Arctic Liquid Freezer III 360 A-RGB review

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With an enviable reputation for making some of the best value AIO liquid coolers on the market, Arctic has avoided making hardware too outlandishly feature-rich in an effort to offer great cooling without needing a bank loan. Now on its third generation of Liquid Freezer models, the likes of the Liquid Freezer III 360 A-RGB trump a lot of the competition in terms of value. This is thanks to unique features that boost their CPU cooling prowess while also keeping other parts of your PC cool for a lot less than many similarly sized options.

They’re available in a range of sizes in both 120 mm and 140 mm fan configurations, with the model I'm reviewing being the Liquid Freezer III 360 A-RGB. If you have more modest requirements then 240 mm and 280 mm models are also available, alongside a monstrous 420 mm model with three 140 mm fans.

This review concerns the illuminated white model with RGB lighting spanning both pump and fans, but if you want to save some cash there are standard black versions too with RGB lighting that cost even less. The equivalent of the 360 mm model I'm looking at here, for example, can be had for just £77 here in the UK—that’s good for a 360 mm AIO liquid cooler in anyone’s books.

Part of what impresses here is the extra thick radiator. At 38 mm, its depth is a good 10 mm or so above what you’d see on most other coolers and the added surface area inside means more heat can be dissipated with the same airflow. In theory it’s able to deal with more heat before its fans need to spin up too, but the added thickness can also mean more restriction.

Compatibility: LGA1851/1700, AMD Socket AM5/AM4
Dimensions: 120 x 398 x 38 mm (cold plate: 40 x 40 x 1.5 mm)
Radiator: 398 mm, aluminium
Pump: Up to 2,800 RPM
Fans: 3x Arctic P12 PWM PST A-RGB 120 mm, Fluid Dynamic Bearing, up to 2,000 RPM
Lighting: Full RGB on radiator fans, pump section
Price: $110 | £77

Thankfully the fins inside the radiator spaced a little wider apart to reduce that restriction, but it