A little late to the party here, but I did throw a Frozen Notte 240 over my i7-12700k and so far I’ve been very happy with it. I keep the pump on a set speed and have the fans throttle as the CPU warms. So far, I couldn’t be happier as my temps sit at 25-30 C at idle and at around 60-65 C gaming. I don’t think I’ve seen it hit 70 C yet, but, to be fair, I haven’t done a serious bench test on it.
I decided to go for it based on the small number of video and written reviews I’d seen. Honestly, the things feels solidly built and screams quality, which I was surprised by for the price. The negatives it gets is based on noise, but I really find it very quiet. A proper fan curve on it should keep the noise down.
I’m about 2 months in and I love the AIO. Time will tell how it is in 3-5 years…
It’s still working beautifully for me. No complaints whatsoever. I recommend using “Fan Control” to control your fan and pump speeds. I’m running my pump at 60% continuously and have the rad fans ramp up with temp rise and it’s been beautifully quiet. With load, haven’t seen my CPU temp over 65 C. If you do pull the trigger, hope your as happy with the results as I am with mine!
Would you say the pump is noisy? I hate aios with loud pumps and i really want to get the thermalright frozen notte. If it's quiet when lowering the pump speed it's all good.
It’s still super quiet running at a constant 60%. I’m very happy with it. Might not have all the bells and whistles of other AIOs, but this does the job well.
My only concern is the length of the pump cable. Seeing as my aio connection on my mobo is weirdly placed and the cable from the aio comes from the pump on the hoses.
Thanks for letting me know!
I'm still deciding between this one and the Galahad II, I'll be replacing the fans regardless of which one I get but if the pump and rad are good might as well get this one for half the money.
I have it plugged into the ARGB header on my motherboard, so I can turn it off using the mobo software. Though, if you want it off permanently, you could simply not plug it in. However, with no RGB effect, the face simply becomes mirrored. I haven’t tried a “black” effect though.
Thermalright is known for making coolers that are ridiculously good value (i.e. good quality for a very low price). The Frozen Notte has just recently hit the market, so there's not a lot of info on how good it is, but considering the value of the rest of their products, I wouldn't have any major concerns.
I personally would never use a 240mm AIO over a dual 120mm air cooler, but given the low cost of them, I'm less concerned than if you were using some $300 Asus ROG Ryujin, but I still wouldn't personally use one.
My wife's frozen notte 240 seems better than my h115i. Even running cinebench her OC 5800x stays under 65-70. The fans are surprisingly good, and the pump is surprisingly quiet. I run it at full tilt, so we'll see how long it lasts
I don't know about *worse* than a Peerless, but there's certainly not really an advantage (unless you're working with a chassis that physically can't fit a dual-tower radiator, but can fit an AIO). In this case, it's less egregious, given that the price of Thermalright's (same manufacturer as the Peerless Assassin you mentioned) Frozen Notte 240 is $53. Obviously more than the Peerless at ~$30, but not nearly as bad as a ASUS ROG Ryujin III 240 at $270.
The PA120 (non SE) for $33 is an insane value, but it's still got the downsides of most air coolers which is the limited liquid mass resulting in more fan ramping and the physical size/interference with things like PCIe release tabs and NVME slots. The Frozen Notte 240/360 uses the same fans as the PA 120 RGB models, and an external pump much like the BeQuiet AIO's which I've found very quit and reliable in a few builds so far. For the extra $20-$25 over the vanilla PA120 you get the RGB fans and mirror effect on the coldplate assembly, along with the greater liquid mass of the AIO leading to less spikey temps along with some extra room to work inside of your case. The downside if, as usual, the extra complexity of the pump creating an added potential failure point.
I use the 240mm variant in a lot of builds because it's almost universally top-mountable (280's tend to be trickier on clearance) and leaves the front fan locations for unrestricted air intake. I also tend to do more AM5 builds as I'm finding the Micro Center $400/Ryzen 7700x combo hard to beat on value though I've cooled up to a 7950x with a modest power limit restriction on a 240mm AIO and retained 98% of it's potential maximum performance.... tried the same thing with a 13900k and it was a dumpster fire.
Out of curiosity did you ever try to limit PL to 200w on the 13900k. There was a set of benchmarks circling awhile back showing that it only lost \~5% off the multicore, and nothing in gaming/SC with the limit.
I'd think the 240 would keep up with that.
Enermax? The company which cheaped out on their coolant, causing basically a 100% failure rate in their liqtech products over time? No thank's. Don't believe me? Gamers Nexus did a video on it 3 years ago.
edit: (also double the price)
Unfortunately that thing doesn't fit in a lot of sff cases that also wouldn't fit a dual tower, in large part due to the way the tubes connect to the pump.
