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General |
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| Overall, the Enermax Liqtech 120X Series is a very
good product with exceptional quality and we
especially liked the manufacturing quality. It offers a really good cooling capacity
while maintaining silent operation and good
performance. |
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- Cooling capacity
- Noise levels
- Quality
- PWM |
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Installation |
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| The installation could not be more simpler, as it
is very easy, practical and pretty straightforward. With two included
Intel and AMD mounting systems and single backplate
for both, it should be quite easy even for
less technical users as every step is explained in the manual in
the clearest possible way. The thermal paste comes in a small tube
containing Dow Corning TC-5121
and is actually what Enermax is using lately
with their water and
air coolers. |
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- Easy and practical
- Compatible Intel and AMD |
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Performance |
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| The Enermax Liqtech 120X series has a very good
cooling performance in every scenario, including 7V and 12V as well as
the PWM mode. We tested the Liqtech 120X in push and pull configuration since
Enermax already provided two fans with the Liqtech 120X. The
performance did not change a lot between the two or single fan configurations
and while the Pull&Push is definitely a bit louder, we set the fans in
both Silent 600 to 1300 rpm and
Performance 600 - 2000 rpm
modes and the best result is the drop of
CPU temprature by a single degree. |
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- Cooling performances |
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| Noise Levels |
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| The pump on the Enermax Liqtech 120X is noisy
compared to other products.
Using a single fan and 7V
setting the Liqtech 120X
is not noisy at all. At the
12V setting we measured 40.6 dBA at 2'050 rpm
which is a
little noisy for our taste,
and test settings of
the fan silent mode showed us 32.0
dBA while performance and overclocked mode measured 40.4 and 40.9 dBA. The noise does not climb any higher when CPU is
under heavy load in PWM mode, which is always a good
thing in our book. |
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- Noiseless pump
- Noise levels 7V
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Noisy Dual Fan and 12V
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| Recommendation /
Price |
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| With all this in mind, we simply have no
choice but to recommend the Enermax Liqtech 120X series AIO water cooler,
and we certainly do it with a great pleasure. With price of 76 Euros, it
is a bit more expensive than the competition but considering great
performance which is almost noiseless even under load as well as the
exceptional manufacturing quality and two fans, the price does not seem
too steep and it is definitely justified. |
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- Price
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