**Be Quiet's Pure Loop 280: A Beast of a Water Cooler**

In this latest installment of our water cooler reviews, we put Be Quiet's Pure Loop 280 to the test. This radiator is part of the company's Pure Loop series, which has been gaining popularity among PC enthusiasts in recent times. We were excited to see how it would perform compared to its smaller sibling, the 240, as well as other popular water coolers on the market.

One of the first things we noticed about the 280 was its impressive performance on Cinebench R20. With a score of 80, it outperformed our Aurora's liquid cooler 360, which actually impressed us with its strong showing in this test. When you consider the price point of the 280, it becomes even more evident that Be Quiet has done something special here.

But what about the 240? How does it compare to its smaller cousin? We were curious to see if the 280 would be worth the extra cost. And the answer is yes, definitely. The 280 is not just a slightly larger version of the 240; it's a completely different story in terms of performance. While the 240 scored 64 degrees, the 280 came in at an impressive 60 degrees. This is thanks to its larger size and ability to move more air, which is essential for maintaining stable temperatures.

But what about the fans? We know that Be Quiet uses high RPM, high static pressure fans in their coolers, so we were eager to see how they would perform. And the results are certainly impressive. The 280's fans were able to maintain a lower temperature than our stock AIOs, including the popular Corsair and NZXT models.

**A Comparison with Be Quiet's Other Coolers**

So, how does the Pure Loop 280 stack up against other water coolers on the market? In terms of price per dollar, it's clear that Be Quiet is offering something special here. With a score of over 100 points above the past mark, this cooler is certainly worth considering for anyone looking to upgrade their system.

But what about the 240 and 360? How do they compare to the 280 in terms of performance and price? The 240 is still a great option for those who want a smaller radiator without sacrificing too much performance. However, the 280 is where things get really interesting. With its larger size and ability to move more air, it's clear that Be Quiet has done something special here.

**The Verdict**

Overall, we're very impressed with Be Quiet's Pure Loop 280. Its impressive performance on Cinebench R20, combined with its low price point compared to other water coolers on the market, make it a great option for anyone looking to upgrade their system. While the 240 is still a great option for those who want a smaller radiator without sacrificing too much performance, the 280 is where things get really interesting.

We're excited to see how the Pure Loop series performs in future tests, including our upcoming test with Be Quiet's high RPM fans. For now, we think that this cooler is definitely worth considering if you have the room for it and are willing to pay a premium for top-notch performance.

WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enwelcome back to the channel today we are going to talk about the pure loop 280 mil aio from be quiet now what's really cool about this aio is it rocks twin 140 mil fans so they actually are the be quiet a pure wings 2 two of them so they are 140 mil fan they're absolutely solid they're very quiet and very efficient what i want to know is how does it stack up against this little brother and its little brother of course is the pure loop 240. now the pure loop 240 we've ran some numbers it's actually a pretty decent aio but of course we can always be cooler so let's check out the overall performance versus the 240 and other aios that i've tested in previous tests to find out how the 280 stacks up against it so so there's a lot of things i like of course like the be quiet on brushed aluminum with the white rgb going around it now it's not interchangeable as far as colors go and it is an actual water plate now what makes that different from the others is that there is no pump in that water plate it is literally just a water plate be quiet has done a interesting little thing where they add the pump inline on the lines so it's about a 400 mil aio line on these you have a pump that can produce 5500 rpm which is actually pretty impressive so keep in mind the pump is doing the pumping and then the wonderful world of the water block makes it a little bit more functioning like a open loop if you want to say like if i was to do a custom loop it reminds me a little more of that because the difference that happens then is the plate on a pump based aio makes this a thinner and not as cool product what i mean by that is you're going to have more heat in here because there's moving parts in here and usually your water plate is thinner than normal in this case they can put a proper water plate in here to reduce the temps and have your pump on the inline making that a much more efficient product another thing i want to talk about is the plate so the plate like when i play around with for example ek water blocks or any other high-end brand it is nickel plated and that gives you a beautiful finish probably won't zoom in so well there at that point but it is an absolute beast when it comes to removing heat so it conducts heat beautifully and passes it through its copper core and just looks good and it's a very good finish and just gives you that durability and longevity and it adds that really elegant look to something that really didn't cost that much money now speaking of money that's where this comes in beautifully the pure loop 280 and 120s and the 360s and the 240s they're all extremely well priced in fact i would call them more a budget aio than most of its competitors but it will compete with much of the more expensive ones as we've seen in the numbers chose the pure loop 140s and for good reason they're not a major amazing static pressure fan but they do an amazing job and are able to get the job done now compatibility with this is uh intel 1150 1151 1155 1200 2011 uh and of course am3 am4 and of course for am2 am1 all that kind of stuff going downward and they are pwm fans of course so they're gonna rev as needed they do come with the dongle to daisy chain them together to go to one port which is pretty much your uh water port or your fan port or whatever you wish to call it your cpu plug-in but anyway guys uh as we've seen by the numbers we are not playing with uh fire sort of speak when we are looking for benchmark score it came in as a number four on my or my water loops my aios and that actually includes a custom loop as well in there um it actually did really well so it did not beat the 240 weirdly but it did get close so it was about two percent uh two points between the two uh bringing it up you know alongside the deep cool game max l 360 and the corsair 100 i 240. blender temps actually put the pure loop 280 in second place next to my custom loop that was at 51 degrees and then the 280 scored a 64 going down to his little brother down the chart at 68 scoring better with four points cinebench r20 puts our fueler to 80. on top wow so the pure loop 280 is actually the overall winner beating out my aurora's liquid cool 360 which actually really impresses me um that's actually impressive i mean price per dollar i'm really impressed and then putting its actual little brother in third so actually a very impressive uh there's only actually quite a few points uh taken there so you're uh definitely getting a better bonus depending on what software you're using and of course if you're in gaming i wouldn't say you'd see a lot but definitely going to be a little cooler on the 280 for sure cinebench r20 temps of course this guy comes in third it matches actually it's a tie for second 64 degrees matching the reverse liquid cooler at 64. uh putting its little brother down in the 70s so that's actually quite a decent lead right there pass mark performance so of course numbers higher are better and we are falling short here we end up just over the 240 mil but beating it by a decent i mean well over 100 points so definitely a step up for sure and for past mark temps the be quiet 280 is in third place scoring a 60 and a pure loop 240 at 64. so a four point gain there and you can just blame that on uh you could say margin of error i'm going to say bigger radiator more airflow just just more footprint to move air so guys let me know in the comments below what do you think do you think to be quiet for its price tags is definitely a beast well i do i think that you are not going to beat the pricing and performance that you're getting out of a be quiet product at these price points it's just unmatched i think price per dollar guys you're not going to go wrong whether you did take a 280 or 240 or three i'm gonna do some numbers on the 360 soon as well yeah we have a 360. we're going to try that out too and uh we'll find out who's on top i mean let's just see what what do we got here i mean i didn't get to get a chance to get a 120 that's the only one that i would like to have tested i've never actually tested a 120 before period and it'd be curious to know what that would be like comment below if you run a 120 on the pure loop and let me know what your thermals are like and what you're running because i'd be very interested to know what that is like um my bench system's been the same bench system since i tested water coolers if they rise in x uh no overclocking no nothing everything is stock i want to make sure that everybody gets the same out of box experience when they install this which actually is very easy it's just this bracket here here screws into the original back plates that are coming from amd now uh one thing i will say uh i do have a video for this being installed and everything and a little more in depth on it i will link that below so you can actually take a look if there's something you know you wanted to see that isn't in this video where this video was just basically talking about the radiator and going over uh its numbers and what i think about it and i actually think that the 280 mil rad is definitely if you have the room to use it jump on it it's not a big price gap i think that overall 280 is better than 240 it's just because of physical girth the size size alone that is going to move air better than a 120. now i am getting my hands on some high rpm high static pressure a be quiet fan soon i'm going to put them on this red and we're going to put it up against we're going to do a third test on this radiator we're going to find out if the 240 can take the smack kick in to all my other aios by just changing the fans until that time guys we'll wait for those numbers hopefully we'll see that soon until next time thank