not blind enough ah..Arctic may not appeal to some because it is still not bling enough. They have the RGB version, but that’s only with RGB fans. The pump block still looks like a boring black space shuttle like design.
I actually quite like the design of the black space shuttle pump block, maybe it's just me...Arctic may not appeal to some because it is still not bling enough. They have the RGB version, but that’s only with RGB fans. The pump block still looks like a boring black space shuttle like design.
. 1 of the cool feature being mentioned by KleaZy bro before was the miniature fan on top of the pump like not other AIO, it does helps to cool off the Mobo VRM when needed.. 
Some people love RGB, so it is down to individual preference. I don't and would prefer a blackout system or as minimal lighting as possible. As for no see through panel, I think most casing above 100 bucks tend to end up with side glass panel by default. It is like the "must have" feature at a given price range.not blind enough ah..
my next case might not even have see-through side panel liao
I have no complaints on how the pump block looks. I generally don't bother to look into my PC casing as well. I do however feel that Arctic's mounting kits are a little too big, because I ran into issues mounting the pump block on the MSI MAG Mortar B550M and Asus Strix B460i motherboards. For the AMD board, the mount was hitting the VRM at the top and the offset mount is impossible to use. On the B460i board, it was hitting the NVME SSD heatspread, and so the heatspread had to be removed. I am unsure if this is the same with other AIO coolers out there, but at least out of 3 motherboards I used the cooler, 2 barely made it.I actually quite like the design of the black space shuttle pump block, maybe it's just me...
Some people love RGB, so it is down to individual preference. I don't and would prefer a blackout system or as minimal lighting as possible. As for no see through panel, I think most casing above 100 bucks tend to end up with side glass panel by default. It is like the "must have" feature at a given price range.
Yup. I had the same issue too, the bottom mounting bracket will hit my 1st M.2. with heatsink on my X570 Mobo. So i used grinding machine and grind off the curve both edge of the mounting bracket to straight line, leaving about 2mm gap between the mounting bracket and the M.2 HS...
say the arctic aio block looks like old space shuttle lol.. for me it's an old cockroach like.. but this cockroach damn hard to kill hahahahah.. super tough.. hard to die. also 说好不打脸的 seriously the VRM cooler is one of the best thing you can have.. it's proven, a one small VRM cooler does impact alot of areas interms of cooling.. below is a comparision result between the Bequiet Slient Loop 2 vs the Arctic Liquid Freezer II, both 280mm AIO on my ex rig. in my illustration video, the Arctic was in use for more than 9 months before I swap out to Bequiet and to run it for 2 weeks. Arctic is still damn impressive.
I do ran into your issue with the offset brackets. i mean my arctic was the very first build before reversion 2. after GN talk about the offset brackets, I wrote in to Arctic and they have sent me a set free, but, the back offset brackets hit my m.2 amour shield so I drop the idea of using it. the old mounting is still applicable. After a year or so, they came out with the Rev 03 and that works perfectly while build up a pc for a friend. I mean i tested those brackets on my board but too bad, they dont belong to me.. the drop in temp is indeed by 1 to 2 degrees lower. Anyway glad that you are still using this AIO liquid cooler. btw are you using it on a 12700k or 12900k processor right now. my experience is.. it can't cool down the 12900k and bearly cooling down the 12700k at load, unless reducing the power limit. but for EK And Bequiet, not an issue, I guess it's the nickel plating size on the AIO pump block.
. Seem it do have leak risk after few years.
Hey I’m thinking of this minor changes rig.
12700
MSI Pro B660M-A Wifi D4
Asus Turf 3060Ti
Corsair V.Pro RS RGB 3600 CL18 2x16GB
Seasonic Focus GX-850 Gold
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVME 1TB
WD Blue 7200rpm 1TB
Casing either -
CM MASTERBOX MB320L ARGB M-ATX W/TG
or -
Corsair icue 220T Airflow but height is 450mm not sure it will be able to fit in bottom shelf of fredde gaming desk. Seem not enough space will have to measure and also usb being on to might not have space. I got to figure out how to remove the bottom shelf though perhap.
Cooler might be dark rock 4. Not liquid cooler though
Cooler might be dark rock 4. Not liquid cooler though
If you getting MB320L, get the MB311L instead. It's the same case but with mesh front instead of TG, which I would definitely recommend for better airflow in our climate.
sls got sell? Didn’t see it in pricelust.. die die must order online? Getting sls shop to assemble though.
Yea Fuma 2 is so quiet i just set the fan profile at 100% lol.
