Thermalright Frozen Prism 240mm ARGB Budget AIO Unboxing & Review

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@mikesunboxing Ай бұрын

Just to clarify, my recommendation to avoid this SPECIFIC version is due to the weird pricing against the 360mm version. The noisy pump was likely a QC or random problem. That is pretty common with mass produced "cheap" products. Available from affiliate links: Thermalright Frozen Prism 240 ARGB AIO Amazon UK: amzn.to/3XcxYnI Amazon Local: amzn.to/3Zd5Lzz Ebay UK: ebay.us/fgytwY Ebay US: ebay.us/pDD1j7 Ebay CA: ebay.us/R9A2SO Ebay AUS: ebay.us/IDY2ty

@zingwilder9989 Ай бұрын

Yes, Mike. That humming was notable. Two years ago, I purchased this same unit (non-RGB) for my wife's i7-8700k. It cost me a mere $55 (US) and its performance has been stellar.

@Wellibob68 Ай бұрын

I've the 360 white and it's brilliant. No noisy pump. Mike got a lemon. Cheers Michael. Fans are not the most efficient but 360 white cost me an amazing £51. 👀💷😏 Edit. Sorry my model is the aqua elite but by the looks I'd be surprised if they using a different pump.

@mikesunboxing Ай бұрын

i would be interested to see if they use different pumps across the range, i also doubt it, but would be nice to know

@0omaple456 Ай бұрын

I have the 360mm aqua elite V3 Pump is rated at 3300rpm so it might be the same pump and at 100% PWM it's completely silent.

@GaryGreys-ri4wi Ай бұрын

@JGC890deep cool the way to go if outside of the usa

@mikesunboxing Ай бұрын

@JGC890 in general most of their products have been good, the fans we reviewed last time were rubbish though, so they do miss the mark sometimes

@jamesdegriz Ай бұрын

Just treated myself to an EKWB Nucleus 360. Insanely good install/unbox experience. Top performer too.

@mikesunboxing Ай бұрын

nice!

@3D-PC Ай бұрын

Used heaps of these, 360 and 240. Worked just as well as ones that cost more. Also used other models they have and all been very good, especially for the cost. You got a lemon.

@zingwilder9989 Ай бұрын

Yes. They are superb AIOs for the price. There is a good chance that Mike's has a defect.

@weirdodude1173 Ай бұрын

I got the 360 version of Frozen Prism a few months ago, black without RGB fans. It has some good pressure fans. Installation was fine, about like an air cooler. My pump doesn't seem loud or anything and it works pretty well. I also installed it with the radiator in the top of my case. I like it and I think it was a great deal overall and I haven't had any issues. Thumbs up for great videos.

@mikesunboxing Ай бұрын

glad you had a good experience with it

@elysian3623 Ай бұрын

Build lots or rigs with these out of my side hustle and the big thing that I can tell you is that they have a tendency to have a false bottom when you're tightening down the cooler if you don't apply them in 1/2 turn increments, the tolerances on the AM4/5 mount system are very tight and can be a pain to get the threads started on the second post if you apply too much tension to the first one, you have to mount them very slowly and methodically but when you do they're very quiet and performant.

@Senrab46 Ай бұрын

Due to the size and weight of my Thermalright FS140 I was considering an AIO as an upgrade until now! Way too noisy and thought a pump should run at 80 to 100% all the time! So running at low speed must hurt temps. You advise AM5 cpus run hotter than AM4 but 90+deg surely too high. Would a 360 rad or diff brands reduce temps to 70s/80s? Thank you for reviewing Mike and Kath 🐈👍

@mikesunboxing Ай бұрын

yeah the 280 or 360 rads usually hold the temps in the high 70s low 80s

@AntoninoVendetta Ай бұрын

Nice review, i'm using the thermalright Frozen Edge 240 white and full speed 3500rpm the only noise i can ear the fans,under 2900 rpm all go Quite. also still work the same with pipe at rear or front top,the only the badge will be upsidedown don't know if is right but both side works anyway.

@mikesunboxing Ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing

@MichaelN1988 Күн бұрын

Had the 360 version for a week now mine doesn't hum. Hopefully it will last well. Just brought another one for a Christmas present 360 white version for £45 what a bargain

@mikesunboxing Күн бұрын

they are amazing value for money, i hope mine was a one off

@mikesunboxing Ай бұрын

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@PapaMav Ай бұрын

Luv my ID Cooling 280mm Zoomflow XT. Quiet as a mouse and cools great. I switched the stock fans to Arctic BIONIX.

@mikesunboxing Ай бұрын

those Arctic fans are really good. can't go wrong with those

@PapaMav Ай бұрын

@@mikesunboxing you know I agree Mike. Have a great day !

@neilg97 Ай бұрын

I have one of these. Other than the pump being a little gurgley when I first bought it, I've had zero issues. It's currently cooling a Ryzen 5 5600 and it cools that chip no trouble at all. No complaints from me so as prev commentors say. you've prob had a little bad luck with this one.

@mikesunboxing Ай бұрын

i will definitely be ordering another at some point to see what it is like

@Rottieuk Ай бұрын

Mike, it looks like that perhaps you have got a lemon. I've had this same AIO installed on my R5 5600 system since May last year without the issues you've highlighted. Perhaps Thermaltake's QC's slipping, as I've also noticed the "T" and "L" in your Thermaltake logo are misaligned?