you for watching game overwelcome back to the channel today we are going to talk about the pure loop 280 mil aio from be quiet now what's really cool about this aio is it rocks twin 140 mil fans so they actually are the be quiet a pure wings 2 two of them so they are 140 mil fan they're absolutely solid they're very quiet and very efficient what i want to know is how does it stack up against this little brother and its little brother of course is the pure loop 240. now the pure loop 240 we've ran some numbers it's actually a pretty decent aio but of course we can always be cooler so let's check out the overall performance versus the 240 and other aios that i've tested in previous tests to find out how the 280 stacks up against it so so there's a lot of things i like of course like the be quiet on brushed aluminum with the white rgb going around it now it's not interchangeable as far as colors go and it is an actual water plate now what makes that different from the others is that there is no pump in that water plate it is literally just a water plate be quiet has done a interesting little thing where they add the pump inline on the lines so it's about a 400 mil aio line on these you have a pump that can produce 5500 rpm which is actually pretty impressive so keep in mind the pump is doing the pumping and then the wonderful world of the water block makes it a little bit more functioning like a open loop if you want to say like if i was to do a custom loop it reminds me a little more of that because the difference that happens then is the plate on a pump based aio makes this a thinner and not as cool product what i mean by that is you're going to have more heat in here because there's moving parts in here and usually your water plate is thinner than normal in this case they can put a proper water plate in here to reduce the temps and have your pump on the inline making that a much more efficient product another thing i want to talk about is the plate so the plate like when i play around with for example ek water blocks or any other high-end brand it is nickel plated and that gives you a beautiful finish probably won't zoom in so well there at that point but it is an absolute beast when it comes to removing heat so it conducts heat beautifully and passes it through its copper core and just looks good and it's a very good finish and just gives you that durability and longevity and it adds that really elegant look to something that really didn't cost that much money now speaking of money that's where this comes in beautifully the pure loop 280 and 120s and the 360s and the 240s they're all extremely well priced in fact i would call them more a budget aio than most of its competitors but it will compete with much of the more expensive ones as we've seen in the numbers chose the pure loop 140s and for good reason they're not a major amazing static pressure fan but they do an amazing job and are able to get the job done now compatibility with this is uh intel 1150 1151 1155 1200 2011 uh and of course am3 am4 and of course for am2 am1 all that kind of stuff going downward and they are pwm fans of course so they're gonna rev as needed they do come with the dongle to daisy chain them together to go to one port which is pretty much your uh water port or your fan port or whatever you wish to call it your cpu plug-in but anyway guys uh as we've seen by the numbers we are not playing with uh fire sort of speak when we are looking for benchmark score it came in as a number four on my or my water loops my aios and that actually includes a custom loop as well in there um it actually did really well so it did not beat the 240 weirdly but it did get close so it was about two percent uh two points between the two uh bringing it up you know alongside the deep cool game max l 360 and the corsair 100 i 240. blender temps actually put the pure loop 280 in second place next to my custom loop that was at 51 degrees and then the 280 scored a 64 going down to his little brother down the chart at 68 scoring better with four points cinebench r20 puts our fueler to 80. on top wow so the pure loop 280 is actually the overall winner beating out my aurora's liquid cool 360 which actually really impresses me um that's actually impressive i mean price per dollar i'm really impressed and then putting its actual little brother in third so actually a very impressive uh there's only actually quite a few points uh taken there so you're uh definitely getting a better bonus depending on what software you're using and of course if you're in gaming i wouldn't say you'd see a lot but definitely going to be a little cooler on the 280 for sure cinebench r20 temps of course this guy comes in third it matches actually it's a tie for second 64 degrees matching the reverse liquid cooler at 64. uh putting its little brother down in the 70s so that's actually quite a decent lead right there pass mark performance so of course numbers higher are better and we are falling short here we end up just over the 240 mil but beating it by a decent i mean well over 100 points so definitely a step up for sure and for past mark temps the be quiet 280 is in third place scoring a 60 and a pure loop 240 at 64. so a four point gain there and you can just blame that on uh you could say margin of error i'm going to say bigger radiator more airflow just just more footprint to move air so guys let me know in the comments below what do you think do you think to be quiet for its price tags is definitely a beast well i do i think that you are not going to beat the pricing and performance that you're getting out of a be quiet product at these price points it's just unmatched i think price per dollar guys you're not going to go wrong whether you did take a 280 or 240 or three i'm gonna do some numbers on the 360 soon as well yeah we have a 360. we're going to try that out too and uh we'll find out who's on top i mean let's just see what what do we got here i mean i didn't get to get a chance to get a 120 that's the only one that i would like to have tested i've never actually tested a 120 before period and it'd be curious to know what that would be like comment below if you run a 120 on the pure loop and let me know what your thermals are like and what you're running because i'd be very interested to know what that is like um my bench system's been the same bench system since i tested water coolers if they rise in x uh no overclocking no nothing everything is stock i want to make sure that everybody gets the same out of box experience when they install this which actually is very easy it's just this bracket here here screws into the original back plates that are coming from amd now uh one thing i will say uh i do have a video for this being installed and everything and a little more in depth on it i will link that below so you can actually take a look if there's something you know you wanted to see that isn't in this video where this video was just basically talking about the radiator and going over uh its numbers and what i think about it and i actually think that the 280 mil rad is definitely if you have the room to use it jump on it it's not a big price gap i think that overall 280 is better than 240 it's just because of physical girth the size size alone that is going to move air better than a 120. now i am getting my hands on some high rpm high static pressure a be quiet fan soon i'm going to put them on this red and we're going to put it up against we're going to do a third test on this radiator we're going to find out if the 240 can take the smack kick in to all my other aios by just changing the fans until that time guys we'll wait for those numbers hopefully we'll see that soon until next time thank you for watching game over