It was just 1 month ago when we put Cooler Master’s range of air coolers through their paces, and they made a fantastic impact on our performance charts for CPU cooling. This time around we have the new range of all-in-one water coolers… and we have conducted the exact same tests to see if they can impress as much as their air cooling cousins did. It should also be noted that the reason we omit acoustic/noise testing is due to an inaccuracy within the readings and method. To provide truly accurate readings, you need a lab setting with the same ambient noise on an hour by hour, day by day and week by week basis. As ambient noise can increase at different times of the day, we believe that it’s pointless providing noise testing if we can’t measure consistent and accurate data due to our office being a busy setting. Test Setup To load test, we run RealBench while selecting the heavy multitasking benchmark only. We run this a maximum of 3 times concurrently and the maximum temperature recorded is taken. This temperature is deducted from the current room temperature and our final delta temperature is provided. Results Following the superb performance of the new Cooler Master air coolers last month, I was really hoping that the liquid variants of the Master range would be equally as impressive… and I wasn’t disappointed! Better to just run the provided fan at higher speed since the increase in noise is much lower than could be expected...

The Cooler Master MasterLiquid Lite 120 boasts a radiator made of aluminum, providing good heat dissipation to maintain optimal temperatures. The use of premium materials ensures the reliability and durability of the cooler over time. A step in the right direction would be to use the difference in cooling and noise between fans at half speed vs full speed. So there we have it, just one month after we crowned a new king of the CPU coolers in the Antec H1200 Pro, it has been dethroned already by the Cooler Master MasterLiquid 240! Not only does the MasterLiquid have better performance, but it looks better, is easier to install, and also costs the same… a pretty comprehensive victory I would say. Both 120mm and 240mm variants of the MasterLiquid feature the same accessories inside the box, including the number of fans supplied… with the 120mm variant also coming with 2 MasterFans for push/pull configuration.None of those changes make any sense unless the measured noise values are reliable in the first place though...

Both units as a whole though look very nice, and the materials throughout feel of excellent quality. The mounting design is one of the best we have seen, and fitting couldn’t be simpler. Value With the results we have witnessed, I find it difficult to see how these will be beaten… and because of this, and taking into account everything else above, the MasterLiquid AIO water coolers receive the Play3r Platinum award. The simple fact is that these two MasterLiquid products are the best CPU coolers we have ever tested here at Play3r. The 120mm variant is beaten in a couple of the tests, but only by coolers boasting 240mm radiators. The MasterLiquid 240 sits proudly at the top of every single chart, and it will take something very special indeed to budge it from its position of the king of CPU coolers. Design

The MasterLiquid 120 & 240 are identical in build and design, with the only difference being the size of the radiator. Both coolers feature aluminium radiators, with subtle branding embossed on the side. The MasterLiquid Lite was released on April 18th and is hopefully a great budget option to get an AiO cooler in your system. The MasterLiquid family is quite vast and covers you in all sizes up to 280mm. However today we are going to be focusing on the MasterLiquid Lite and this is only available in 120mm.

To test each cooler at idle, the minimum temperature is taken after leaving the PC with only start-up programs on Windows 10 being allowed to run for 5 minutes. After this, the minimum temperature with the core temperature being offset against the room temperature; thus achieving delta. Load Testing Methodology Also, boasting about their ultra low-profile dual chamber technology in their pumps we look forward to seeing the performance results on this unit. But you're right about the desire for linear noise conversion in the cooling-to-noise chart, I should to to the reviewers about it.As with the MasterAir 120 CPU cooler, we reviewed last month, the MasterLiquid 120 and 240 both come equipped with dual 120mm MasterFans. Given the performance that these fans provided in our last test, I am very hopeful to see some good results this time around also. LGA1700, LGA1200, LGA2066, LGA2011-v3, LGA2011, LGA1151, LGA1150, LGA1155, LGA1156, AM5, AM4, AM3+, AM3, AM2+, AM2, FM2+, FM2, FM1

The Cooler Master MasterLiquid Lite 120 is a CPU cooler designed to efficiently cool down computer processors. With a weight of 870 grams, a width and depth of 62 millimeters, and a height of 36.4 millimeters, this cooler is compact and lightweight. Exactly how is the noise measured?It only says that it's done by a mediocre audiometer (+-2dB or so at relevant levels) and the result is "adjusted to 1m". None of those changes make any sense unless the measured noise values are reliable in the first place though...Measured 45° off the edge of that fan and generalized to 1m by subtracting 12db. We know it isn't exact but if everything is measure the same way then all the numbers are correct-enough in relationship to each other. Its unique low-profile dual chamber pump design features a low vibration pump for cool and quiet operation.Cooler Master recently launched the Masterliquid lite 120. Today, we will be taking a closer look at it and letting you know where it stands with us here at TechX. The FEP tubing is nicely encased in a woven textured sleeve, and tight rubber shrink wrapping re-enforces the connections made when the hoses mate to both the radiator and the pump. The MasterLiquid 240 smashed everything in sight and topped every single one of our charts. The 120mm variant wasn’t far behind, and was only beaten on occasion by a couple of coolers with radiators twice the size!