Methodology
An AMD Ryzen 9 3950X has to be cooled in various levels of power consumption, joined by 16GB Crucial Ballistix Sport (2x8GB) DDR4 RAM on an MSI B550 Tomahawk (BIOS 7C91vAB). The Asus ROG Strix GTX 1060 6GB runs in zero-fan mode for the CPU stress tests only, and a Fractal Design Ion Gold 750W serves as the power source. The whole thing is housed in the Thermaltake Core P3 as an open benchtable.
The test system runs Windows 10 Pro 22H2 (build 19045.2251). All data sets are captured with HWInfo64 v7.34-4930 – 5000ms logging, the specified temperature is derived from the sensor CPU Die (Average). Since I don’t have air conditioning, the values in the graphs are the delta between room temperature and CPU temperature. This allows a fair comparison of all cooling systems, even if the ambient temperature is different. The thermal paste included with the cooler or pre-applied is used in each case.
I determine the sound level with a Voltcraft SL-200 meter at a distance of 40cm, which operates in 125ms cycles in Lo mode. The room was measured at 33.2 dB(A), an external sample table helps with the breakdown.
Benchmarks
In the first test run, a loudness of 40 dB(A) was set at 40cm from the center of the pump and fans on the radiator, in my setup that’s 58% PWM on the radiator fans and 100% PWM on the pump:
And after that, this cooler still gets to show what it can do in terms of cooling performance at the highest speed, regardless of volume. A maximum of 49.9 dB(A) was achieved at 100% PWM and 40cm distance.
A full comparison to other coolers can be found here:
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Summary and conclusion
In terms of cooling performance, the Atmos can currently keep up with the upper echelons and even beats the Cooler Master Flux. The optics is as always a matter of taste, I personally find the complex shape quite nice. The part would be replaceable in case of doubt anyway, if you have access to a 3D printer.
Making an effort to do things like smaller packaging, less use of single-use materials and recycling of raw materials should also be highlighted again in a positive way. According to the manufacturer, the cover of the pump is made of recycled plastic and 35% of the metal has also been recycled.
However, with a price of 160€ for the 240mm variant and 180€ for the version tested here with 360mm radiator are not quite what I expected when I classified it in the middle class. The 5-year warranty and good results on the testbench make up for that somewhat, but for a fairly standard AiO watercooler, that might be too high for potential customers. At the moment, there were no actual prices at retailers, so street prices remain to be seen. Depending on how they turn out, the whole thing could become even more attractive.
The review sample was provided by Cooler Master without obligation. There was and is no influence on the tests and results. There was also no compensation for expenses and no obligation to publish.
Cooler Master MasterLiquid 240 Atmos ARGB (MLX-D24M-A25PZ-R1)
 | Lieferzeit 6-9 Werktage | 148,38 €*Stand: 19.05.24 01:52 |
 | Lager Lieferant: Sofort lieferbar, 2-4 Werktage | 148,40 €*Stand: 19.05.24 03:03 |
 | Lagernd im Versandlager - Lieferzeit 2-5 Werktage | 148,89 €*Stand: 19.05.24 01:53 |
Cooler Master MasterLiquid 360 Atmos ARGB (MLX-D36M-A25PZ-R1)
| Lagernd im Versandlager - Lieferzeit 2-5 Werktage | 167,90 €*Stand: 19.05.24 01:53 |
| Lieferzeit 6-9 Werktage | 173,99 €*Stand: 19.05.24 01:52 |
 | Versandlager: Lieferzeit 1-2 TageSuperstore Siegburg: nicht lagerndStand: 18.05.24 17:01 | 174,00 €*Stand: 18.05.24 19:01 |
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