be quiet! Pure Loop 2 280MM AIO Cooler Review

A Closer Look

The Be quiet! Pure Loop 2 comes with the latest Pure Wings 3 fans, and they look absolutely stunning. Actually, be quiet! fans have always looked great, so these are no exception, with their black-on-black design and rifled fan blades. We know their old models have good air pressure and quiet performance, so if these are even better, that’s obviously a good thing.

The fans have a tight frame design, ensuring air doesn’t leak through the edges, which will help further improve the air pressure that can push through the fan. As I said in my introduction, they also have a new closed-loop design, where they can monitor their own PWM signal and true fan speed, allowing them to adjust their speed to combat any issues with air resistance when mounted to a radiator.

The radiator itself looks stunning, with a very clean design with lots of tidy-looking straight edges and a simple PURE LOOP 2 logo printed on the side.

The radiator can support fan mounting on either side, allowing you to use a push or a pull configuration depending on what orientation your case supports, greatly increasing its compatibility.

The radiator also has a fill port. Now, this is interesting as traditionally AIOs are sealed non-servicable units. However, you get a bottle of fluid included with this one, allowing you to maintain it over time, rather than have its performance degrade as it ages.

The tubing looks great and features a pump that’s mounted between the radiator and the CPU block, which will take any unwanted vibrations away from harder surfaces such as your motherboard, further reducing the acoustic levels.

The block itself is now ARGB, a nice upgrade from the older white LED design, giving you more customisation options. Furthermore, it comes with a matte finish aluminium top panel, so the RGB lights around the edge, and overall, it just looks very sleek and classy. I like that they didn’t do RGB fans too, it’s a bit more understated and more in line with their brand aesthetic.

The contact plate is nice and larger and polished, so will provide an excellent contact surface even for the largest of the supported CPUs.