Arctic Liquid Freezer III 360mm AIO Cooler Review

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The new Arctic FREEZER III AIO cooler series launches today, and will be available in black, ARGB Black and ARGB White editions, with all versions available in 240mm, 280mm, 360mm and 420mm sizes to suit your needs. What’s amazing, however, is that for the next three months, these coolers will be part of the big ARCTIC 23 Years Birthday Campaign… These coolers will be so cheap, they’re going to disrupt the entire market! You can check Amazon for stock here.

Overview

Arctic is one of the most long-standing and well-known brands on the market, and I can think back literally decades to when I first started using their products. They’re best known to some for their ever-popular MX thermal paste products, their fans, and especially in the last few years, their AIO coolers, but one thing that seems consistent is that I don’t recall anyone ever having a bad word to say about the brand or their products. Their reputation, despite them perhaps not being the largest brand out there, is rock solid.

Their old coolers have won pretty much countless awards at this point, and it’s no surprise after the performance we’ve seen today, that the Arctic Freezer III will be netting them a lot more awards in the coming weeks, months and perhaps even years.

This is a quality product, in every sense of the word, and while the performance is excellent, it’s the attention to detail and extra features that set it apart from just about anything else on the market. For starters, it’s pre-assembled, and while this is a growing trend in the market, with more brands pre-installing their fans, having the cables all connected and routed, then fed through the sleeving to the pump means that all four fans (if you include the VRM fan), and the pump, all hook up with a single cable from the pump.

Many brands include fairly good thermal paste, but having the latest Arctic MX-6 paste is a win, as we know it’s one of the best on the market right now, and you get a little tube that’s good for a few applications too.

The Intel mounting kit is awesome, a single block milled from aluminium that replaces the stock retention kit, but allows more even and direct contact of the cold plate to the CPU, improving stability, and performance, and providing us with one of the least complicated and low profile mounts I’ve ever seen.

The VRM fan is tool-free and cable-free, it just magnetically snaps onto the pump and provides additional cooling performance to your VRM, which is freaking awesome. VRM temperatures are a big deal and anything that can improve that is a win in my book.

The radiator is thicker than your usual AIO, so do be sure to measure up and ensure your case can support it, as many cases only support a slim radiator at the top, and GPU length can limit your radiator support in the front of your case. That being said, there are clear advantages here, with a larger surface area, and those gorgeous high-pressure fans, the Freezer III takes on most AIOs with the mindset that bigger is better.

Should I Buy One?

The Arctic Freezer series has long been a big hit with the enthusiast market, and with the release of the Arctic Freezer III series, it seems that is a trend that is set to continue. Its cooling performance is excellent, it provides additional cooling for the VRM, it’s one of the easiest and cleanest coolers to install, it’s quiet, the price is competitive, and basically, this is raising the bar for AIO cooling in 2024.