Cooler Master Masterliquid ML240L V2 RGB Review

Performance

Installing the pump on our i9-9900K wasn’t too difficult. There are four small screws in the box to mount the two retention arms to the pump its self. They’re not pre-installed, as you may want the AMD ones, of course.

There are four stand-off screws the affix to the motherboard and the included backplate, and then just four small screws hold the pump down over those. It’s pretty standard stuff, but I had no real issues with it. However, I do love that pump light, as it’s just a shape, it doesn’t overly matter which was you orientate it; a smart move from Cooler Master.

As for the fans, well, they look fantastic! The RGB lighting is pretty bright and vivid considering it’s all located around the motor.

It appears there are 7 lights, one for each blade, although it may actually be 14 with one towards the front and rear of the blades to give them those slick two tone effects and transitions.

Overall though, the colours are lovely, and the included controller is really easy to use. Of course, if you want to hook up your motherboard for RGB sync, you can do that too.

Temperatures

It’s no surprise that the temperatures are pretty great, a 240mm AIO is going to make light work of a stock CPU. That being said though, at gaming loads, it was beating out the Noctua D15’s easily enough, which is superb!

Our i9-9900K is no lightweight when it comes to putting out heat, but the ML240L V2 has no issues, and still, the gaming temperatures are really good. They’re very similar to the drastically more expensive NZXT Kraken X53! Plus, at full load, the max of 82c is really respectable and up there with the best of the best.

I’ve noted that Cooler Master has had issues with loud pumps in the past, but this time around, it’s virtually silent. I just couldn’t hear it unless things were really pushed, and even then it was pretty modest. The fans were happy to bumble away at fairly low RPM throughout the testing.

While AIO’s do tend to be a little louder than say, a Noctua cooler, this is still one of the quietest 240mm setups I’ve used. It seems then that Cooler Master really have made some serious improvements!