ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III 360 – Water Cooling PC, All-in-One
ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III 360 – Water Cooling PC, All-in-One CPU AIO Water Cooler, Intel & AMD compatible, efficient PWM-controlled pump, fan: 200-1800 rpm,LGA1851 and LGA1700 Contact Frame – Black
60 mm fan in CPU block
Active cooling in the socket area
Enables a continuously higher load and a longer service life of the voltage converters.
Replaces the standard ILM
Contact Pressure Distribution LGA1851 | LGA1700
Minimal mechanical stress on the CPU and mainboard and improved cooling efficiency.
5 mm offset coldplate
Centring on CPU hotspot
Better temperatures on AMD’s multi-die chip design thanks to vertically offset mounting.
23 % larger finstack
More surface area – more power
Consistently lower temperatures due to optimisation of the internal structure of the 38 mm radiator.
Two control modes
Complete control or simple control
Individual control of pump/VRM fan/radiator fan or all via one connection.
Fabric-Covered Premium TubeThe fibre-reinforced 45 cm long tubing of the Liquid Freezer III enables installation even in large cases and effectively prevents evaporation of the coolant.
” data-position=”triggerHorizontal” />Proven Fans with High Static PressureEquipped with award-winning P fans. These fans are particularly characterised by their outstanding performance on heat sinks and radiators with a high fin density.
” data-position=”triggerHorizontal” />Technical Specifications
| Compatibillity | Intel Socket: 1851, 1700; AMD Socket: AM5, AM4; Promise: 6 Years; Operating Ambient Temperature: 0-40 °C |
| Pump/Cold Plate | VRM Fan: 400–2500 rpm (PWM controlled); Pump: 800–2800 rpm (PWM controlled); Cold Plate: Copper, Micro Skived Fins; Thermal Paste: MX-6 (0.8 g) |
| Fan | Fan: 3x ARCTIC P12 PWM (black); Fan Speed: 200–1800 rpm (PWM-controlled) (0 rpm below 5% PWM); Fan Bearing: Fluid Dynamic Bearing; Current: 0,10 A | 12 V DC; Airflow: 56.3 cfm | 95.65 m³/h; Static Pressure: 2,2 mmH₂O; Connector: 4-Pin PWM-Connector |
| Size & Weight | Radiator: 398 (L) x 120 (W) x 38 (H) mm; Tube Diameter: Outer: 12,4 mm | Inner: 6,0 mm; Tube Length: 450 mm; Weight: 1840 g |
Liquid Freezer III Series in comparison
 LF III 360, black |  LF III 360 A-RGB, black |  LF III 360 A-RGB, white |  LF III 240, black |  LF III 280 A-RGB, black |  LF III 420 A-RGB, white | |
| Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 1,273 | 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,246 | 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,246 | 4.6 out of 5 stars 3,685 | 4.4 out of 5 stars 536 | 5.0 out of 5 stars 1 |
| Price | £66.98 | £76.99 | £76.99 | £53.89 | £71.60 | £84.69 |
| Intel Socket | 1851, 1700 | 1851, 1700 | 1851, 1700 | 1851, 1700 | 1851, 1700 | 1851, 1700 |
| AMD Socket | AM5, AM4 | AM5, AM4 | AM5, AM4 | AM5, AM4 | AM5, AM4 | AM5, AM4 |
| A-RGB-LEDs | / | 12x per fan 12x VRM module | 12x per fan 12x VRM module | / | 12x per fan 12x VRM module | 12x per fan 12x VRM module |
| Fan | 3x ARCTIC P12 PWM | 3x ARCTIC P12 PWM A-RGB | 3x ARCTIC P12 PWM A-RGB | 2x ARCTIC P12 PWM | 2x ARCTIC P14 PWM A-RGB | 3x ARCTIC P14 PWM A-RGB |
| Fan Speed | 200 – 1800 rpm | 200 – 2000 rpm | 200 – 2000 rpm | 200 – 1800 rpm | 200 – 1900 rpm | 200 – 1900 rpm |
| RGB Connector | / | 3-Pin A-RGB-Connector | 3-Pin A-RGB-Connector | / | 3-Pin A-RGB-Connector | 3-Pin A-RGB-Connector |
| Tube Length | 450 mm | 450 mm | 450 mm | 450 mm | 450 mm | 450 mm |
