Question about Arctic Liquid Freezer II 280

Richard62

2 years ago

I saw on Youtube that there was or is a problem with the seal behind the cooling plate, so that liquid can leak out. Arctic has produced a kit to replace the seal. Is this now solved or do I need the kit?

Donauschwabe

2 years ago

Helpful answer

I have had the unit for almost 3 years and have not experienced such a problem. In the meantime, some liquid is missing, but that is normal with all CECs, even if Arctic claims otherwise.

Anonymous

2 years ago

According to the manufacturer, the problem existed between May 2021 and March 2022 (see https://www.arctic.de/lf-service...). Newer units can be recognised by a small "QC Passed" sticker on the radiator. My cooler (purchase date 30.11.2022) has this sticker - I assume that new purchases are no longer affected and Digitec no longer has any affected units in stock.

lorenzwied

2 years ago

I have never heard of a problem with leaking liquid. However, Arctic announced 3 or 4 months ago that a series of the Arctic Liquid II Cooler 280+360 had problems with the seal in the CPU cooling unit. The cause was a faulty vulcanisation of the seal.
(see. https://www.youtube.com/watch)

Whether an AIO is affected can be determined via the Arctic website (see: https://www.arctic.de/lf-service...). Only units produced between May 2021 and March 2022 are affected.

I have such an affected unit in my system and that is why I contacted Arctic. About 4 weeks later Arctic sent me exactly the service kit that is presented in the Youtube article by Gamers Nexus. On a Saturday afternoon, I bit the bullet and exchanged the seal. It took about 1 hour and was unproblematic.

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Question about Arctic Liquid Freezer II 280

I saw on Youtube that there was or is a problem with the seal behind the cooling plate, so that liquid can leak out. Arctic has produced a kit to replace the seal. Is this now solved or do I need the kit?

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