So, if you’re ready to dive into liquid cooling with a 240mm AIO, these are our choices for best options for a 240mm AIO depending on which quality you value the most for your next build: These AIO units will slowly become available and carry an MSRP with VAT included at 74.90€, 124.90€ and 149.90€ for the 120, 240 and 360 versions respectively. Today we'll test the 240mm model, which btw gets 5 Years Limited International Warranty. Overall, if you’re looking for a 240mm AIO cooler that does the job well without breaking a sweat, then the Alphacool Eisbaer Pro Aurora 240 CPU AIO should be your cooler of choice. Its high-quality, durable components make it one of the best 240mm AIO to be ever produced, and that’s why we have chosen it as the Best High Performance 240mm AIO Cooler.

All-In-One Affordable, easy to install, maintenance-free liquid cooler with class-leading performance Since we’re talking about aesthetics, and as we’ve mentioned in our past recommendations, some builders are looking to complete a certain theme and really tie the whole rig together via color matching. The most common of those themed builds is the ‘all-white’ build, and for a long time, this meant a very limited number of choices for cooling/fans that carried a heavy price premium. But recently, more and more options are appearing that are pure white (with some RGB) and promise not to put too big a hole in your wallet. Amongst those, the best value white 240mm AIO that promises great performance while fulfilling that specific color theme build is the ID-COOLING AURAFLOX x 240 SNOW. The NZXT Kraken Z53 RGB, available in two colors, is ideal for individuals who appreciate aesthetics. The NZXT Kraken Z53 RGB is our choice for the Best White 240mm AIO CPU Cooler due to its brilliance and performance. Performance: 8/10 We loved the copper radiator of the Alphacool Eisbaer Pro Aurora 240 CPU AIO the most, as it boosts the overall cooling capabilities of the cooler. What We Disliked The same is true if you build your PC from the ground up. There will be several options accessible to you that can accommodate a 240mm radiator; thus, it is up to the user to select which cases to select. Some people prefer clean designs with no RGB, while others prefer a full-on RGB configuration. How We Chose The Best 240mm AIO Cooler?Air coolers have been the norm for a long time and continue to be so, but to a lesser extent now. Liquid Cooling has taken the lead; it is superior to Air Cooling in multiple aspects and is thus widely used instead. The coolers are also tested using Auto PWM function. MSI is using Smart Fan mode in the UEFI/BIOS which is not pure Auto PWM but it is what is available to us. The above picture shows the MSI default fan curve for the Smart Fan mode. Since all the coolers will be tested using the same configuration and settings, same margin of error applies to all. NOTE: This is a transcript of our video, for the most part, although the video has some more discussion in the intro and conclusion than found here. We publish these articles to be helpful, but make most our money to sustain this expensive operation via videos. If sharing the content, please consider sharing the video instead. For consumers who want to get the most out of their systems, the ARCTIC Liquid Freezer ll 280 is the perfect option. It is the Best overall 240mm AIO Cooler due to its great cooling characteristics, improved pump design, and the inclusion of A-RGB Fans.

There is a single 4-pin flat cable coming out of the pump to power its motor. It has an approximate length of 495mm. Likely unsurprisingly, the Liquid Freezer II remains the leader in VRM thermals at 35dBA. The NH-D15 is next, with the Liquid Freezer following that up with its VRM fan disabled -- the wider spread of the 140mm fans help get even spread across the VRM heatsinks. The EK AIO series follows that. The EK AIO 240 and 360 are within error and test variance of each other in all three MOSFET thermal measurements. Ultimately, this number doesn’t matter too much -- it’s a technical tally favoring large air coolers that cast air toward the VRM heatsinks, like the NH-D15, or toward the Arctic Liquid Freezer with a VRM fan; that said, considering we’re talking about parts that can run at 100C and technically still be fine, it’s something of a hollow victory under these testing conditions. Note that this chart becomes irrelevant if you mount your EK AIO in the front, as you’d be relying on case fans, at that point. Coldplate Levelness But if you do have nearly twice as much to spend, there is one white 240mm AIO that occupies the high-end of the pricing line-up and offers that extra oomph in terms of performance, looks, and history. If you are familiar with the building scene, you are probably reading this article and thinking, they are missing one of the most prolific companies with some of the best AIOs out there! And you’d be right, but that’s because we saved one of the best for last due to the pure beauty of their white version AIO. For best high-end white 240mm AIO, we have to recommend the Corsair H100i RGB Platinum SE. The Cooler has a 3-chamber Pump, which helps improve cooling capabilities; however, due to the availability of just the DC 3-pin connector, speed control is restricted in contrast to other 240mm AIOs, which include a PWM connection, which provides greater flexibility. This design also helps keep the noise levels to a minimum.I bought one of these to replace a low-profile Noctua NH-L9x65 cooling a Ryzen 3600G in an Alta G1M. After relocating to this new case I had space for a radiator. It reduced load temperatures of almost 85C to 60C (~25C improvement) and idle was 15C lower at 35C. I was so impressed I bought another one and actually replaced my NZXT X73 which was in another rig cooling a 5900x. With my radiator and fans in the same position/orientation it shaved off almost 20C under load when playing long games of PUBG (62C vs 80C), whilst maintaining a very similar idle temperature of around 42C. Noise levels are also very similar.