Cooler Master Masterliquid Lite 240 Software

The CoolerMaster MasterLiquid Calorie-free 240 is a closed loop liquid cooler that costs under £fifty, yes that'south less than Noctua'south NH-U12S 120mm air cooler. It'south actually exactly the same equally the MasterLiquid Low-cal 120 that we have previously reviewed, the simply divergence of class beingness the size of the radiator and the boosted CoolerMaster MasterFan Air Rest 120mm fan included.

Speaking of the fans, they aren't the best, only that is kind of expected for a libation in this price range, it is also pretty loud considering the pretty depression 66.7 CFM.

The radiator used is made of Aluminium, with a copper CPU block which is the standard configuration for 95% of AIOs, just a few very premium options use both copper in the radiator and CPU cake.

- Radiator Size – 240mm

- Radiator Thickness - 27mm

- TDP –210W

- Weight – Not listed by CoolerMaster

- Socket Compatibility - Intel® LGA 2066 / 2011-v3 / 2011 / 1366 / 1151 / 1150 / 1156 / 1155 / 775 socket, AMD® AM4 / AM3+ / AM3 / AM2+ / AM2 / FM2+ / FM2 / FM1 socket

- Included Fan(s) – 2 10 MasterFan Pro 120 Air Rest

What'southward in the box?

- CoolerMaster MasterLiquid Low-cal 240 CPU Cooler

- two x MasterFan Pro 120 Air Balance 120mm fan

- Mounting installation instructions

- Warranty information leaflet

- Mounting hardware for all above sockets

- Generic CoolerMaster thermal paste

Mounting

We found the mounting on the MasterLiquid Lite 240 very easy, information technology actually uses the verbal same mounting mechanism as the CoolerMaster Hyper 103. You lot commencement by assembling the backplate with four bolts and 4 plastic caps to hold the bolts in place, this whole assembley them goes through the motherboard which the cooler tin can be screwed down onto using the included bolts.

The radiator placement is also very easy compared to other cheap AIOs such equally the H45, this is because the pump is located in the CPU block itself and non on the side of the radiator, making the radiator considerably smaller therefore easier to fit! The bolts that come with the cooler are fantastic, they are a standard M4 bolt but 1 end has a thumb screw part that also has an M4 threaded hole, assuasive you to screw something else into it, making well-nigh whatever fan configuration imaginable possible.

Aesthetic

The aesthetics of the MasterLiquid Lite 240 aren't it's strong point, but to be off-white it does do a pretty good chore at looking decent. It sports a very understated design which I like, it would have been a shame if CoolerMaster put some cheap unmarried colour LEDs like they did with the old Seidon AIOs. The radiator looks pretty practiced with it's fairly square design and the CPU block looks very bones with a uncomplicated CoolerMaster logo printed on the top of the round body.

The tubing is what really lets the MasterLiquid Lite 240 down, it uses some horrible anti-kink tubing that is thin and horrible, I'm guessing this is the cheapest tubing pick available and something I really think should be dissimilar, even if it ways the cooler is a few quid more than expensive.

Operation

The performance is going to be the interesting part of this review, can one of the cheapest 240mm AIOs on the market from actually be skillful and merchandise blows with more expensive models? Well, nosotros've done the testing so you're about to detect out!

Test Arrangement Specs

- Processor - Intel i7 8700k

- Example - CoolerMaster H500P

- RAM - Corsair Vengeance DDR4 16GB 3000Mhz (2x8)

- Motherboard - Asus Rog Strix Z370-F

- SSD - Samsung 860 EVO 250GB

- PSU - Corsair RM750x

- GPU - EVGA GTX 1050Ti

We performed a number of tests using dissimilar pieces of software, the software we used for stress testing were 3DMark Time Spy CPU Test, Priem95 with the Blend Preset and Aida64 CPU+FPU. Nosotros also logged the temperatures with Aida64'south temperature logging office to record the results.

We ran the tests at both stock voltages and clock speeds, and with an overclock at five.0GHz with 1.35V, in the results anything marked "OC" used these settings.

All of these tests were performed in out climate controlled test room at a constant 21°C. All fan speeds were set to normal in the BIOS, which worked fine and none of the coolers we tested had excessive dissonance levels.

The graph below shows the average temperature over a 20 infinitesimal stress test using Prime95'due south blend preset. We constitute this test to be the all-time at showing the performance of these air coolers visually due to the range being much college than other tests.

Right, and so obviously this isn't going to be the all-time performance libation, but does pack a dial, and under £l that'south pretty practiced. It performs the same every bit the MasterLiquid Lite 120 and the Corsair H60 at stock clock speeds, and in the middle of the two in the overclocked testing putting it exactly where it should be if comparing them on toll and performance.

Conclusion

For the coin the MasterLiquid Lite 240 is a decent selection if you desire an AIO that is cheap and tin can do a decent chore when it comes down to functioning. What is disappointing is the marginal gains in performance you go over the smaller MasterLiquid Low-cal 120.

Pros

- It'southward a 240mm AIO for under £fifty

- Decent Performance

Cons

- Doesn't look swell

- Fans can be loud at high RPMs