DeepCool LQ360 and LQ240
Claims of stricter coldplate optimizations to dissipate heat from the CPU as quickly as possible are also making their way into liquid coolers. These include new AIOs with an innovative microchannel structure that could help current CPUs and cool them down to lower temperatures. DeepCool will take this on with two liquid coolers (LQ) in the two most widely used formats.
Relatively shortly after the LP liquid coolers, DeepCool releases the LQ models that bear similar external features. Radiators in 360mm (LQ360) and 240mm (LQ360) formats are cooled by the same 120mm ARGB FD12 fans, and there’s also a display on the block.
However, the internal structure of the block could be different (compared to the LP coolers). This in order to eliminate CPU hotspots, on which, for example, the core clock speed management is based. This is one of the key points that DeepCool has in the press release, and it wasn’t in it before, even with the recent LP360 and LP240 coolers.
The idea is that the microchannels, which increase the contact area with the circulating liquid inside the block, should be adapted to achieve higher efficiency. This by their design, which provides or more accurately should provide faster heat dissipation specifically at the locations with the highest local temperature within the processor. In terms of the details, DeepCool mentions, for example, the 0.1 mm channel spacing.
We can assume that the density and total area of the microchannels has increased and yet these modifications do not have a negative impact on the flow of the liquid. Or if they do, DeepCool has taken care to ensure that even so, better cooling results are achieved. That is, at least with respect to the critical areas where the CPU has the densest heat flow. You’ve already encountered similar optimizations in tower coolers such as the Noctua NH-D15 G2 (LBC/standard/HBC), or in the PCCooler CPS RZ820 or RZ620. However, in contrast to the above tower coolers, the faster heat dissipation is not achieved by the external curvature of the coldplate, but by the internal arrangement of the copper microchannels.
The liquid in the DeepCool LQ closed loop is moved by a DeepCool pump in the latest, fifth generation. Its achieved speed is specified at 3400 rpm and the 4-pole motor uses 3-phase torque.
The top part of the block contains an information panel, or display, showing, for example, CPU temperature. But apart from that, there are also other indicators with smaller font. This, for example, the CPU load percentage, the clock speed of its cores (average? Hard to say…) or the “power consumption” read from the motherboard. This could probably be a sensor which is also used for “CPU package power” diagnostics in various diagnostic applications. DeepCool has its own for this, of course, and communication with the motherboard is via USB 2.0.
Availability in stores for LQ liquid coolers is reported by DeepCool for January 25, 2025. Suggested pricing? 150 EUR for the LQ360 and 130 EUR for the LQ240.
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