| Dimensions (Radiator) | 398 (L) x 120 (W) x 38 (H) mm | 398 (L) x 120 (B) x 38 (H) mm | 398 (L) x 120 (B) x 38 (H) mm | 277 (L) x 120 (W) x 38 (H) mm | 317 (L) x 138 (W) x 38 (H) mm | 458 (L) x 138 (W) x 38 (H) mm |
| Weight | 1840 g | 1870 g | 1870 g | 1460 g | 1765 g | 2325 g |
| Weight: | 1.84 kg |
| Dimensions: | 39.8 x 12 x 3.8 cm; 1.84 Kilograms |
| Brand: | ARCTIC |
| Model: | ACFRE00136A |
| Colour: | black |
| Batteries Included: | No |
| Manufacture: | ARCTIC |
| Dimensions: | 39.8 x 12 x 3.8 cm; 1.84 Kilograms |
Works brilliantly and replaced my old Watercooling aio with a fail pump, Kraken Z73. Silent and temps are 10C lower at idle and on average 5-8C lower during load. Very good and silent once fan curve set in bios.
Definitely worth the money
works well , easy to install , but be careful if you are using in the top of your case as the radiator is slightly thicker than most , I couldn’t fit it with the standard fans as the space between the top of my case & the motherboard wasn’t enough ( by only about 2 – 3 MM ) luckily artic do the same fans but the slimline fans which solved the problem
With my experience in coolers for the cpu, this is by far one of the better ones. I have not once heard this struggle, or seen my temps go up using this cooler. Very easy to fit, and if your unsure, watch a youtube video! Its easy as anything!
My temperature was about 78C while gaming with my big lump of an air cooler, after I installed this , it doesn’t go over 65C, absolutely amazing.
Also not being a massive air cooler like the one I had before, there is less stress on the CPU socket.
Please measure your case and see if it fits, mine didn’t, but I have manufactured some brackets and made it fit.
I am over the moon with the performance.
I don’t know about noise, since my other coolers in the case and the GPU fans drown any other noise coming out of the case.
This is the third Arctic Freezer AIO I’ve bought – growing in size from a 120, 280, and now the 360, to deal with different build configurations.
This one runs an AMD 7950X3D, and keeps temps in the 40-50 degree range, even while gaming.
All are incredibly easy to install (assuming you have a reasonably designed case), and none have ever failed even at 24×7/365. I wouldn’t ever consider going back to high-end air cooling.
Installed these in my system added extra p12 for push – pull configuration. It seems that the flow direct setup was push on the cooler the direction indicators seem so small and hard to find wondered why system was cooling down. So by default fans are in push configuration so be a where
Lowered temps from about 85c to 80c going from an old Corsair H150i Pro to Arctic Freezer III, with slightly higher clocks too on my 5800x3d. Seems very quiet and easy to manage in bios (I used the AIO cable).
Slightly difficult to install but that was mostly because I was out of practice rather than anything inherent to the cooler itself.
Price at 66 I paid is extremely competitive, there’s no reason not to recommend this cooler.
Installed the aio in a phanteks eclipse 360a. I wanted to install it in the top position but couldn’t because the aio was too thick and it covered part of the ram slots. It works really well in the front position and on a ryzen 7 3800x it sits at 25 degrees on idle. and after some heavy gaming it peaks around 75. For comparison this replaced an msi coreliquid 360r that idled at 60ish and hit 95 in games. It’s quiet as well. All round I’m pretty impressed with it, only downside is the size as it will restrict where it can be installed, I had to buy a new case to accommodate it.
