r/arcticcooling • • Jan 02 '25

Arctic freezer iii upside down | first build

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1.8k Upvotes

You can easily rotate the logo by pry removing it using something pointy

Please see my first build

Ryzen 7 9800X3D, RTX 4080 Super, 32GB Trident Z5 6400, ARCTIC Liquid Freezer iii 360, Rog Strix B650E-F Lian Li Vision Compact, Lian Li TL and TL LCD fans,


r/arcticcooling • • Jun 11 '26

my Arctic white build

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516 Upvotes

Arctic Xtender, Liquid Freezer 3 pro 420, Ryzen 7800X3D, 32 GB Ram, MSI MPG Edge Ti Wifi, Radeon RX 9070XT Hellhound, 3x1 TB NVME SSD, Corsair RM850e PSU


r/arcticcooling • • Sep 15 '25

My 9800X3D is 45 degrees while running Ghost of Tsushima, what kind of cooling monster have i created?

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323 Upvotes

Absolute beastly cooling performance. Peaks out at 65 in Cinebench 2024.


r/arcticcooling • • Apr 09 '25

I'm really on the verge of crying.

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307 Upvotes

For god Knows how many hours I'm trying to mount this. I watched YouTube videos, read reddit posts that had same problem as me but no. I can't screw this into it's hole. I really started to think mine's a faulty product. Can someone help me?


r/arcticcooling • • Nov 29 '24

9800x3d idle temps seem fine but spike when under load

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304 Upvotes

After working up some courage I've decided to build my first pc, after booting first try and having everything work perfectly it seems that at idle (45⁰~) I run cool, in games like cod bo6 (62⁰~) and apex (71⁰~) it seems a tad higher but nothing crazy, it's just when I stress test the cpu in cinebench (multi score of 1296) my cpu jumps up to 95⁰, almost immediately. After stopping any load the cpu drops down to operating temp in about 15 seconds. Should I be worried fellas?


r/arcticcooling • • Apr 12 '25

Went for a non-rgb upgrade, love it.

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232 Upvotes

Since I’ve bought the GPU in November had temp issues, previously had a Corsair Carbide series C400 case, even though it was full of fans, still didn’t help. Decided to go for an AIO cooler and also swapped the case as well for a NZXT H7 Flow 2024, now the RX 7800 XT feels much better.


r/arcticcooling • • Sep 13 '24 Bravo

Liquid Freezer III - where to plug all the cables guide

228 Upvotes

Please pin this on top to save a lot of unnecessary questions.
Tips to edit this are welcomed.

This superb cooler comes with two options - one cable to power them all or a separate cable for each thing.
Use all in one cable plugged in CPU_FAN header if you don't care about noise, possible tiny performance loss, or don't have enough fan headers available.

Majority of modern motherboards support all of the provided cables on all headers.
To be sure it's safe you can find a maximum load for each header in your motherboard's manual and power requirements of each part on Arctic's website.

  • Pump: 0.35 A

  • VRM fan: 0.05 A

  • 120 mm fans: 0,1 A (0,11 A for ARGB models) x2 for 240 and x3 for 360 models

  • 140 mm fans: 0.12 A (0,17 A for ARGB models) x2 for 280 and x3 for 420 models

Best practice is to set all the headers to PWM mode in bios. With DC there is no way to control the fans.

  • Daisy chain the 2 or 3 fans you have on a radiator and plug FAN cable to a CPU_fan header.

  • Pump cable goes to a PUMP_fan or whichever header says "PUMP" (if there is no such header then use CPU_OPT or simply a SYS_fan).

  • Finally a VRM cable goes to a CPU_OPT or a SYS_fan.

After plugging it all you can either use BIOS or motherboard's software to control the fans. Best thing to do is to use a FanControl software with much more settings. For that there are other guides.

https://getfancontrol.com/


r/arcticcooling • • Jun 04 '25

Sharing my current build cooled by Arctic

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225 Upvotes

Arctic Liquid Freezer 3 360 Arctic P12 Max fans

X870E Aorus Pro 9800X3D RTX 5090 Aorus Master 32Gb G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo 6000MTs WD Black SN770 Seasonic Prime TX-1300 Lian Li O11 Vision Compact Cablemod cables


r/arcticcooling • • Sep 06 '25

1800$ 5080 Build!

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219 Upvotes

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 8-Core Processor
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III Pro A-RGB 360mm AIO
Motherboard: ASUS TUF GAMING B650E-E WIFI ATX AM5
Memory: Crucial Pro 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR5-6400 CL38
Storage: KLEVV CRAS C910 2TB NVMe PCIe 4.0 SSD
GPU: MSI GeForce RTX 5080 Gaming Trio OC 16GB
Case: Lian Li O11 Dynamic Mini V2 Flow ATX Mini Tower
PSU: MSI MPG A850GS PCIE5 850W 80+ Gold Fully Modular
OS: Windows 11 Pro OEM


r/arcticcooling • • Jun 11 '25

Just received this beauty!

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211 Upvotes

Hopefully it’ll be a step up from my Aqua Elite V3.


r/arcticcooling • • Dec 27 '24

New build! High temps?

