💻 Cool down in style with the Frozen Notte!
The Thermalright Frozen Notte 240 Black ARGB Water Cooling CPU Cooler is engineered for optimal cooling performance and aesthetic appeal. Featuring a full copper mirror base, dual PWM fans, and extensive compatibility with both Intel and AMD platforms, this cooler not only enhances your CPU's longevity but also adds a vibrant touch to your gaming rig with its synchronized ARGB lighting.
A**E
Awesome for the price. Customer service is good.
I bought this AIO for my living room small form factor PC, Meshlicious case. This is NOT recommended as it is a very tight fit, but it DOES fit, even with the full-size included fans. If you’ll be using this in a regular size ATX, MATX case then you should be fine. If you are dead-set in using this for SSF case then may I at least suggest you get one with the pump on the cpu block. The pump on this cooler is on the tubes which makes it just a bit tough to fit in Meshlicious because the motherboard tray hits the pump.For the price this is an excellent value. I like the aesthetics, white radiator, white rgb fans, white cables, infinity mirror. It’s a very clean looking cooler. Using the silent fan profile, the fans are not audible from sitting distance, about 4 feet. The pump is also very quiet in performance profile, but does have a whine at full speed. I left it in performance. Your motherboard fan profiles will vary.Anyways, I had an issue with one of the fan cables being “pinched” outta the box. I messaged Thermalright and they replaced the fan. Unfortunately, they don’t sell the same fans that come included separately so they are sending a similar but not the exact fan. This is good customer service and will be buying more Thermalright coolers but I wish all the fans would match for aesthetic purposes. 🥲 I would have liked if they sent 2 of the same fans. I like the cooler and was ready to begin my build so I didn’t return it for another.But since this is for my SFF Meshlicious case I swapped fans for slim fans that i had on hand to make the installation easier. The actual cpu block installation is easy as pie, though I installed it upside down in order to give the tubes space, and supports both AM4/AM5. So when it’s time to upgrade I can reuse the cooler instead of buying a whole new AIO.This is my 2nd Thermalright cooler and based on quality, price, customer service I’ll keep buying more Thermalright. I have bought stand alone fans from Thermalright and never experienced the pinched cable. Must have just been a fluke. 5 stars for the great value cooler and good customer service. Thanks Thermalright 😄👍
A**H
beautiful and reliable liquid cooling system
As described exactly ... thank you very much; pay attention that the product comes with a thermal past because I bought a separate one unfortunately
W**R
Amazing value
Like Andie's review, I installed this AIO into my ssupd Meshilicious case. I didn't have any issues with packaging or damage. The loose screws and unprotected block reported by Ryan on the review with the title "Works good, great price but the packing wasn’t the best" was not my experience, so I believe they may have received an open box item. I felt like the packaging was more than adequate and typical. Amazon delivered the box in plain sight with no box or bag around it, which I didn't love, but it arrived in perfect condition.The results are fantastic! I used this to cool a 5600X3D, which has similar thermal properties to the 5800X3D (hot!). I was coming from a 65W chip that I cooled with the Noctua L9a, which left the 5600X3D thermal throttling at 90 degrees C. (To be fair, the L9a was never designed for a 105W chip, never mind the extra-hot X3D series).With this AIO, I get temperatures that refuse to exceed the 60-degree Celsius range even under full load running Cinebench. The chip stays at the boost clock of ~4.4Ghz indefinitely. I have no frame of reference nor measuring tools to test noise levels regarding competing AIOs, but I find the noise level to be perfectly acceptable, especially considering the amount of space the Meshilicious has to work with. Some of the top rated budget AIOs don't actually fit the Meshilicious, or *require* that you replace the fans with slim variants, which I did not do. (Andie isn't wrong about slim fans being easier to work with on the Meshilicious, I just didn't want to spend more money)In a larger case, you may be able to save money and complexity with a dual tower fan and heatsink, but in the Meshilicious combined with the low price of this item, I think going with an AIO is a no-brainer. After all, the case is designed with this idea in mind.My other thought was to buy the Thermalright AXP120-X67 air cooler, which is drastically cheaper, but I thought about how the larger component would probably block access to the RAM and other components, and I figured that an AIO would perform better anyway. And at the price of this AIO, it was hard to say no. I can't imagine any air cooler that fits into the Meshilicious performing this well with an X3D part, so I think it's the right choice.I agree with Andie that if I had to do it over again, I would probably buy an AIO with the pump in the waterblock rather than sitting on the tube getting in the way. In this price class, you can look at IO-Cooling product line (e.g., the ZOOMFLOW). However, I didn't think it was a big problem, just a minor nuisance.Word of warning to Meshilicious users: I do not think this product will fit very well if you've got a full ATX power supply in there. My tubes route between the PSU and the mesh case, and that wouldn't work with a wider PSU. Stick with SFX. At best you would have to do some nasty routing if you have ATX, at worst it won't fit at all.Regarding the pump, it's notable that it is only attached to one of the two tubes. The other side of the pump floats freely over its tube, so it gives the tubes perhaps more flexibility than you might imagine.
