Cooler Master MasterLiquid Lite 120 CPU Liquid Cooler - Dual Dissipation Pump and 120 mm Air Balance Fan

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So there we have it, just one month after we crowned a new king of the CPU coolers in the Antec H1200 Pro, it has been dethroned already by the Cooler Master MasterLiquid 240! Not only does the MasterLiquid have better performance, but it looks better, is easier to install, and also costs the same… a pretty comprehensive victory I would say. The FEP tubing is nicely encased in a woven textured sleeve, and tight rubber shrink wrapping re-enforces the connections made when the hoses mate to both the radiator and the pump. It should also be noted that the reason we omit acoustic/noise testing is due to an inaccuracy within the readings and method. To provide truly accurate readings, you need a lab setting with the same ambient noise on an hour by hour, day by day and week by week basis. As ambient noise can increase at different times of the day, we believe that it’s pointless providing noise testing if we can’t measure consistent and accurate data due to our office being a busy setting. Test Setup Cooler Master recently launched the Masterliquid lite 120. Today, we will be taking a closer look at it and letting you know where it stands with us here at TechX. But you're right about the desire for linear noise conversion in the cooling-to-noise chart, I should to to the reviewers about it.

To load test, we run RealBench while selecting the heavy multitasking benchmark only. We run this a maximum of 3 times concurrently and the maximum temperature recorded is taken. This temperature is deducted from the current room temperature and our final delta temperature is provided. Results The MasterLiquid 240 smashed everything in sight and topped every single one of our charts. The 120mm variant wasn’t far behind, and was only beaten on occasion by a couple of coolers with radiators twice the size!The MasterLiquid Lite was released on April 18th and is hopefully a great budget option to get an AiO cooler in your system. The MasterLiquid family is quite vast and covers you in all sizes up to 280mm. However today we are going to be focusing on the MasterLiquid Lite and this is only available in 120mm. It was just 1 month ago when we put Cooler Master’s range of air coolers through their paces, and they made a fantastic impact on our performance charts for CPU cooling. This time around we have the new range of all-in-one water coolers… and we have conducted the exact same tests to see if they can impress as much as their air cooling cousins did.

The Cooler Master MasterLiquid Lite 120 boasts a radiator made of aluminum, providing good heat dissipation to maintain optimal temperatures. The use of premium materials ensures the reliability and durability of the cooler over time. None of those changes make any sense unless the measured noise values are reliable in the first place though...Measured 45° off the edge of that fan and generalized to 1m by subtracting 12db. We know it isn't exact but if everything is measure the same way then all the numbers are correct-enough in relationship to each other.The MasterLiquid 120 & 240 are identical in build and design, with the only difference being the size of the radiator. Both coolers feature aluminium radiators, with subtle branding embossed on the side.

To test each cooler at idle, the minimum temperature is taken after leaving the PC with only start-up programs on Windows 10 being allowed to run for 5 minutes. After this, the minimum temperature with the core temperature being offset against the room temperature; thus achieving delta. Load Testing Methodology As with the MasterAir 120 CPU cooler, we reviewed last month, the MasterLiquid 120 and 240 both come equipped with dual 120mm MasterFans. Given the performance that these fans provided in our last test, I am very hopeful to see some good results this time around also. LGA1700, LGA1200, LGA2066, LGA2011-v3, LGA2011, LGA1151, LGA1150, LGA1155, LGA1156, AM5, AM4, AM3+, AM3, AM2+, AM2, FM2+, FM2, FM1Exactly how is the noise measured?It only says that it's done by a mediocre audiometer (+-2dB or so at relevant levels) and the result is "adjusted to 1m". A step in the right direction would be to use the difference in cooling and noise between fans at half speed vs full speed. Its unique low-profile dual chamber pump design features a low vibration pump for cool and quiet operation.