That means that only shameless overclockers will test them

Nov 24, 2014 16:08 GMT  ·  By

Overclocking records usually involve liquid nitrogen and personally rigged test benches, but if you're willing to stay within “normal” OC settings, then liquid cooling is the thing for you.

You get two options. One is to set up a standard water cooling system, with a reservoir/pump, hoses and water blocks on the CPU and (maybe) the GPU.

The other is to get an all-in-one, closed-loop cooler, which is handled like an air-based cooler but has a radiator and two pumps connected to a water block, rather than a normal heatsink.

Enermax has just released a series of liquid coolers of the latter sort, called LIQMAX II.

The second generation in the LIQMAX series (obviously), the range is composed of LIQMAX II 120S and LIQMAX II 240, with radiator lengths of 120 mm and 240 mm, respectively.

They are rated at 320W+ and 350W+, respectively, which kind of begs the question of who will even buy the latter if the difference is so small. The prices aren't known, so we can't be sure if the difference will be reasonable or off-putting.

The coolers support Intel LGA 1150 and LGA 2011 sockets, as well as MD AM3+ and FM2+ processors. Sales will begin around mid-December.

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