer the no-nonsene cooling of this product, and that it's way cheaper is a bonus. I've heard the Hydroshift II performs relatively better on Intel while not being as good on AMD, and the flipside is true of the LFIII a bit and it shows.The big downside of the Lian Li is the required control software. It's a 1GB installer for...fan control? The Liquid Freezer III has the option to use the 3 way split header for CPU, CPU_OPT, and the FAN_PUMP header to separately control the radiator fan, VRM fan, and pump speed with whatever base fan control you have available to your motherboard. With the Lian Li, you can go this route with the USB header connection to use the 2 way split (no VRM fan), but you also are left with only the preconfigured LCD screen options and that seems like a waste if you go for that product.Advantages of the Lian Li Hydroshift II is that it's thinner and obviously more aesthetically pleasing, In the Meshify 3 XL case, the side radiator option is only possible with the Hydroshift II being under 55m thick so it doesn't collide with a longer GPU.

This thing impressed me a lot. I have a 9800x3d and a 5090 so the heat trapped inside my system was an issue. I had a be quiet dark rock pro 5 and thought it was good enough, but it wasnt. the temperature spikes were a problem especially while playing games. this lowered the clock speeds of my cpu and made games a bit unstable. cpu would reach 85c when playing games for more than an hour... with spike temperatures of 96c <which is the throttle temperature of the cpu.With the arctic liquid freezer 3 pro that changed. The performance of the cooler, at least on amd, surprised even me( i've been doing this for years). The aio is able to soak up the spike temperatures of the 9800x3d and now it barely touched 80c < and this is a spike temperature! very very impressed. The thing that supprised me the most was my gpu is now 3 degrees cooler, my vrm is 10 degrees cooler, and my ram is 5 degrees cooler all because there inst a giant air cooler in the way of everything. The whole system "feels" smoother to me. Might be placebo.The cooler itself is very very noisy! I was going to return it until i fiddled with the rpm of everything. turned the pump down to 2000rpm, the vrm fan to 1500rpm, and the fans down to 950rpm. This made it whisper quiet! MESS WITH THE PWM RPM OF EVERYTHING PLEASE.Totally happy with the way things turned out. Price was on 85 buck usd. Can't complain with that!

I had an 7 year old H115i pro which started failing that I paid $170 for back then and so I have found the replacement. This 360mm radiator definitely keeps my 14700kf cooler than I have seen in recent years and without a push/pull config so I was pleasantly surprised for only being about half the cost as my older radiator. No RGB is a plus - It's helping me phase all of that out of my build as well.But it comes with only one issue.. the pump is loud for lack of a better term. It makes an almost dog whistle like noise at full power. The fix: I run the pump about half power and the noise is totally gone at the cost of only slightly higher temperatures. I do run the radiator with the ports at the top which is not ideal for bubbling but I do not believe that is what I am hearing as they both sound distinctly different to me. Giving the performance, overall build quality, price, and lower temperatures, this item has found its home.