@mikesunboxing Ай бұрын

yeah with lower costs the QC and production values are going to slip sadly

@franciscoborges2885 Ай бұрын

Hi Mike I have this Cooler Master MasterLiquid ML240L V2 RGB 240mm watercooler very silent the cooler master is very good at silence my processor i5 8600k 4.8GHZ in cinebench r23 reaches 83º Do you think if I changed to a 360 watercooler it would be better? thanks

@mikesunboxing Ай бұрын

yes more water volume and metal mass will lower temps

@saraguard05 Ай бұрын

I've got a 240mm white one and 360mm black and the pumps not so noisy, you got one a bad one, I recently bought a warframe 240 white and it came with missing cables so I returned it maybe their QC is starting to slip these days.

@mikesunboxing Ай бұрын

yeah i think it is a QC issue, but definitely some thing to be aware of

@volvot5turbo Ай бұрын

Just about to install my 360 frozen edge in white. Hope mine's not noisy

@mikesunboxing Ай бұрын

let us know what it is like

@sol-hb8zg Ай бұрын

I love the car lying on the table! (If you don’t understand it’s a meme lol)

@mikesunboxing Ай бұрын

where in the video was that?

@sol-hb8zg Ай бұрын

@@mikesunboxing the cat

@johnmc7596 Ай бұрын

I didn't see no cat??? 😁

@douglasformosa6095 Ай бұрын

I have loved all my Thermalright products but have yet to try an aio from them....im tempted but stuff about the noise ive heard does make me hesitant.

@mikesunboxing Ай бұрын

seems there are a lot of people that have silent ones and those that have had loud ones, so lucky of the draw really

@johnsonadodo7618 Ай бұрын

Me watching this after my order shipped

@mikesunboxing Ай бұрын

let me know what the noise is like, i guess you didn't have room for the 360mm?

@waiting-m3o Ай бұрын

@davidcohen6352 Ай бұрын

I have fitted 4 of these aios in system builds now and none of them had this noise or issues at all. I think you have a bad sample, and this is reflected in your cinebench temps also. I would try another one before you make a final point......

@mikesunboxing Ай бұрын

i thought the temps are where they should be , the CPU is designed to reach 95c. I will try another model at some point but hopefully this illustrated the point that cheap stuff often lacks QC

@paulzx10 Ай бұрын

@@mikesunboxing I would get another of the same model and do a comparison video, be interesting to see if the results point to a likely faulty unit. I'm sure it's not just myself who would be keen to see that video. On a side note I have an old CoolIT Systems ECO A.L.C. 120mm aio from cica 2010 that has a gargling pump with which the noise and temps get worse the lower I set the pump speed, in no doubt due to so much coolant having evaporated with age over the years. Still pulling duty on an old z87 board I use to test used components on, though I may try and flush/replace hoses and fluid soon and see if will keep going another 14+ years🤪.

@mikesunboxing Ай бұрын

@@paulzx10 yeah it will have another look at it i think

@TeamDriftNationVideo Ай бұрын

Had this exact issue, same model. I turned the pump down to 70%, as this reduced the noise *enough* to be bearable. However, these are SO cheap, it's hard not to consider

@mikesunboxing Ай бұрын

yeah i know what you mean, it is wasn't for the fact we are recording audio in here, i would probably ignore it

@PapaMav Ай бұрын

Good one Mike. Thank you. Crap Joke Friday: What do you call a fake noodle? An impasta.

@mikesunboxing Ай бұрын

haha you really are a fungi :-)

@PapaMav Ай бұрын

@@mikesunboxing lol

@PapaMav Ай бұрын

..and thank you.

@mikesunboxing Ай бұрын

@@PapaMav you are welcome sir

@josecorrales7195 Ай бұрын

I have the 360 black frozen notte and its been very silent and it was $58 when i bought it. Its been anout a year with no issues . The frozen notte has the faster pump too.

@mikesunboxing Ай бұрын

yeah i think that is a better model overall

@josecorrales7195 Ай бұрын

@@mikesunboxing yes way better model and that's why it cost more now. Anyways I like your videos ! And keep up the good work 👍

@mikesunboxing Ай бұрын

@@josecorrales7195 Thank you!

@jthiel0711 Ай бұрын

From what I understand, most AIOs use the same pump. It's licensed from Asetek I believe. You probably just got a bad one. Unlucky.

@mikesunboxing Ай бұрын

yeah luck of the draw sadly

@PapaMav Ай бұрын

Poppy looked comfy.

@mikesunboxing Ай бұрын

yeah she loves the camera

@monthes69 Ай бұрын

hey make my cpu cooler has a 3pin connecter and my mb is a 4pin cpu fan connecter so can is it usable or do i have to buy another cooler

@mikesunboxing Ай бұрын

motherboard do you have

@monthes69 Ай бұрын

@@mikesunboxing msi b550m pro vdh

@NGreedia Ай бұрын

I've seen a number of reviews where reports of the same loud pump, or fans failing were happening. Their longevity is also questionable for their aios

@mikesunboxing Ай бұрын

yeah there has to be some offset to the low production cost and that is going to be quality and quality control

@augold1681 Ай бұрын

He sure wines a lot....no color manual? I can barely hear the pump sound and with the case closed up... With regard to the miniature fan hub able to control the pump "Not always best for controlling the pump speed"...yeh but does anyone give you that at all? I will tell you something else.... Thermalright continues to support their products years into the future. I wanted a 2011-3 narrow ILM mounting for one of their CPU coolers....they offered to sell me one for ~$15....this was for one of their old coolers for a very old platform. This was at the beginning of this year. When I called Corsair for a for an AM4/AM5 adapter for a H150i they told me F--- OFF (actually is was more along the lines of "if your product is out of warranty we no longer support it.") Thermalright is a really good company to do business with and they are SO F****** reasonable with their pricing. They will actually provide you support... I mean emails back and forth....always on point with my issue.