[section_title title=”Closer Look”]Closer Look
Taking an overall look at the cooler in its full entirety, we have the radiator which operates in push/pull configuration as standard, the thick and durable rubber tubing and the CPU block itself. If you didn’t have enough room available, you could use just 1 of the fans to make it thinner; which would then make it approximately 72mm thick.
Here is a closer look at the Liqtech radiator and as you can see, the fan is attached via 4 x Philips head screws. Aside from the red mounting beams across each side of the fan mounting bracket, the fan’s themselves are full black and don’t feature any illumination.
To connect the fans to either a fan controller or a motherboard fan header, the Liqtech has an included 2 way fan splitter which is braided with a very nice black braid. It not only adds an extra dimension of quality to the cooler but it also adds an aesthetically pleasing aspect too.
With both 120mm fans installed, the Enermax Liqtech 120X is 97mm in diameter which is very thick; this is due to the double thick 120mm design that Enermax have implemented which should enhance cooling capability compared to normal sized 120mm radiators. As previously mentioned, you could just run the cooler in push or pull and reduce the overall size of the cooler; this is handy if you don’t have enough room in your case for the full 97mm.
Connecting the radiator to the actual CPU block is the thick black and durable rubber tubing which allows the coolant to flow through the entire cooler and dissipate the heat from the CPU block out into the radiator; this is where the fans do their job by blowing air over the fins.
The actual 120mm fans have a switch which allows you to change between 3 different speed settings:
600-1300rpm
600-2000rpm
600-2500rpm
This allows users to get the right balance for their setup in terms of cooling performance and noise; this is something I wish most cooler manufacturers would think about implementing that type of design on their coolers.
Last but not least, we have the full aluminium CPU block which does feature a copper plated heat exchanger plate; this is designed to dissipate the heat from the processor in an efficient and effective manner. Also in view are the 4 clips which allow the block itself to be mounted onto the processor/motherboard.