One of the best and most cost efficient AIO in the market, quiet and efficient. In an averagely ventilated case and cooling AMD Ryzen 7800X3D, idling at 35-40 deg, full load around 80 and 65-75 while gaming. Just be aware that the radiator is around 1cm thicker than the other brands, so check compatibility of your case before purchase!
Performs very good, although I ended up returning it and getting a different size. Easily handled my 7700X running at 160W.
Having the AIO mounted at the front with the tubes at the top will usually cause liquid trickling sounds. I had intended to mount it on the top of my case however it was slightly too long, something I should’ve checked beforehand. I really couldn’t get my head around the sounds, but I can see that most people probably wouldn’t care
I love the offset mount for Ryzen processors
Looking forward to getting my 240mm version instead.
Additional word to note, don’t run fan control in DC mode, and instead use the recommended PWM mode. The pump will not work under 40% voltage and will constantly cause temperature spikes and constant revving of the fans.
You get a shrapnel bag of screws and fittings, you have to organise them yourself and on top of that, the two screws that are supposed to go into the cooling block don’t go in fully. I substituted those with 2 silver screws that are rightly the same size and thickness.
If you base it on performance alone there’s not much that can beat this AIO. It’s so quiet and keeps the CPU nice and cool. The installation is fairly easy, the brackets are good quality and the AIO comes with thermal paste pre-applied. The pipes are nice and robust, so you can move them into place in confidence. The fans could do with having a bit more length on the wires, but other than that, nice and simple.
This is by far the best 360mm AIO cooler I’ve ever purchased! It’s keeping the temps of my 13700k below 34c on idle and low 90s on maximum load without even undervolting my cpu. Add to that it looks really pretty on my setup, no weird rgbs or shapes! Really happy with this purchase
I have a 5800x and was annoyed at the 60c idle temps with a corsair h100, this cooler keeps it at high 30’s low 40’s idle and 60ish gaming, a little bit fiddly to install on am4 but its solid, be aware this is a thick cooler just about squeezed it i
Arrived a day later than expected with the box open but the contents inside were sealed and new. There was one slight dent on the side of the radiator but it’s only cosmetic and can’t be seen once installed. The cooler is easy to install and only needs one 4 pin CPU fan header to power the entire unit. The lack of RGB LEDs on this model can only be seen as a positive for an adult’s system.
Unbeatable value at 61.99 for a top performing 360 AIO CPU cooler.
Box came unsealed and opened and badly damaged and no sign a seal stickers so idk how new the aio really is.
On top of that they just put it in a Amazon paper bag , horrible choice because the box was fully opened and everything came out and only the universe knows why isn’t damaged or why parts wasn’t missing.
Shipping wise came 2 days early which was a blessing because my old aio was on the last leg of being alive.
Product, the aio works like it truly does, idle the temps are around 20-23 degrees a i7-12700k.
Stressed testing 1h max was 87 but the average high was 80 no thermal throttling.
The average temps while under testing was 66.92 degrees Celsius.
Windows settings was on ultimate performance, Cpu minimal clocks was 4.55ghz with 100% usage for 1h.
I used the included mx-5 thermal paste , in a X pattern,I received Revision 7.
Problems with installation and you should be aware ,I have a Cooler Master MASTERBOX TD500 MESH , MAG Z690 TOMAHAWK WIFI DDR5 Morherboard with Corsair DOMINATOR PLATINUM RGB RAM.
Now Arctic Freezer radiator is much thicker then you average aio and because of that I wasn’t able to install it on top of the case which would had been the most optimal for performance because it was hitting the RAM.the ram are high profile sticks aka tall boys and because the radiator is also thicker they was hitting each other with no way to fix the problems so the only place to install it was the front.
So be aware of that before you buy it.
BUT even installed in the front it still tamed the beast.
