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There’s also a powerful, fast-flowing pump with built-in reservoir and an all-copper radiator, allowing the Eisbaer Pro Aurora 360 to morph into a custom cooling loop, one piece at a time. The Alphacool Eisbaer Pro Aurora 360 features a full-cover CPU block sizable enough to fully cover Threadripper’s ample surface area, although it supports mainstream sockets like AM4 as well. Read: Lian Li Galahad II Performance Review When set to the low noise mode, total noise output is reduced to 49.2 dBA, which is on par with MSI’s and DeepCool’s competing 360mm AIOs. But I didn’t observe any difference in thermals between the two modes when tested on my i7-13700K. Most coolers that support low-noise modes have reduced thermal performance when engaged. Normally I would consider this a mark against the product, but Lian Li wisely included a built-in low-noise/high-performance toggle switch, allowing you to reduce maximum fan speeds and noise levels with the flip of a switch. I’ve only tested a handful of coolers that reach this level of noise. In its default configuration, Lian Li’s GA II Trinity Performance runs loudly at 55.2 dBA. How loudly the cooler runs is very important as well. While cooling performance is absolutely amazing, thermals are only one part of the picture. This is the best liquid cooler on the market right now, without question. With results like this, I find it hard to recommend any other liquid cooler, making this the first CPU cooler I have ever awarded a 5-star rating. The cooler installation is simple and easy, and it’s reasonably priced at only $169 USD. Every component has been upgraded, resulting in absolute cooling domination. Lian Li’s Galahad II Trinity Performance raises the bar for AIO Cooling. But to make sure you're getting the most efficient thermal transfer between your CPU and cooler plate, check out the many products we thoroughly tested to find the best thermal paste for your CPU. Most coolers these days will come with some kind of paste, either in a small syringe or pre-applied to the metal cold plate. In your quest for the best AIO cooler, don't forget to consider thermal paste or another thermal interface material (TIM) to use with your AIO cooler. Just know that custom loops are always much more expensive than all other typical cooling alternatives, exponentially more complicated to assemble and install, and they can make future component upgrades much more complicated-especially if you add your GPU into the cooling loop. For more on how these tend to perform (and how good they look), check out our Blue Shift build feature.

If money isn't a major concern and silent operation and low temperatures are important to you, you may want to consider a custom cooling loop. So if you want better temperatures and slower-spinning fans, a good 240mm AIO cooler is a better choice, but won’t fit in as many cases. And AMD's Ryzen 7000 lineup, while less thermally demanding than Intel's chips, isn't exactly easy to cool either. That said, Intel's 12th and 13th Gen CPUs are generally more demanding on coolers.

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If you aren’t running a flagship CPU with lots of cores and 5-6 GHz speeds and you don’t plan on overclocking, a 120mm AIO (which you can usually mount in the rear exhaust fan area of your PC case) should suffice. That said, things like radiator thickness, materials, and fan and pump performance factor into cooling capability (and noise output) as well. As you might expect, the larger the radiator (generally speaking), the greater the cooling potential. There are some 140, 280mm, and 420mm AIO coolers as well, but they are far less common. AIO coolers typically come in three sizes, defined by the dimensions of the radiator and the fans the radiator is designed to fit: 120 (one 120mm fan), 240 (two 120mm fans), or 360mm (three 120mm fans).

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You’ll need to make sure there’s room to install an AIO cooler in your PC case, preferably in the top or rear, exhausting your CPU heat out of the chassis. And, traditionally at least, they've been able to deliver lower CPU temperatures with less fan noise than air coolers – although that’s not always the case these days, as air coolers have gotten better and, in some cases, bigger. AIO coolers are way more convenient and affordable than custom liquid cooling loops.

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