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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Odd that they don't test Arctic, regularly regarded as the best and best price/perf.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This was my first thought at seeing their list.

Arctic definitely should have been tested. But also on their list, I would have expected Cooler Master, NZXT and Corsair.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, the "Year Roundup" only having 8 products...I'm guessing that's not even 1/3rd of the number of AIOs that launched this year, let alone the best options from previous years.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Here you have arctic LFII 360 also tested with P12 Max fans on the same 13900K after OC: https://www.kitguru.net/components/cooling/james-dawson/arctic-fan-test-p12-vs-p12-max/

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Oh I'm not interested in personally seeing Arctic LFII benchmarks (I'm already running the LFII 420mm myself)

I just meant this person should have included one of the most well regarded coolers available. Having more people cover it is good, but you can't really compare results between two different reviews very effectively with the number of variables that can change.

  • CPU Bin/efficiency
  • Ambient temps
  • Case setup
  • Mounting consistency/installation
  • BIOS/Firmware differences
  • Possible Software differences

and more I'm sure I didn't think of.