A no-frills, GREAT budget 280mm AIO Liquid CPU Cooler - ID COOLING FROSTFLOW X 280 Review
Before we dive into the review, check out this gallery of unboxing and installation images. ID COOLING FROSTFLOW X 280 Rating ★★★★☆ (4 out of 5) Pros Price Paid $49.99 (pre-tax) Performance 280mm Radiator vs a 240mm radiator = More surface area and larger fans that can run at lower RPMs to achieve the same level of cooling performance Works well being setup as a front intake push configuration It keeps my i7-11700K temperatures in check even under extreme synthetic load (230-250w sustained at 4.5GHz all core) with temps staying between 90-93c. Under a more reasonable load (125-150w), temps hover around the mid 50's! Under idle, temps hover around 30C or below. Fans The included 140mm fans come with a highly compact and convenient daisy chaining connector to reduce the amount of wires to route Fans move A LOT of air. Especially at higher RPMs The fans do their job without being obnoxiously loud as well. The loudest noise they make is from pushing air through the radiator whe...