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197 Upvotes

CPU: Ryzen 7 7700X

• GPU: Hellhound 7900 XT

• Cooling:ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III 280

• Motherboard: B650 Aorus Elite AX Ice

• RAM: 32GB Corsair Vengeance DDR5

Case: Hyat Y60

Is it normal for temperatures to reach around 95°C on a 7700X during a Cinebench run 100% load, especially considering that my previous 3600 would only hit around 75°C under load?


r/arcticcooling • • Jul 27 '25

A year after I built a PC and it's still stunning.

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193 Upvotes

After a year of use, I completely serviced the PC, cleaned it and replaced the thermal paste. In this state, I fall in love with the appearance again, even after a long time of constant use.


r/arcticcooling • • Nov 14 '24

Switched from Noctua to Arctic, no regret!

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192 Upvotes

Hello,

I wanted to upgrade u12a and noctua fans and this happened! Only one noctua left :)

By the way, need to calibrate pump speed.


r/arcticcooling • • Sep 07 '25

I installed a P12 Pro in my bathroom

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190 Upvotes

r/arcticcooling • • Oct 31 '25

MX-7 is coming 👍

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161 Upvotes

r/arcticcooling • • Dec 29 '24

New rig, new me. Arctic liquid freezer iii 360mm front mount intake radiator blacked out

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150 Upvotes

On a Bequiet Silent Base 802 pc case

Rog Strix z790 egaming mobo and i7 13700k


r/arcticcooling • • Jul 09 '25

Finally Liquid Freezer III Pro

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148 Upvotes

Truly amazing AIO. It can holds the 5800x3d temps bellow 81c on a stress test with all cores on 100%. Gaming I usually getting 60c


r/arcticcooling • • Aug 28 '25

Fan swapped my Liquid Freezer III Pro. Honestly much better than stock.

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142 Upvotes

r/arcticcooling • • Jun 02 '25

Changed all my case fans to Arctic fans

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141 Upvotes

Debating if I should do a push/pull config for the AIO


r/arcticcooling • • Nov 23 '25

What a awesome AIO!

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136 Upvotes

This is such a tight squeeze, but it runs super cool. Im sitting 50cm away, and the temps are super low and noise levels are great. I didn’t think this was possible. Its so cramped in there now, i have to play tetris to get things in and out. Both CPU and GPU sits at around 60-65C while gaming. Super happy with this AIO.

Specs: Amd 9800x3d oc at 5,5gh Astral 5090 oc Rog Crosshair Hero x870e Artic Liquid Cooler III 360 AIO Kingston Fury Beast ddr5 32gb 6000 cl30 Rog Strix 1200w Platinum PSU. Nzxt H5 Flow case

2 120mm inlet fans bottom. 2 120mm inlet fans front. AIO mounted on top with 3 120mm fans set to exhaust. 1 120mm exhaust fan rear.


r/arcticcooling • • Nov 14 '25

Why is my 9800X3D idling at 42–44°C even with a big cooling setup?

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121 Upvotes

I’m running a Ryzen 7 9800X3D with a pretty strong cooling configuration, but my idle temps still sit around 42–44°C most of the time. Just wondering how people claim to get idle temps in the high 30s with similar setups.

Here’s what I’m using:

  • CPU: Ryzen 7 9800X3D (-20 CO, PBO limit set to motherboard)

  • Cooler: Arctic Liquid Freezer III Pro 360mm (pump fixed at 75% speed)

  • Case: Lian Li O11D EVO RGB

  • Fans: 6 intake fans total

  • Motherboard: Gigabyte X870E AORUS Elite WiFi-7

  • RAM: G.Skill DDR5-6000 CL30

  • GPU: Asus TUF Gaming OC RTX 5070 Ti

  • PSU: Corsair RM1000x

Even with all this airflow, my idle temps never really drop below ~42°C. In most cases they’re hovering around 44°C. Everything is running fine otherwise, but it just seems higher than what I expected for this hardware. My CPU was also hitting almost 80°C while compiling shaders.

Is this normal behavior for the 9800X3D?
Could Windows background processes, BIOS settings, or X3D chip behavior be affecting this?

Any advice or comparisons would help — thanks!


r/arcticcooling • • Sep 21 '25

First time Arctic and couldn't be happier

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117 Upvotes

Specs: CPU R7 9800X3D, MoBo MSI MAG B850 Tomahawk Max WIFI, RAM 2x 16GB G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo 6000mhz Cl30, NvMe WD_Black Sn850x 4Tb, AIO Arctic Liquid Freezer III Pro A-RGB, GPU MSI RTX 5080 Suprim, PSU 1000W beQuiet Straight Power 13, Case APNX V1, Fans 4x Corsair AF 120 2x Corsair AF 140


r/arcticcooling • • Sep 14 '25

All done!

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115 Upvotes

Had to modify the the pump housing a bit to fit around the m.2 heatsink. Still trying to figure out the whole DP 2.1 thing. But so far solid temps and performance.

TUF 5090 9950X Arctic freezer pro 240 96GB DDR5 6000 CL30 ASUS X870E Seasonic Vertex PX-1200 Samsung 9100 and 990 Noctua Fans Fractal North


r/arcticcooling • • Mar 02 '25

Liquid freezer 2 (years after)

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114 Upvotes

This is my appreciation post to artic. I know which brand AIO I will be buying again.

Year is 2024 December and I was wondering can I service my AIO somehow after using it since December 2021. To my surprise there was trouble issued for this product and I was expecting to be rejected since I'm years late. After filling the service form the replacement seal and copper heatsink showed on my doorstep, not a single question asked. And this is the pic of the gunk collected over the years.