Question ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III 420 ARGB in push pull

[Puffnstuff]

Well gents my EVGA CLC 360 was nearing 5 years old and my 13900k was putting the beatdown on it so I took a good look around for a replacement. I ended up getting the ARCTIC liquid freezer III 420 argb but I also got an additional 3 P14 fans and put it into push pull for max cooling. This thing is massive compared to the evga unit but my case can hold at least 6 of them LOL. I had to remove my motherboard to get to the mounting bracket because my motherboard tray has a hdd tray on its underside that prevents me from accessing it and as luck would have it the screws face away from the side of my case towards a fixed partition.

I also learned that the pump must be mounted with the hoses facing towards the pcie slot, no instructions from ARCTIC on this at all. They included mx-6 in the kit but I have some so I'll save that tube for later. The one thing I do like about their fans is that all I had to do was break into their wiring chain and add my 3 extra fans to the power and argb and since theirs tucks into the coolant tubes it gives a much cleaner look than what I had. I'm hoping that this lasts me a good long time.

 

[Puffnstuff]

Its been two weeks since I installed it and my temps are very nice for most of my use cases. Just as others have reported with Intel running Cinebench R23 the 13900k will thermal throttle for brief periods and I'm not going to install some crazy cooling solution just for that. While gaming my temps have been reduced by almost 40°F so I'm happy.

 

[ajayka]

Hi which case did you use which let you fit the Artic 420 III in a push-pull configuration! How are your temperatures holding up?

 

[Puffnstuff]

Hi which case did you use which let you fit the Artic 420 III in a push-pull configuration! How are your temperatures holding up?

I have a Thermaltake Level 20 XT case which is akin to a fish tank size wise and the temps are the best I've ever had in any machine. Here's a snapshot from my sensor panel.

 

[ajayka]

Thanks!

 

[kaitlin4599]

@Puffnstuff if i may ask how did you install the fans in push pull i.e. what screws did you use i have an enthoo primo case from phanteks and my 360mm aio on my 7800X3D is nearing 6 years old and iw anna replace it with the same cooler as yours but arctic doesnt mention how to install a push pull config

 

[Puffnstuff]

@Puffnstuff if i may ask how did you install the fans in push pull i.e. what screws did you use i have an enthoo primo case from phanteks and my 360mm aio on my 7800X3D is nearing 6 years old and iw anna replace it with the same cooler as yours but arctic doesnt mention how to install a push pull config

I used the screws from my old aio to install the top fans to the radiator then plugged the fan and rgb connectors into the factory harness. Just be sure to index the fans so they blow the correct direction.