Alphacool Eisbaer Aurora 240 CPU AIO, Digital RGB

I've been around the block a little while with water cooling from closed loop (evga) to a full on custom loop I built myself. (love the look of the custom looks yes, but they can be a hassle) from installing to a fitting coming loose, or anything. however this alphacool eisbaer is AMAZING. this is they very best closed loop liquid cooling system I've had the pleasure of working with. its EASILY refillable and drainable, that means it makes maintenance a heck of a lot easier to perform on this unit. cooling has always been at a good low solid level. you can also change color on it, and pump speed, I truly love this product!!

Pros: easy to setup, documentation is clear, looks nice, works really wellCons: noneInfo: setup with a newly-purchased 3900X on an Aorus Gaming M motherboard (B450); dropped it into a Thermaltake Versa H18 with no issues at all (280mm may have fit btw). There are other AIO solutions, but this was my first try and Alphacool has a good rep. Pleasantly surprised at how easy this was to install.

I had an h100i pro XT for a couple weeks, I ended up returning it because I was really unhappy with the amount of noise the pump made. In all the different modes it made a noticable humming/buzzing, it didn't perform too great either my ryzen 3800x would get into the 80s any time I put heavy load on it.Bought this, loved the copper radiator and expandable options. All the parts use G 1/4 fittings so you can re use the radiator if you plan to move to a custom loop or something. (I'm going to do that when I build my SFF PC later this year)This thing is near silent, and temps are around 7C cooler than the h100i was.For around the same price as an h100i I'd say this is a much better product. Better materials, performance, and much more flexibility.Included fans are the only downside, not that great but they'll get the job done. I used be quiet! Fans instead as I already had two I was using as exhaust.

Pump died in less than a month. Powered off SATA, so it should sping 100% of the time... But after a month, the little plastic wheel inside the block literally stops spinning and the CPU goes over 92 Celsius... Then crashes or throttles. Almost cost me my brand new computer!!. The little propeller obviously stopping and starting randomly. No timing pattern. DEFINITELY not any kind of intelligent thermal control. Just plain ole bad pump or clogged rad? Anyhow. I wanted to like it. But there was one other customer who said the same thing as me. Bad pump within a month or so... At this point it's a 5% failure rate based on Amazon ratings alone. Assuming everybody took the time to post... like I did.. pffffft.

This cooler is amazing and looks great. Do yourself a favor and buy some thermal grizzly bc the thermal paste that comes with this sucks...other than that its awesome.

great looks and performance

1 rgb fam does not work and what a pain in the ass to install.looking for partial refund or fan replacement.

The pump failed after 3 months, noticed my CPU was running at 99C and a red light was on :(