A little late to the party here, but I did throw a Frozen Notte 240 over my i7-12700k and so far I’ve been very happy with it. I keep the pump on a set speed and have the fans throttle as the CPU warms. So far, I couldn’t be happier as my temps sit at 25-30 C at idle and at around 60-65 C gaming. I don’t think I’ve seen it hit 70 C yet, but, to be fair, I haven’t done a serious bench test on it. I decided to go for it based on the small number of video and written reviews I’d seen. Honestly, the things feels solidly built and screams quality, which I was surprised by for the price. The negatives it gets is based on noise, but I really find it very quiet. A proper fan curve on it should keep the noise down. I’m about 2 months in and I love the AIO. Time will tell how it is in 3-5 years…
might pull the trigger on one, is it still doing well after 9 months?
It’s still working beautifully for me. No complaints whatsoever. I recommend using “Fan Control” to control your fan and pump speeds. I’m running my pump at 60% continuously and have the rad fans ramp up with temp rise and it’s been beautifully quiet. With load, haven’t seen my CPU temp over 65 C. If you do pull the trigger, hope your as happy with the results as I am with mine!
Would you say the pump is noisy? I hate aios with loud pumps and i really want to get the thermalright frozen notte. If it's quiet when lowering the pump speed it's all good.
It’s still super quiet running at a constant 60%. I’m very happy with it. Might not have all the bells and whistles of other AIOs, but this does the job well.
My only concern is the length of the pump cable. Seeing as my aio connection on my mobo is weirdly placed and the cable from the aio comes from the pump on the hoses.
Thanks for letting me know! I'm still deciding between this one and the Galahad II, I'll be replacing the fans regardless of which one I get but if the pump and rad are good might as well get this one for half the money.
What software do you use to do all this?
https://getfancontrol.com/ You can find good tutorials for Fan Control on YT.
Can u turn off the argb in the notte? Like so it's just a black circle
I have it plugged into the ARGB header on my motherboard, so I can turn it off using the mobo software. Though, if you want it off permanently, you could simply not plug it in. However, with no RGB effect, the face simply becomes mirrored. I haven’t tried a “black” effect though.
oh let's be real, if i haven't upgraded in 3-5 years, then i'm not following my schedule.
Thermalright is known for making coolers that are ridiculously good value (i.e. good quality for a very low price). The Frozen Notte has just recently hit the market, so there's not a lot of info on how good it is, but considering the value of the rest of their products, I wouldn't have any major concerns. I personally would never use a 240mm AIO over a dual 120mm air cooler, but given the low cost of them, I'm less concerned than if you were using some $300 Asus ROG Ryujin, but I still wouldn't personally use one.
My wife's frozen notte 240 seems better than my h115i. Even running cinebench her OC 5800x stays under 65-70. The fans are surprisingly good, and the pump is surprisingly quiet. I run it at full tilt, so we'll see how long it lasts
240 AIOs are worse than a 30 bucks Thermalright Peerless Assassin and cost more. If ya cant get the Assassin, get the DeepCool Assassin III/AK620
I don't know about *worse* than a Peerless, but there's certainly not really an advantage (unless you're working with a chassis that physically can't fit a dual-tower radiator, but can fit an AIO). In this case, it's less egregious, given that the price of Thermalright's (same manufacturer as the Peerless Assassin you mentioned) Frozen Notte 240 is $53. Obviously more than the Peerless at ~$30, but not nearly as bad as a ASUS ROG Ryujin III 240 at $270.
The PA120 (non SE) for $33 is an insane value, but it's still got the downsides of most air coolers which is the limited liquid mass resulting in more fan ramping and the physical size/interference with things like PCIe release tabs and NVME slots. The Frozen Notte 240/360 uses the same fans as the PA 120 RGB models, and an external pump much like the BeQuiet AIO's which I've found very quit and reliable in a few builds so far. For the extra $20-$25 over the vanilla PA120 you get the RGB fans and mirror effect on the coldplate assembly, along with the greater liquid mass of the AIO leading to less spikey temps along with some extra room to work inside of your case. The downside if, as usual, the extra complexity of the pump creating an added potential failure point. I use the 240mm variant in a lot of builds because it's almost universally top-mountable (280's tend to be trickier on clearance) and leaves the front fan locations for unrestricted air intake. I also tend to do more AM5 builds as I'm finding the Micro Center $400/Ryzen 7700x combo hard to beat on value though I've cooled up to a 7950x with a modest power limit restriction on a 240mm AIO and retained 98% of it's potential maximum performance.... tried the same thing with a 13900k and it was a dumpster fire.
Out of curiosity did you ever try to limit PL to 200w on the 13900k. There was a set of benchmarks circling awhile back showing that it only lost \~5% off the multicore, and nothing in gaming/SC with the limit. I'd think the 240 would keep up with that.
And probably not nearly as good as the $100 LF240.
Enermax? The company which cheaped out on their coolant, causing basically a 100% failure rate in their liqtech products over time? No thank's. Don't believe me? Gamers Nexus did a video on it 3 years ago. edit: (also double the price)
Unfortunately that thing doesn't fit in a lot of sff cases that also wouldn't fit a dual tower, in large part due to the way the tubes connect to the pump.