Arctic Liquid Freezer 120 AIO CPU Cooler Review

Performance

Stock performance on this cooler is certainly impressive, edging quite far down our charts and taking on some of the much larger 240mm radiators from Cooler Master and Thermaltake; both the idle and load temperatures are very impressive.

Things drop down quite a bit while running an overclocked CPU though, but still on par with some of the best air coolers on the market, but at a lower price point, so that’s no bad thing really. I wouldn’t be running this kind of overclock on this cooler, but dial the clocks back a little and it should run pretty comfortably overall.

Another impressive result here, not only is it super cool at stock clocks, it’s also delightfully quiet, barely a whisper coming from the dual fan setup and the pump was barely making any noise either.

Similar performance here too, clocking in some very low scores for a dual fan AIO water cooler. I tried bumping the fan profile up a little and saw another 2c drop from the overclocked score without having a major impact on acoustics, so it seems the 120 still has more performance for those who need it.