Which one is better with cooling performance and ease of install on a Intel i9 14900k?
Thanks.
Thanks.
ARCTIC Liquid Freezer II 360 A-RGB vs EK Nucleus AIO CR360 Lux D-RGB
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They perform similarly but the Arctic has fitment compatibility issues with my motherboard and case while the EK did not.
Thank you.
Lian Li Galahad II Trinity Performance is about 7C cooler on a 320W load vs Arctic Liquid Freezer II 420
EK Nucleus CR360 LUX D-RGB is about 1.1C cooler on a 320W load vs Lian Li Galahad II Trinity Performance.
Lian Li Galahad II Tinity Performance 360 costs $172.99
EK Nucleus CR360 LUX D-RGB costs $163.99
The best value by far is Azza Cube 360 for $86.99. It also has a unique design and the pump is located on the radiator so you could have more realistic mounting options.
EK Nucleus CR360 LUX D-RGB is about 1.1C cooler on a 320W load vs Lian Li Galahad II Trinity Performance.
Lian Li Galahad II Tinity Performance 360 costs $172.99
EK Nucleus CR360 LUX D-RGB costs $163.99
The best value by far is Azza Cube 360 for $86.99. It also has a unique design and the pump is located on the radiator so you could have more realistic mounting options.
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Has the failing pump design issue already been fixed?
1st gen Galahad, MSI Coreliquid, Enermax Liqmax are made by Apalcool / Apaltek.
2nd gen Galahad is supposedly designed and manufactured in-house to Lian Li.
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Did Lian Li already release a V3 revision? Last I checked, the V2 rev. still had issues of noisy pumps that eventually failed.
I bought the V1 but I haven't used it. I'm planning to do an RMA when I found out about the pump design flaw so I'm still waiting for a completely fixed revision before I go through with it.
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Hmm not sure, but that information is probably on the lian li subreddit, somewhere if they didn't officially say anything.
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Have EK Nucleus 360 RGB's on both my 14900K rigs. Haven't delidded either of them yet and they both run quite comfortably at 57p/45e with never getting anywhere close to a throttle point.
I'll be watching closely for some in-depth reviews of EK's upcoming direct die 360 AIO; if the direct die version of the EK Nucleus 360 performs significantly better than a typical delid/relid w/ IHS then I'll likely decapitate at least one of the 14900K's.
For now, I'm not in a hurry to delid either of my chips as stock IHS performance with the EK CR360s is phenomenal.
Several days of constant work/gaming/etc. and HWINFO generally shows the hottest p-core hitting 81C throughout that time which is perfect imo. I can't justify chopping either of them up just yet due to that alone.
I haven't done extensive testing but did do some quick 5 min loops of CBr23 a bit back.
Stock 14900K (not delidded) saw the hottest core hit 80C to 83C during a 5 min CBr23 loop running an all-core clock of 57p/45e. I believe the ambients were about 20C when I did this; 10min+ would have likely got the max temp up to 85C or so.
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Best of luck...
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I'll be watching closely for some in-depth reviews of EK's upcoming direct die 360 AIO; if the direct die version of the EK Nucleus 360 performs significantly better than a typical delid/relid w/ IHS then I'll likely decapitate at least one of the 14900K's.
For now, I'm not in a hurry to delid either of my chips as stock IHS performance with the EK CR360s is phenomenal.
Several days of constant work/gaming/etc. and HWINFO generally shows the hottest p-core hitting 81C throughout that time which is perfect imo. I can't justify chopping either of them up just yet due to that alone.
I haven't done extensive testing but did do some quick 5 min loops of CBr23 a bit back.
Stock 14900K (not delidded) saw the hottest core hit 80C to 83C during a 5 min CBr23 loop running an all-core clock of 57p/45e. I believe the ambients were about 20C when I did this; 10min+ would have likely got the max temp up to 85C or so.
Best of luck...
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Thanks my ambient in our house is normally 23 C to 25 C give or take.
Though the computer room is always hotter by 3 to 5 degrees.
Do you think it will still be less than 90C at least with 100% processor usage with a EK Nucleus 360 RGB ?
Also how big is the EK Nucleus 360 RGB compared to the ARCTIC Liquid Freezer II 360 A-RGB?
Bigger or smaller?
How about this instead? Copper radiator, extendable and refillable.
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Not quite the quality of a custom loop (especially the fans), but certainly better than the typical AIO.
11286 Alphacool Eisbaer 360 CPU - Black
With the “Eisbaer”, Alphacool is fundamentally revolutionizing the AIO cooler market. Where traditional AIO CPU-coolers are disposable products which are neither upgradeable nor refillable, the Alphacool “Eisbaer” is modularly built and...
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Not quite the quality of a custom loop (especially the fans), but certainly better than the typical AIO.
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Unless they improved their mounting mechanism and Z-height, these can't be recommended. On their previous offerings, you can't even use liquid metal without a third party backplate, because there isn't enough pressure on the CPU IHS as the clearance tolerance is too low.How about this instead? Copper radiator, extendable and refillable.
11286 Alphacool Eisbaer 360 CPU - Black
With the “Eisbaer”, Alphacool is fundamentally revolutionizing the AIO cooler market. Where traditional AIO CPU-coolers are disposable products which are neither upgradeable nor refillable, the Alphacool “Eisbaer” is modularly built and...
Not quite the quality of a custom loop (especially the fans), but certainly better than the typical AIO.
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I have 3 Galahad Performance at my place because of RMAs ... a v1 and two v2s ... The latest i did ask for Lian Li to send me the rev.3 but they still sent me a rev.2
And on Reddit, people are still getting the rev.2. There's only 1 user that said he received a possible rev.3 since the SN was different from rev1 and rev2 ... but did not find any other reports of users receiving a rev3. I got my latest RMA from lian li last week so... if they still sent a rev.2 i guess they still have lots of stock they want to release before rev.3 being widely available
Thanks but by how much ? 1 C degree less, 5 C degree less, or what ?
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Put some Phanteks 120mm T30 fans on that Nucleas and BAM!
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