Lian Li has a new Galahad AIO in 360 and 240 sizes to compete in the CPU cooler market for liquid cooling, matched against Arctic’s Liquid Freezer II, EK’s AIO, NZXT’s Kraken series, and more.
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The Lian Li Galahad 360 & 240 liquid coolers took years to release, and now we’re reviewing the Galahad AIO vs. the Arctic Liquid Freezer II and EK AIO CPU coolers. These are liquid coolers, but we also have a few air coolers in our benchmark charts — like the Noctua NH-D15 and Deepcool Assassin III. Benchmarking includes thermals for the best CPU coolers (tested on AMD Ryzen, but it hierarchically scales to Intel, for the most part), noise-normalized thermals, coldplate flatness, pressure maps, and more. Tear-down coming up soon.
Learn about our CPU cooler testing methodology here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmTOJP4KOyk
You can find the written methodology article here: https://www.gamersnexus.net/guides/3561-cpu-cooler-testing-methodology-most-tests-are-flawed
RELATED PRODUCTS
Lian Li Galahad series will eventually be on Amazon here: https://geni.us/TfPDOb
Arctic Liquid Freezer II 280 on Amazon: https://geni.us/RJBy
EK AIO on Amazon: https://geni.us/d7wGzW
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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 – Lian Li Galahad AIO & Recap of Methodology
05:07 – Galahad AIO Marketing Information
07:03 – Product Internals, Fit & Finish
08:59 – Installation Procedure for AMD & Intel
12:42 – Testing Methodology Reminders
13:38 – Noise-Normalized Thermals (200W) at 35dBA
15:13 – VRM MOSFET Thermals with Galahad
16:54 – Coldplate Flatness of Galahad AIO
18:17 – Surface Pressure Map & Galahad Cooler
20:34 – 100% Fan Speed on 200W AMD CPU
22:22 – Time-to-Max Thermal Soak Time
23:08 – Conclusion: Best Coolers for AMD Ryzen & Intel
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Test Lead, Editorial: Steve Burke
Testing: Mike Gaglione
Video: Keegan Gallick, Andrew Coleman
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