The Liquid Freezer III is ready for immediate use thanks to the pre-installed radiator fans in a push configuration. The fan cables are integrated into the tubing casing, so only one cable needs to be connected to the motherboard. With the included MX-6 thermal compound, you have everything you need for a quick and easy installation.
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First, I want to say that I installed it in a Cooler Master TD500 Mesh (v.1 version) at the top of the case and it fit just barely by 1 millimeter. My motherboard is the Asus ROG Strix X570-E Gaming and the RAM is Trident Z Neo. Possibly with "taller" RAM and a different motherboard, the cooling system may not fit (needs some research). Now, in terms of temperatures, we have the following: before with Dark Rock Pro 4 at 27C room temperature, I had idle ~53C, full load ~75C, and now with the ALF 3 I have idle ~36, full load ~70 (it can go even lower at full load depending on the fan curve). In terms of noise, I would say it is quiet overall. The pump runs at 100% and is completely silent, but the fans at 100% will be heard, though not to the point of being annoying. With headphones on or if playing through speakers, you won't hear them at all. I highly recommend it!
I will start with the positives, which are the acquisition price and finally they changed the tubes to black color. The negatives are the change of installation to the AM5 platform, which is quite difficult even though it seems simple to install. Also, the round magnetic decorative piece with the company's logo is quite bulky; it wouldn't hurt if they made it a little smaller. As for performance, there is no difference compared to the previous Arctic Liquid Freezer, since I have both, I say this with great confidence.
At 82€ it was perfect. Installed on Ryzen 5800x3d. If it fits in your case because Arctic Liquid has a thicker radiator personally I believe that at the prices that all other companies are playing, none is worth it.
My experience with the new Arctic Liquid Freezer III 360, which replaced the Arctic Liquid Freezer II 240 and took on the task of cooling the Intel Core i7-13700KF processor with a slight overclocking to 5.5 GHz, unfortunately disappointed me. I expected much more from this new Freezer III series, which I unfortunately did not see in terms of temperature reduction. For more details, there is a detailed video review at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kF2rGmi_WNw&t=1125s