Arctic Freezer II - product alert

Nick1881 · 24 Sep 2022 at 15:31

I fitted mine today and did it the lazy way. I didn't remove the radiator from the case, just tipped it so the rad was the lowest, then used cable ties to secure it. I didn't lose any water bu still needed to add quite a bit to fill it up.

There was no sign of any gunk luckily, still glad I did it for peace of mind.

Vimes · 24 Sep 2022 at 16:15

@Nick1881 What size of rad do you have in your AIO..?
For me I used the entire bottle with a 420mm rad.

slipd · 24 Sep 2022 at 16:38

Goot my kit in the week. Anyone had any leaks yet? I'm hoping what I had was just residual...

slipd · 24 Sep 2022 at 16:41

Also, does anyone know if the coolant is (paint) corrosive or not? I don't recall any warnings on the packaging.

clone · 24 Sep 2022 at 21:40

I'll be testing mine off pc with a bridged psu as I'm not taking any chances.

Drollic · 24 Sep 2022 at 23:12

Did mine this evening. No need at all to remove rad from pc. Kit purchased around May this year. The black rubber did seem to be a fraction sticky feeling. The new longer screws were a slight pita as no pre threads once past the short screw depth it seemed.

Be very careful when installing the new copper heat plate with the screws as it's picky with alignment. Quite easy to get a minor gap on one side which would then likely leak.

Marak · 24 Sep 2022 at 23:49

clone said:
Checked mine and its not affected, but I've asked for the upgrade kit anyway as I need to pull the pump off to disconnect the vrm fan as it does my head in.

A blob of blu-tac in the VRM fan sorts that noise out.

Major774 · 25 Sep 2022 at 02:04

Got round to changing mine out this weekend. I left the AIO in the PC and it took about 15 mins to change. I had hardly any coolant loss, so I just gave it a small top up of coolant before closing it up.

Before - R23 - 10 min run - Max temp hit 83C.
After - R23 - 10 min run - Max temp hit 77C.

No issues with the previous seal, not deteriorated and still clean.

ANDARIAL · 25 Sep 2022 at 08:44

Vimes said:
@Nick1881 What size of rad do you have in your AIO..?
For me I used the entire bottle with a 420mm rad.

Says 360 RGB on the pic of his AIO

Vimes · 25 Sep 2022 at 09:07

ANDARIAL said:
Says 360 RGB on the pic of his AIO

I'm sure (?) the pic wasn't there when I asked that. Not exactly small enough to miss

clone · 25 Sep 2022 at 09:10

Rgb makes it cooler I've heard

Nick1881 · 25 Sep 2022 at 19:05

Haha, it is indeed the 360.

What is that wipe covered in that they provide? It smelt horrible.

slipd · 25 Sep 2022 at 21:09

Nick1881 said:
Haha, it is indeed the 360.

What is that wipe covered in that they provide? It smelt horrible.

Haha, yep! Mine was in the bin, in a bag, in the garage. It's now in the bin at the bus stop about 5 minutes walk away... God knows what it was but I wasn't prepared to have it stinking the place out for another week :cry:

Clairvoyant · 25 Sep 2022 at 22:14

My kit has arrived, how many screws are there meant to be. I only have 2, if that's correct what holes do they go in.

ljt · 26 Sep 2022 at 00:04

Clairvoyant said:
My kit has arrived, how many screws are there meant to be. I only have 2, if that's correct what holes do they go in.

Of the 4 screws you take out of the existing copper plate 2 are shorter. Those are the ones you replace with the 2 new ones in the pack.

clone · 26 Sep 2022 at 16:25

The two new screws are the longer ones replace the old ones with the new ones. I've just done my kit about five minutes ago, inside was really clean and not sign off the rubber degradation, but I used the whole bottle of water to top it up.

Jay Blizzay · 27 Sep 2022 at 11:49

I did this last night and managed to leak a fair amount of fluid as there was a slight gap to the side of the cold plate.

AIO seems ok although i have asked arctic to ship me some replacement fluid.

clone · 27 Sep 2022 at 11:52

That's why I tested outside the pc to make sure no leak.

slipd · 27 Sep 2022 at 11:53

Jay Blizzay said:
I did this last night and managed to leak a fair amount of fluid as there was a slight gap to the side of the cold plate.

AIO seems ok although i have asked arctic to ship me some replacement fluid.

This is my concern... I did leave the pump off for about twenty minutes after I did the service to check for leaks and I didn't see anything. I was more worried about the recess behind the bottom of the plate. It's been 24hrs, I'm going to get checking later

Jay Blizzay · 27 Sep 2022 at 12:09

slipd said:
This is my concern... I did leave the pump off for about twenty minutes after I did the service to check for leaks and I didn't see anything. I was more worried about the recess behind the bottom of the plate. It's been 24hrs, I'm going to get checking later

I think you'll be ok. I found that using the longer replacement screws it didn't sit flush so i went back to using the shorter ones.

@clone luckily i did my replacement outside the case.