A well-recognized presence right here at AnandTech, Be Quiet! has settled in to distinct area of interest for itself within the PC peripherals market through the years by merely residing as much as the corporate’s identify. Tuning their machine designs for minimal acoustics, the corporate efficiently expanded into all-in-one (AIO) liquid coolers again in 2016. It is a product section the place, regardless that the design of closed-loop programs is kind of restrictive, the corporate’s engineers have at all times been making an attempt to innovate and differ from the competitors. A primary instance of this method may very well be the Pure Loop sequence that hit the market again in 2020, which had a decoupled liquid pump.
Leaping ahead to the current, at the moment we’re looking on the newest AIO cooler sequence from Be Quiet!, the Silent Loop 2. That is a complicated cooler sequence that’s designed to completely maximize the performance-to-noise ratio for demanding customers. The Silent Loop 2 sequence consists of 4 coolers which might be, as is often the case, virtually equivalent aside from the radiator dimension, which ranges from 120 mm to 360 mm.
For our evaluation we acquired the preferred model of the sequence, the 280 mm Silent Loop 2 cooler.
| Be Quiet! Silent Loop 2 AIO CPU Cooler Specs | |||
| Kind | All-in-One Liquid Cooler | ||
| Dimensions | 314 x 140 x 52 (radiator with fan)
94.5 x 80 x 54 (cooling block) |
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| Followers | 2 x 140 mm “Silent Wings 3” Fan 1600 RPM (max) |
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| RGB | Sure (ARGB) | ||
| Supported Sockets | Intel: LGA1700 / LGA1200 / LGA115x / LGA2066/ LGA2011(-3) Sq. ILM
AMD: AM5 / AM4 / sTRX4 / TR4(non-obligatory, mounting-kit BZ008) |
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| Guarantee | 3 Years | ||
| Worth | $207 / €139 | ||
Packaging & Bundle
Be Quiet! provides the Silent Loop 2 cooler in an aesthetically easy however very sturdy cardboard field. Contained in the field, we discover the cooler and its equipment properly protected by a customized inner paper insert. A wealth of knowledge relating to the cooler could be discovered on the edges and rear of the field.
Contained in the field, we discovered a small however well-written guide, the mandatory socket mounting {hardware}, a small syringe with just a little thermal grease, and adapters for powering the followers. Be Quiet! additionally provides a bottle of coolant that can be utilized to replenish the cooler’s liquid if deemed mandatory.
The followers offered alongside the Silent Loop 2 cooler are Be Quiet!’s personal Silent Wings 3 premium followers. Naturally, two 140 mm followers are provided with the 280 mm model that we’re reviewing at the moment. These followers have fluid-dynamic bearings and six-pole engines to attenuate their noise output. Their most pace is 1600 RPM, an affordable determine to be used on a efficiency AIO cooler.
The Be Quiet! Silent Loop 2 280mm AIO Cooler
When it comes to primary design, the Silent Loop 2 280 mm AIO cooler is a typical AIO cooler, with a single cooling block/pump meeting and two hoses resulting in the radiator. Though the corporate claims that the Silent Loop 2 cooler incorporates a “highly effective pump”, the scale of the principle block is smaller than most.
The radiator is a typical twin go cross-flow design, with tiny fins soldered on skinny rectangular tubes and area for 2 140 mm followers. From a baseline standpoint, it’s the similar typical design that each AIO cooler is utilizing these days, as no different warmth exchanger design manages to outperform it in PC cooling purposes. The one atypical characteristic is the filling port plug that can be utilized to replenish the system’s coolant. Archetypally, such programs are thought of sealed and evaporation of the coolant to some extent that might have an effect on its efficiency ought to take a number of years to happen, however it isn’t an not possible factor to occur. Be Quiet!’s filling port offers peace of thoughts to customers that maintain on to their bought tools for greater than a few years.
An in depth have a look at the radiator’s fins reveals that they aren’t strong, however moderately they’re notched. We’ve got seen different producers experimenting with the formation of the radiator’s fins earlier than in an effort to enhance the general efficiency of their merchandise, in order that didn’t shock us. Be Quiet’s method reduces the floor space of the fins in trade for higher airflow and decrease noise.
The cubic pump block is of straightforward design, not too small however not massive both. A lot of the block’s physique is made out of plastic, with metal mounting brackets and a strong copper contact plate. A skinny cowl that seems like brushed aluminum decorates the highest facet of the block. Each connectors are L-shaped and provide a very good vary of changes.
The contact plate is machined all the way down to an immaculate mirror end. It’s sq., with a floor space that may simply cowl each CPU shim plate this cooler helps proper out of the field. The corporate does provide an non-obligatory TR4/sTRX4 mounting equipment.
Be Quiet! carried out delicate ARGB lighting on the pump block of the Silent Loop 2 within the type of a lighting body surrounding the brushed metallic cowl. For customers whose motherboard doesn’t help ARGB management, Be Quiet features a stand-alone controller that can be utilized to carry out primary visible results. For such a small, delicate implementation, the standard of the lighting is extraordinary, with no depth fluctuations or inconsistent spots throughout the body. There isn’t any ARGB lighting on the followers or radiator, which is usually a good or dangerous factor, relying on how extravagant one likes their system to look.
