Although I am aware that this isn’t exactly a huge innovation, I have never personally reviewed a 6-fan 360mm AIO liquid cooler before and, as such, while certainly a surprise when discovering this fact, as you might expect, I was more than a little excited to check it out! The aio also compared to others on the market has a refill cap on the radiator to refill it with water later down the line saving you some money in the long run.

Installation of the EK AIO Elite 360 is very similar to most other 360mm liquid coolers, with the exception of the extra fan depth required from the push+pull setup. In today's review, the EK-AIO 360 D-RGB watercooler will be pitted against numerous high-end cooling solutions to see just how well it performs.

Looking to cool a Ryzen 9 7900x3D (whenever that's gonna come out as well) in an NZXT Noctis 450 case. As usual with all-in-one CPU coolers, the EK-AIO includes a high-grade aluminium radiator featuring twelve coolant channels and a densely packed fin arrangement. I also looked at my EK lga1700 mounting kit and adding washers wont matter as the way EK designs it the CPU bracket rests on the standoff so you cant increase pressure by adding washers.

Throughout testing, Load Line Calibration will be set to level 6 (turbo) in BIOS and all CPU Fans/pumps set to maximum RPM.

Often manufacturers supply a simple RGB lighting controller with their AIOs, but this is missing with the EK-AIO which is a shame and will increase the overall cost of the device for those having to purchase an RGB controller separately.

We publish these articles to be helpful, but make most our money to sustain this expensive operation via videos. I am interested in getting the EK AIO 360 based on the great review from Gamers Nexus, and it would be my first foray into liquid cooling, I just want to know from the owners who have this AIO , is it still holding up well and was it worth the investment? The EK AIO comes with a universally compatible CPU water-block, along with a pre-filled pump-res combo design for a liquid cooling solution that’s ready to go straight out of the box. Since the Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Master motherboard in our test bench is equipped with 3-pin 5V ARGB headers, we can connect the EK-AIO RGB lighting directly to this.

It has a 33,5dBA (at most speed) fan noise stage and static strain of 2,89 mm H20 = 28,nine Pa (at most speed). Both the Alpenfohn and this EK AIO are high quality built items, I have no problem recommending either. While going over the build I had issues with my current cooler and I feel likeI might need to replace it. This AIO lets me run CPU 31-32 degrees at idle, and it ramps up to a massive 45-48 degrees gaming (sic). In a very similar style to the Vardar S addressable D-RGB fans, the EK-AIO CPU block top features a frosted opaque cover that subtly disperses the illumination from the addressable D-RGB LEDs that are integrated into the pump housing below.