A**R
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D**K
88C at 215w 100% Fans
I wasn’t super impressed by this cooler at first. I bought it to avoid having to include my CPU in a custom loop. I set out to spend the minimum amount of money on my liquid cooling loop as possible. This cooler was a gamble, buy a better pump and radiator for a minimum of double the price of this cooler, or this cooler. So at first I set it up with a 5 GHz all core OC on my 9900K. Temps were around 70C, roughly, under stress test. I was hoping to see better, but to be fair it’s a perfectly acceptable temperature, and I had fans set to about a constant 65%. So I was starting to write this review and decided I’d push the 9900K to its max stable 5.3 GHz all core at 1.375v. I used to run it there on a custom loop before I upgraded to a 13900K. I used Prime95 smallest FTT setting with AVX disabled. I wanted a realistic test, not a torture test. This CPU will never see anywhere near these temps under gaming workload. Once fans exceeded 80C I set them to 100% speed. I didn’t run it for a long time, just wanted to get a rough idea of where it would run. So it hit a max of 88C at a max of 220 watts after about 15 minutes. To be honest that is about 8C higher than I’m comfortable with, my custom loop ran around 80C under even more severe conditions, Prime95 Small FTTs for a longer period of time, about 250 watts.So I’m actually pretty impressed by this thing for what I spent. I have had AIOs in the past, I usually spent around $100 for what I thought was a decent one. If you’re on 12th or 13th gen Intel i7 or i9, forget about it. Not gonna be able to cool it. Not sure about Ryzen, no experience with that. But if you have an i5 12th or 13th gen, or if you have an older CPU, it will probably do great for gaming. If you’re doing heavier workloads, consistently near 100% CPU utilization, you might want a more capable AIO.Regarding my systems pic, I don’t have the RGB working yet, waiting on an adapter to come in the mail. The fan just sitting there in the middle is cooling my graphics cards back plate, VRAM temps still a bit higher than I’d like.System specs:EVGA Z390 DarkIntel i9 9900K at 5.3 GHzG Skill Trident 32 GB DDR4 4000Dell RTX 3080 with Alphacool EisblockCorsair RM1000x PSUMontech Air900 Mesh caseI guess I should mention the noise. I have my fans hooked up to a fan controller. I have them set at 65% roughly, they’re barely louder than idle speed. So I’m my opinion, it’s very quiet. At 100% speed it’s quite a bit louder, it’s not LOUD-loud, but I’d say it’s still bearable. What bothers me is the fan speed fluctuation. It’s much more tolerable at a fixed speed.Regarding the overall quality of the loop, I’d say it’s pretty good. I actually really like Thermalright stuff. I have the Thermalright contact frame for my 13900K and it’s essential. I also have an RGB controller from them.Update:Got my RGB adapter, got that working, actually really happy with the RGB on this cooler, looks great. Idle temps around 28C, gaming temps 44-56C depending on the game, typically. Honestly I haven’t played more than a few games. I do game at 4K 120 FPS though, so it’s a bit heavier workload than 60 FPS. Regarding fitment, I barely had enough room to mount it in the top of my case, but my z390 Dark has the RAM slots above the CPU. So it’s literally right up against my RAM. The back of the rad is resting on top of that 120mm fan in the back, and the other end is being held up by zip ties. The average mid with room for cooling should hold it just fine, I have a 360mm and a 240mm in mine. You just have to think outside the box. My other rig has two 480mm, one 280mm, and a 240mm. I’ve had cases in the past I’ve mounted radiators to the top of the case, the back, the side, just about anywhere there’s something to strap a zip tie to. You can buy adapters that mount to a rear case fan, that let you mount a radiator on the back of your case. That way there’s no limit to the size of rad you can fit. The tubing is your limiting factor there for an AIO, just think outside the box, plan ahead, and don’t be afraid to experiment.Also, a couple times I accidentally jammed my finger into the fans and I was actually really surprised they didn’t break. They’re pretty tough, and I didn’t get cut fortunately.
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