With that all said if you have a i7 gen 12+ I recommend this AIO.
Recently upgraded my i4670k to a 5800x. An h100i had served me well on the Intel with max temps of ~60C with Linpack, but when used with the Ryzen it was sometimes over 90, which didn’t fill with me confidence if I wanted to dabble with some overclocking. (AMD recommended 280mm rads at least, so the h100i is underspecced in that department, and so this isn’t a dig at the h100i)
So I upgraded to the 360mm version of this. Installation is a more fiddly compared to the h100i, partly because of the sheer size of it, but also the AMD spacers that screw into the backplate are narrow, and don’t secure the backplate tightly until the cooler is screwed on, so that threw me slighty as the manual talks about motherboards with non-compliant backplates and I was worried something wasn’t quite right. But got there in the end.
Now it’s on I’m very pleased. I’m using it on the top of a 750d, exhausting, and using ML120s fans (for my red theme!). Peaks at round 70 in Linpack/IntelBurnTest now.
Very minor gripe is it could do with some small eye-holes on the sides for a twist-tie/zip-tie for a bit of cable management when replacing the stock fans (which have very short cables) with custom fans.
i saw a lot of coolers and even more reviews . could not beat any of them the Arctic LF II 360 in performance, silent, or price !
Performance : on my i5-9600KF overclocked to 5 Ghz on all cores.
ADVICE !!! — if you install this cooler vertically with the tubes down you gonna get better (lower) temperatures
Gaming (cpu load 40-70 %- 40-47 C. )
Stess tests on 5 Ghz, 25 min each test, 22 C ambient (Cinebench R15 benchmark (58-63C), AIDA 64 (55-62 C), OCCT ( 53-60 C ), Prime 95 small FFTs no AVX (65-70 C) Prime 95 small FFTs AVX enabled 74-79C), Intel Burn Test on Maximum 75-79 C ). VRM fan also makes my VRM-s 10-15 c lower than other AIO s without VRM fan.
Noise : its silent while Gaming, I can hear the fans only on stress tests Intel BT, and Prime 95!Pump and VRM fan are both silent. For example the regular HDD or GPU or Case fans or PSU generates a lot more noise than the cpu cooler!
Price : you can’t find a 360mm AIO for this price on the Market !
240 and 280mm versions — I did nor try them , but based on my experience with 360mm version and on the YouTube reviews and other tech journalist reviews I 1000% sure they will beat any other AIO on the market on their category or even higher category.
Installation : Very easy to install. just follow the manual or YouTube guides. Takes max 10 mins just make sure your case compatible with the cooler size. Fans are preinstalled with a pretty nice cable management !
Customer service: HONESTLY I never had better experience with any other customer service in my life!
CONCLUSION : I don’t write reviews often , but i felt I must share my experience with this cooler.
The Arctic makes the BEST AIO on the market. Their cooler beat all the other AIOs or Air coolers on the market in Performance, Price, Noise level and the design looks pretty nice, clear, elegant and black ! I 100% recommend this product !
PS : Please Arctic make multi-compatible GPU water cooler AIO as well 😀 We need that ! 😀
TIP: Before mounting the 360mm rad to the top of the case, first mount the CPU block to place. For me it was the other way around, I mounted the radiator and then started with the block. Much more hassle.
Performance wise: Very good! Super quiet, even at full speed it does not get annoying, but You can hear it.
I am using it on B450 Tomahawk MAX and AMD Ryzen 5 3600x CPU. With 50% fan speed and stock CPU profile (quite high stock cpu vcore: 1.45v) it idles around 34C-41C. Which for me is quiet. I do have a Fractal Define R6 case without window panel, but with noise dampening mats.
I had a custom EK watercooling loop for CPU (Ryzen 5 1600) and my Vega64 before, with 1x360mm radiator and 1x280mm radiator. But I installed this AIO, because it is much less hassle to maintain.
I know I maybe losing some few degrees, but its worth it to me.