be quiet! SILENT LOOP 240mm Liquid CPU Cooler Revisited on Ryzen

Cooling/CPU Cooling by stefan @ 2017-06-13

The SILENT LOOP 240mm Liquid CPU Cooler from be quiet! is built in cooperation with Alphacool from high quality components, which can be often found on custom loops. While the installation procedure may be a little tricky for people that haven’t got in contact with liquid cooling systems before, all can be performed flawlessly if we do follow the instructions from the manual. Besides the reverse-flow pump and the 277 x 124 x 30 radiator, we do also get two Pure Wings 2 120mm fans which can rotate up to 2000RPM; this model does rely completely on the fan speed regulation of the motherboard, so we may get different results depending on the preset fan curve of each manufacturer.

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Packaging, A Closer Look Part I

In this article we will revisit the be quiet! SILENT LOOP 240mm AIO Liquid cooler, but this time on the Ryzen platform. This model was made in cooperation with Alphacool, which is a very-known manufacturer in the water cooling segment area, which has cooperated with other brands such as Cooler Master and Fractal design in the past. This model is sitting in the middle between the 120mm version and the 280mm unit and features a dual 120mm fan solution, a 30mm height radiator, one reverse-flow pump with a mirror polished dark nickel contact plate but also bend-protected tubes.

The product is shipped in a medium-sized cardboard enclosure, with a photo of the product on the top cover, along with the dimension of the radiator:

 

 

 

On one of the box laterals, we will get to see the technical information, in plenty of detail:

 

 

 

Even the bottom portion of the box contains detailed information regarding the whole cooling system, but also some extra notes on the included Pure Wings 2 fans and the reverse-flow pump:

 

 

 

After lifting the top cover, we will get to see the documentation, which is held in a transparent, re-sealable plastic bag:

 

 

 

The inside contents are carefully packed in custom-mold cardboard, but each component is also wrapped in a transparent plastic bag, for additional protection:

 

 

 

As bundle, the cooler comes with the accessories for the Intel/AMD mounting systems but also an extra Alphacool bag for the AM4 socket installation:

 

 

 

As documentation, we do receive the usual manual, but also an added leaflet:

 

 

 

The manual does inform us on the installation procedure for each socket, except AM4:

 

 

 

For the AM4 installation, we must follow the instructions we do find on the extra leaflet, which informs us to use an extra 2mm washer along with the 0.6mm one, which was provided in the original packaging:

 

 

 

In more detail, we do have the Intel socket mounting accessories, which do also include the adhesive backplate, the pump mounting mechanism and screws for the older AMD sockets, the pump mounting mechanism built specifically for the AM4 socket that is joined by the extra washers, screws for mounting the two fans onto the radiator, screws for mounting the radiator onto the case, the accessories for fixing the pump onto the backplate, an adapter cable for running the two fans off a single PWM header but also one be quiet! thermal compound:

 

 

 

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