be quiet! Pure Loop 280

[crazyeyesreaper]

The be quiet! Pure Loop 280 may be a value-focused offering, but it still delivers respectable performance. The unit is also visually appealing and doesn't break the bank, which makes it a lean and ruthless competitor that easily beats the overpriced alternatives in the crowded AIO market.

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[TheLostSwede]

Matching the radiator in some way, shape, or form to the silver pump top

Eh? The pump is the small black thing near the radiator. The silver thing is just some fancy stuff on top of the waterblock.

 

[Ferrum Master]

Eh? The pump is the small black thing near the radiator. The silver thing is just some fancy stuff on top of the waterblock.

Indeed it is .

Amusing, ain't it...

 

[FreedomEclipse]

Eh? The pump is the small black thing near the radiator. The silver thing is just some fancy stuff on top of the waterblock.

They gotta get past the patent that Asetek has some how.

On a side note It performs so closely to the Black Rock Pro 4 in many tests that going for a BRP4 is a no brainer unless you do a lot of AVX work loads. Save yourself some $20

 

[TheLostSwede]

They gotta get past the patent that Asetek has some how.

I guess you didn't understand. Read the quoted part from the review. The reviewer doesn't seem to understand where the pump is located.

 

[FreedomEclipse]

I guess you didn't understand. Read the quoted part from the review. The reviewer doesn't seem to understand where the pump is located.

And i guess you didn't understand Aseteks patent

 

[crazyeyesreaper]

I guess you didn't understand. Read the quoted part from the review. The reviewer doesn't seem to understand where the pump is located.

No i recognize where the pump is. But typos happen when you worked a 12 day then pulled an all nighter to hit an nda date cause covid means parts dont show up on time.

Thanks for pointing out the typo though even if it was dickish.

 

[Danoniero]

Meh I was having high hopes especially becouse refilling would probably make the product live much longer. I still to Arctic freezer II than. Still best AIO you can get

 

[TheLostSwede]

And i guess you didn't understand Aseteks patent

I really don't think you're following...

No i recognize where the pump is. But typos happen when you worked a 12 day then pulled an all nighter to hit an nda date cause covid means parts dont show up on time.

Thanks for pointing out the typo though even if it was dickish.

Fair enough. Not really what I'd call a typo though, but hey...
I'm not sure how I was being a dick, as the sentence read like you didn't understand the product, which was confusing, but yeah, apparently it's all my bad...

 

[dicktracy]

How’s the pump noise?

 

[crazyeyesreaper]

How’s the pump noise?

Literally first paragraph of the conclusion:

The be quiet! Pure Loop 280 will not set the world on fire in terms of performance; however, it still does quite well. It typically traded blows with the Deepcool Castle 280EX, Corsair H115i Platinum, and Fractal Design Celsius+ S28 Prisma, while being a tiny bit quieter at maximum RPM. It should be noted that the pump is mounted on the tubing, meaning there was little to no pump noise with this model. Instead, the noise users will hear is entirely related to the fan's airflow. This did give it a more pleasing noise profile, at least subjectively.

 

[dicktracy]

Literally first paragraph of the conclusion:

The be quiet! Pure Loop 280 will not set the world on fire in terms of performance; however, it still does quite well. It typically traded blows with the Deepcool Castle 280EX, Corsair H115i Platinum, and Fractal Design Celsius+ S28 Prisma, while being a tiny bit quieter at maximum RPM. It should be noted that the pump is mounted on the tubing, meaning there was little to no pump noise with this model. Instead, the noise users will hear is entirely related to the fan's airflow. This did give it a more pleasing noise profile, at least subjectively.

Then BeQuiet has an absolute winner. Pump noise has turned many people away from AIO coolers and this might change just that.
This is an entry level aka "Essential" AIO as well. BeQuiet probably has something like a Dark Loop series coming in the future.

 

[KrachB00Mente]

They gotta get past the patent that Asetek has some how.

On a side note It performs so closely to the Black Rock Pro 4 in many tests that going for a BRP4 is a no brainer unless you do a lot of AVX work loads. Save yourself some $20

Yes and no. A Black Rock Pro will emit a lot of heat into the case - plus graphics card. Usually the rest of the components do not get as hot. So it depends what kind of cooling performance your case has to offer.

 

[FreedomEclipse]

Yes and no. A Black Rock Pro will emit a lot of heat into the case - plus graphics card. Usually the rest of the components do not get as hot. So it depends what kind of cooling performance your case has to offer.

I think you just shot down your own argument because youre hardly going to squeeze a BRP4 into an ITX chassis where as you might have more luck with an AIO. Most GPus already dump hot air inside the case so that even further moots your point. hot air is gonna be hot regardless.

a lot of cheap cases have semi decent to decent airflow if you know how to pick correctly and semi decent will get by just fine unless you need to cool a nuclear reactor. I remember the days when i was cramming two 6970s and a Q9550S in a Antec 902 before the days of modular powersupplies. The clutter was horrendous and the 6970s wouldnt fit inside the case horizontally and had to be put inside the case at an angle. Most hard drive bays were populated by PSU cables or hard drives and SSDs. 6970s ran hot but scrapped by just fine.

 

[KrachB00Mente]

I think you just shot down your own argument because youre hardly going to squeeze a BRP4 into an ITX chassis where as you might have more luck with an AIO. Most GPus already dump hot air inside the case so that even further moots your point. hot air is gonna be hot regardless.

a lot of cheap cases have semi decent to decent airflow if you know how to pick correctly and semi decent will get by just fine unless you need to cool a nuclear reactor. I remember the days when i was cramming two 6970s and a Q9550S in a Antec 902 before the days of modular powersupplies. The clutter was horrendous and the 6970s wouldnt fit inside the case horizontally and had to be put inside the case at an angle. Most hard drive bays were populated by PSU cables or hard drives and SSDs. 6970s ran hot but scrapped by just fine.

Back in the days I had a q9550 and 2 Radeon cards on air cooling in a lian li big tower. Worked somehow with the upper card getting a little bit warmer than I hoped. This setup was vented by 8 fans at low to medium speeds and it worked somehow.
However I would have preferred a setup with a radiator. CPU got a lot of heat from those 2 cards and the dark rock was not that efficient anymore.

 

[Chrispy_]

I mean I guess you buy these if you're in the US and being f***ed over by Asetek, the patent trolls, but realistically outside the US you have superior, less complex pump-on-block offerings at sensible prices because there's no Asetek tax or ridiculous engineering cost to get around the patent.

Hell, you can get all-copper options like the Alphacool Eisbar 240LT for this sort of money outside the US....