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oh yeah we're doing this again we're doing this again reading the comments finding out what people really need and we make a follow-up video guys we listen to your feedback regarding a recent investigation video where I compared air versus liquid coolers on twitter / and I'm back at it to show you guys some results after testing out the NR max Lake Tech 240 and yes I just said licked X so I'm looking forward to the comments it's a really odd name from animatics I'm not really sure why they named their coolers that way but anyways moving on now if you don't recall that video here's a quick rundown I tested four coolers two of them being a iOS from NZXT specifically the kraken x 52 and x 62 and the other two were air coolers from Noctua the Nhu 12 STR 4 and the Nhu 14 STR 4 do note that these coolers came with their own custom contact surface area that pretty much covered the entire die of the CPU and that was a contributing factor for the lower temperatures we saw when compared to NZXT offerings the lick tech 240 tr4 from NR max looks like a pretty good cooling solution for thread Ripper since the copper cold plate covers 100% of the IHS so let's find out how well it compares to the rest of coolers right after message from our sponsor check out the outstanding case of an X X open style headphones by mass drop an AEG with beautiful design lightweight and perfectly comfortable with incredible sound signature and a well rounded price to join the drop link below alright so the lick tech 240 tr4 retails for about $130 and as the name implies this is a 240 millimeter all-in-one liquid cooling solution now if you're looking for something a bit bigger they do offer a three sixty millimeter variant for an extra $20 and interestingly enough I did notice a 280 millimeter variant on the website but oddly I wasn't able to find availability and pricing on that particular model so perhaps we could expect that in the near future the radiator is 39 millimeters thick and here's a quick comparison shot to the X 62 without any fans installed it's a bit on the thicker side so that could cause mounting issues inside a standard case because if you add the fans on top of the rad that could impede motherboard installation when placed in a top mount position luckily I had no she's installing this AIO inside the air 540 from Corsair but I would still highly recommend checking case compatibility if you decide to get this cooler the two included 120 millimeter fans are built really well and they feature an anti vibration armor pads to help with acoustics the premium polyamide rubber tubing made installation of breeds and it's really flexible plus you don't have to worry about accent Elise which aren't mostly common within a hose that come with PVC tubing now what's really interesting about this particular cooler is it's custom designed water block / reservoir combination unit it claims to deliver a high flow rate up to 450 litres per hour for superior cooling performance and all of that is backed by the copper coal plate that covers 100% of the IHS unthread River processors the patented shunt channel technology enables the cold play to eliminate the boundary layer to increase coolant flow momentum and accelerate heat transfer performance I guess we'll find out how well that plays out in the results all right let's talk installation for this AIO if you recall my recent BTS episode I mentioned how I had a tough time placing the pump on top of the CPU due to incompatibility issues within the bracket and the standoffs well it turns out that the bracket can be removed completely from the pump and it can be readjusted to fit the socket so shout out to David for pointing that out in the comments because I totally missed that and oddly enough inner max doesn't have any of that info in the manual or the website so I do want to take this time to apologize for misinforming you guys regarding incompatibility issues because that's really not the case here is just I completely missed that part so if you do end up picking one of these coolers make sure to slide the bracket all the way into the pump for it to fit the standoffs now with that out of the way the rest of the installation was pretty much similar to traditional liquid coolers I use the included spring screws to tighten the four corners amount to the radiator plugged in pump power connector to the motherboard which by the way doesn't require a separate SATA power source so that's nice the included PWM fan splitter can be used to connect the dual 120 millimeter fans directly to the motherboard using a single pin and the fan speed can be controlled through the utility software that's provided by your respective motherboard manufacturer so without any further ado let's jump into the results I used Ida 60 for stress test on the 1950 X + HW monitor to monitor the CP temperatures let's kick things off at stock settings since it gives us a rough baseline as to how each cooler stack up with one another as you can see the NMX cooler surprised me with the idle temperatures around 30 degrees Celsius and it's the lowest among the other coolers under load the lick tech 240 ran almost neck to neck with the u 12s from not Toa and the NCHC x 62 but mind you that cooler features a to 80 millimeter radiator so the custom-designed copper coal plate seems to do a pretty good job keeping temperatures under control given that it's paired up with a 240 millimeter radiator but what happens when we overclock the CPU well that 240 millimeter radiator can only do so much dissipating the enormous heat output produced by the overclocked 1950 X CPU but it was under control at 4 gigahertz yielding temperatures around 74 C which is just 5 degrees warmer than the Krakken X 62 it's obviously a lot superior to the X 52 so if you're looking for a 240 millimeter all-in-one liquid cooling solution for X 399 the lick tech 240 is the one to get let's move on to some acoustic tests for this cooler do note that the fan noise was recorded just a few inches away from the case so the test might sound a lot noisier than they really should so I hope those results answered some of your questions regarding how the animatics cool are performed with respect to ncx these offerings and not to his air coolers let me know what you guys think about the anti max lick tech 240 is it something that you would look into if you consider switching to thread Ripper and you know be mindful that this is a 240 millimeter radiator and it obviously outperforms the x52 from NZXT but certainly not the X 62 from n 60 so if you're looking for an aesthetic yeah yo you should probably stick with the X 62 because it's got the RGB lighting and it's got a really clean looking CPU block but if you are looking for a compact a i/o cooler say like in the 12 to 40 millimeter radiator range pick the inner max of lick tech 240 it seems to do a pretty good job at cooling the thunderbird CPU at stock and overclock settings so what do you guys think of the anti max lick tech 240 and I know a lick tech sounds a little weird but regardless of that I'd love to hear your thoughts on this cooler and of course the performance when compared to the other coolers that I mentioned leave a comment down below any bear with hurricane axe thank you so much for watching make sure to subscribe for more similar content and we'll see you in the next one