my air cooler just beat liquid cooling...
I used an affordable 140mm CPU air cooler in this case and it somehow beat a 360mm liquid cooler from my last two reviews. Same 9800X3D, same RTX 5080, and the exact same 40 dBA noise-normalized testing as before. But the real story isn't just the noise levels, it's what happened when I turned the fans all the way up... the Cooler Master HAF II 500 is here :) Raw data starts at 1:38. Buy items in this video from Amazon at the links below: 0:00 - Cooler Master, are you SERIOUS? (air beats AIO) 0:51 - Unboxing the HAF II 500 1:20 - The new testing methodology 1:38 - Gaming: air vs AIO 1:59 - CPU stress test: air vs AIO 2:22 - Temperatures: HAF II 500 vs FRAME 4000D vs Antec C6 5:04 - The MightyV40 fans are actually insane 5:41 - Acoustic test: full speed vs 60% 6:14 - Mounting options (front / top / rear) 7:13 - The anti-sag bracket is brilliant. Storage is not. 7:51 - Interior layout (so outdated, CMON) 8:29 - QUALITY ISSUES. SERIOUSLY. 9:10 - Design wins and design misses 9:43 - Cable management - am I a joke to you? 10:51 - Price: please sell fans only... SUBSCRIBE ►https://bit.ly/SubHWC Review unit provided free of charge by Cooler Master. This video is not sponsored. As per Hardware Canucks guidelines, no review direction was received from manufacturer. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases. Follow us for more updates! Twitter https://bit.ly/HWC_Twitter FaceBook https://bit.ly/HWC_Facebook Instagram https://bit.ly/HWC_Instagram -------------------------------------------------------------- #hardwarecanucks #CoolerMasterHAF

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