CM MasterLiquid Lite 120 AIO CLC (AM4 compat) $39.99 FS @ Newegg

[VirtualLarry]

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103236

MasterLiquid Lite 120mm AIO CLC

Currently $39.99 ($10 discount)

Only comes with one fan, but comes with both sets of screws for a push-pull arrangement.

Can get nicer non-Lite version with two fans pre-installed for $69.99.

I'm cheap, so I opted for the $39.99 model.

Seems to be the cheapest AIO CLC that's AM4-compatible out-of-the-box?

https://www.computerpoweruser.com/article/24468/review-cooler-master-masterliquid-lite-120

 

[Macgyversite]

I am in for one. Use this and keep my Heat pipe cooler as a backup.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Does anyone know how to mount a 120mm CLC with push-pull arrangement?

I've been trying to figure it out.

Do they give you special screws, that go through the case 120mm fan mounts (for example, the rear exhaust fan mounting area), then through the fan, then into the AIO's 120mm fan mounts on that side?

Because that's the only way that I can imagine mounting it. It seems like a total royal PITA to mount.

 

[~CS~]

Does anyone know how to mount a 120mm CLC with push-pull arrangement?

I've been trying to figure it out.

Do they give you special screws, that go through the case 120mm fan mounts (for example, the rear exhaust fan mounting area), then through the fan, then into the AIO's 120mm fan mounts on that side?

Because that's the only way that I can imagine mounting it. It seems like a total royal PITA to mount.

Yes, you use extra long screws. Or you can just use short screws to mount the fan, and then use generic threading fan screws to mount to the case.

 

[~CS~]

Careful using long screws, that didn't come with the unit, too long and you can puncture the rad, have to be the right size.

 

[PliotronX]

Thin radiators don't seem like they need much static pressure, I wouldn't even bother with push-pull but a killer deal nonetheless! Thanks VL!

 

[VirtualLarry]

Well, I got it installed. It was really straightforward for AM4. The biggest problem was, my cheap case didn't line up with all the holes in the Rad for mounting on the rear exhaust, unless I rotated the Rad so the cables were coming off of the bottom.

I mounted it in "push" configuration as an exhaust. I also have a 120mm LED exhaust fan on the top rear of the case. (I debated changing that one to intake.)

At full (10-thread BOINC) load, with the stock Wraith Spire cooler, I was hitting 72C Package Temp in HWMonitor. With a (used) OCZ Vendetta 92mm tower heatpipe heatsink, I was getting 81C.

With the MasterLiquid Lite 120, I was getting like 53C after ten minutes.

So, I cranked things up. I decided to skip the 3.70Ghz / 1.2875V OC, and go all the way to 3.80Ghz / 1.3250V.

So far, it appears stable, and max Package Temp is 69C, though slowly still rising I think. Before, I wasn't stable at 3.80Ghz, no matter how much vcore I was pumping.

WINNER!

 

[4eigner]

Back down to $40 on Amazon.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Mine developed an annoying noise, after I pulled the PC out of the cubby it was in, with the power still on, and it kind of went "thunk" downwards a bit.

Edit: Back down to $39.99 FS on Newegg.

Bottom line for me seems to be 10C cooler temps on my Ryzen 5 1600 rig. Currently not overclocked, which - I know - was the whole point of this cooler. It's better than the stock 95W air cooler, but not by a huge, huge margin.

Possibly there are some air coolers that work better, for the same or lower price. Some people are using the DeepCool Gammaxx 400 on their Ryzen rigs. I think that goes for $30 on sale.

Edit: Toying with the idea of getting another one of these.
Perhaps the difference in temps is more like 20C.

I have several Ryzen 5 1600 rigs. My first one has the MasterLiquid Lite 120 featured in this deal thread.

I've got two more that run the stock air cooler. One has a 35W TDP passively-cooled GT630 card. Another one has a Radeon RX 460 4GB Nitro card, that takes a 6-pin PCI-E power connector. (So more than 70-75W TDP. Probably 90-100.)

The temps on the rig (same case) with the passive video card, are 75C Package Temp., and 84C on the one with the RX 460, while crunching on the video card.

So, if the first PC with the AIO is actually around 20C cooler, when taking the video card's contribution to temp increases into account.

 

[BenJeremy]

Bigger radiators are better, but this is a nice price, and far better than air cooling.

It's also worth noting for Intel fanboys, coolers that support Socket 2011v3 ALSO supports the new Socket 2066 - the exact same dimensions. I wouldn't cool a Socket 2066 CPU with anything less than a 240mm AIO though.

 

[ScottAD]

You could use this with the NZXT G12 to cool a GPU even. Something I have been considering given my GPU overheated and committed suicide. Would it have prevented it? Probably not, but I could use it as a reason!

 

[VirtualLarry]

I don't know what an NZXT G12 is, but if it's a waterblock, just remember that these Cooler Master liquid cooling kits are NOT meant to be expandable, they lack fill ports, among other things.

There are some kits, like the EK Aluminum ones, that are designed to be expandable.

 

[ScottAD]

I don't know what an NZXT G12 is, but if it's a waterblock, just remember that these Cooler Master liquid cooling kits are NOT meant to be expandable, they lack fill ports, among other things.

There are some kits, like the EK Aluminum ones, that are designed to be expandable.

Quite right, the G12 is a bolt-on component that cools your GPU using an AIO. You could run two separate AIOs, one for CPU and one for CPU. Rather cheap component at ~$30 I think it was for the G12.