Arctic Liquid Freezer III 360mm AIO Cooler Review

Stock Temperatures

Right out of the gate, the Arctic FREEZER III is killing it, with just 23c at idle, and 74c at load, it’s on par with other flagship coolers such as the Thermaltake TH420, DeepCool Assassin IV, and the Noctua NH-D15S.

Overclocked Temperatures

My optimised settings lock the CPU P-Cores to 4.9Hz and the E-Cores to 4GHz at a voltage of 1.3v which saw system performance increase, but saw temperatures plummet, with the Arctic FREEZER III scoring some of our lowest temperatures ever at 26c idle and just 63c at load, it’s on par with the absolute best coolers on our charts.

Stock Acoustics

Stock acoustics are very good, with just 43dBa at idle and load, it’s almost dead on in the middle of our charts, which is impressive for a 360mm AIO that technically features four fans. That make sit no louder than the mighty Noctua NH-U12A.

Overclocked Acoustics

Even while overclocking, with our lower temperatures and higher system performance, the FREEZER III held true at 43-44 dBa, now keep in mind, that our temperatures were so good, that you could drop the RPM of the fans significantly and still be in the green, so if you want silence, you can have it!

Cinebench R23

Performance was very good indeed, hitting 26042 points in Cinebench, about the middle of the chart, but well on track for what we expect from our CPU.

Overclocking certainly offered up some improvements too, pushing the score up to 27595 points, our fifth fastest yet but certainly on par with the other top four coolers we’ve tested, such as the MA824, Kraken, and TH420.