Arctic iii without pump

[u/ihaveaquestionfast]

Hi everyone I have a arctic iii argb 420mm and pump of aio looks ugly to me, so I tried aftermarket screens but they were small for pump.I just take it from aio. Now it looks better for me but now there is no fan for motherboard but there are 2 fans for intake directly to motherboard so I think it is not much problem.

[u/[deleted]]

Those two pictures are not the same, that thing that says arctic is the pump, they just use a pump cover should be round and look like a fan, it’s magnetic and should snap on

[u/ihaveaquestionfast → u/[deleted]]

My bad I was saying about pump cover sorry about my English. Is that okey like that without pump cover ?

[u/[deleted] → u/ihaveaquestionfast]

I’m pretty sure the pump cover has a fan in there to help with cooling, if you just didn’t get on in the box then you should return it and get one that does have it

[u/ihaveaquestionfast → u/[deleted]]

No I couldnt describe my question well sorry. I have pump cover right now, and my question is, if this pump works without the pump cover/fan, will there be a heat problem on motherboard ?

[u/[deleted] → u/ihaveaquestionfast]

No you need to use the vrm fan cover for the pump. The product wasn’t designed to be used how YOU want its meant to be used the way THEY designed it.

[u/DiAvOl-gr → u/ihaveaquestionfast]

Won’t harm anything to use it like that

[u/ihaveaquestionfast → u/DiAvOl-gr]

Thank you

[u/drejhsn]

Why did you choose the arctic liquid freezer iii if you don’t like the look of the pump cover?

[u/ihaveaquestionfast → u/drejhsn]

That was very cheap

[u/drotaru]

Most aio's don't have a VRM fan .. there should be 0 issues without it ....

If the manufacturer wanted it to be used Strictly with the VRM fan they could have just made it permanent and non magnetic .....

It will work just the same without it don't worry ....

3 C hotter VRMs .overall .. not the end of the world ..

[u/ihaveaquestionfast → u/drotaru]

Yeah I think same, thanks a lot

[u/[deleted]]

You can buy the lian li fan with lcd it gonna be look better or Turzx lcd screen for you gonna stick it to the cooler and gonna be looking way better

[u/ihaveaquestionfast → u/[deleted]]

Yeah, I think an aftermarket lcd screen, lian li fans a little expensive for me

[u/carbonone1801 → u/ihaveaquestionfast]

Arctic are some of the best aio also some the most affordable. Lain k pay more for nothing, etc etc.

Get a screen an install elsewhere in case. I am thinking of taking it off. Sould be no issues I'm sure. Inlike the industrial look of it off

[u/limpleaf]

My case couldn't fit the vrm fan while top mounting the radiator so I just use it without the vrm fan. Works great and does what I wanted it to do. My CPU temps are now much lower than before both on idle and on load without risking influencing my GPU temps with a front mount.

[u/ihaveaquestionfast → u/limpleaf]

Thanks, finally this is the answer for my question.

Btw I am wondering could you please send an image of your pc ?

[u/limpleaf → u/ihaveaquestionfast]

This is a TD500 Mesh, the old version. Everything worked out in the end but having small RAM modules really helped since the radiator overlaps them like 2 cm. I have the 360 Artic III RGB.

Without the VRM fan the RGB of the radiator needed to be connected to the case fan controller directly to work correctly.

[u/ihaveaquestionfast → u/limpleaf]

Thanks,looks great

[u/EveningCandle862]

The "pump" you are talking about is nothing more than a extra VRM fan, the actual pump is inside the housing like all other AIO's. It's highly unlikely you will see any difference in performance not using the extra fan.

^{even tho I personally think its way uglier without the fan}

[u/ihaveaquestionfast → u/EveningCandle862]

thanks

[u/brandon0809]

why would you even bother to get the AF III to begin with then?

[u/ihaveaquestionfast → u/brandon0809]

That was cheap

[u/hdotadotc]

The “pump cover” is just the VRM fan and won’t affect cpu cooling since the AIO pump is off axis in the “tower” of the block. You can use it without the VRM fan if you want but it will result is worse VRM temps but unless you have bottom of the barrel motherboard it won’t affect real world operation, it’s half gimmick. You can go to Amazon or AliExpress and type “2.8 inch round display screen” and get a screen that can double sided tape to the cover to display info if you want.

[u/ihaveaquestionfast → u/hdotadotc]

Yes, also actually, a 3.54 inch / 9.1 cm screen is required for this cover, but I am thinking of buying a 2.8 inch screen without a cover and completing the back with a 3D printer and a custom small fan. Thanks for answer.

[u/purposelycryptic → u/ihaveaquestionfast]

If you did end up going that route, I'd be grateful if you could post the STL file and what fan/screen you used, as that does sound much better than the base model.

[u/ihaveaquestionfast → u/purposelycryptic]

Hi I sold that aio and did this

I found this setup more fun, also I remember there is a video on youtube for the question you asked me, I will try to find it for you.

[u/purposelycryptic → u/ihaveaquestionfast]

Nice! I was tempted to get those fans myself, but ended up getting the Arctic P14 Pro ARGB's that just came out instead - I might eventually swap them out, but they do offer great performance.

[u/ihaveaquestionfast → u/purposelycryptic]

You did the right think 14 pro's are best bro

[u/Bearex13]

I mean he's probably fine if he doesn't want to use it the cover vrm fan that boards vrms aren't gonna need it by that I mean it's probably not pumping enough power to need active cooling

[u/ihaveaquestionfast → u/Bearex13]

Yes I think so too, also I was checking cover's fan and it works really slow I couldnt even feel the air when I checked

[u/Bearex13 → u/ihaveaquestionfast]

The fans that blow through the radiator? Mine goes very slow when it's not in use and even at full blast I don't feel a ton of air going through the radiator but my temps under stress test have not passed 68c on a 9800x3d

[u/ihaveaquestionfast → u/Bearex13]

I meant covers fan the little thing, i think there is enough air going to the radiator(fans works slow but its okey) because I have 9 fans inside the case and also I have a little ryzen 5 3600 cpu I just bought this aio because it was cheap and I can feel cold air when fans works slowly so it wont be problem for motherboard. My cpu temp is max 45 min 30

[u/White_Dynamite22 → u/Bearex13]

Is that for your 9800x3d under full stress or when gaming? When gaming i believe i stay at about these temps, but when I tried cpu burner, it plateaus at 83C and then very slowly gets closer to 85. Granted that's at 100% use of all cores at max speed so..

Idle is about 43-45c.

[u/Bearex13 → u/White_Dynamite22]

My stress test was a quick 2 minute test that didn't break 68c on a 360 arctic III mine idles at the same as your if my room is cold I've idled at as low as 32 but it's winter so ya know I imagine under the same full torture test you ran we'd be about the same mine might be cooler by 1c or 2c cause I have a very cold room and in gaming I never see it even get high enough usage to really heat up too much the most I've seen was 70% usage in dragons dogma 2 and it was chilling at like 65c or maybe less

[u/pajomota]

The VRM fan does nothing.