Cooler Master MasterLiquid Pro 280 AIO Review

1. Introduction2. Unboxing and First Look3. The Installation Process4. Testing Methodology5. Performance and Comparisons6. Closing Thoughts7. View All Pages

Temperatures

All temperature charts are sorted with lowest load temperatures at the top.

The MasterLiquid Pro 280 is a decent performer when dealing with both a stock-clocked and overclocked CPU. However, it is unable to dethrone the Liquid Freezer 240 which remains king of our cooling charts.

Acoustics

The MasterLiquid Pro 280 is nice and quiet, though. The pump is especially quiet and I would say it is actually the quietest pump of any AIO I have ever used. This is with it next to me on an open-air test bench as well – I am sure that in a case, it would be dead silent.

The Air Balance fans also acquit themselves well, giving off a mere hum when the CPU is at stock clocks. Of course, the fans do ramp up when the CPU is overclocked, but the noise is still far from offensive. I have heard much louder AIOs so in this regard the MasterLiquid 280 can be considered a success.

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