CORSAIR - Hydro Series 280mm Liquid Cooling System with RGB Lighting - Black/Gray

I overclocked my Ryzen 5 2600x because I wanted the best experience when gaming. The stock cooler had the cpu temperatures around 75c. With this water cooler, the CPU temperatures never past 45c during hours of gaming at max settings. The program I was using to measure the temperatures was MSI command center. Even the moment I would stop gaming, I went straight into BIOS and temperatures always said CPU temp. 42c. When using the PC for standard usage (YouTube, studying), CPU temperatures stayed between 32c - 37c.

This cooler works great keeps my temps down even under heavy load. It works just as good as my H150i PRO 360mm Cooler I have in my Gaming PC

I have a Ryzen 7 2700x and it never goes over 50c at max usage.

Overall great heatsink. You get what you pay for when it comes to corsair. Keeps the CPU cool even ocing the i9 by 20%.

Simple and easy to install keeps CPU temperatures very reasonable even went overclocking especially ryzen 2700x based processors, base speed of 3.7 gigahertz Auto overclock/boost to 5 gigahertz all Cores

I decided to change my stock cpu for a liquid cooler to lower temperatures on my CPU and this does the job! Love how much quieter it is.

Works great!!! I couldnt overclock at all with my stock cooler

I recently purchased an i7-9700k processor and a huge 11GB MSI 1080ti 352bit GPU. At the time I only had the Hyper 212 EVO air cooler for my CPU and two built-in case fans. My idle temps on air cooled were about 35c idle and in new games on high/ultra settings it would get up to high 70's and the max it got up to in Doom Eternal was 81c. I decided my case needed more air flow and I needed a water cooling system. I bought this one on sale for $129 right before it sold out. It took me 3 hours to install because I had to remove the old fan cooler, remove stock pc fans and clean the PC. It was extremely easy to install this water cooling system. I have a Phantek P400 case. This AIO cooler brought my max temps down between 5-10 Celsius. Doom Eternal maxed at 75 and went no higher(Ultra settings), Castle Wolfenstein 65c(Uber settings). I am using Core Temp program to monitor temperatures. I also bought two 120mm Insignia case fans from Best Buy for $9 a piece and put them on top of my case for exhaust. I don't have any other RGB Corsair fans but you can link them all together and make some great looking RGB computers. When you install the unit and turn on the computer, you need to go download the Corsair iCue software. PLEASE NOTE - by default the cooler performance is set to quiet which means the fans are on the lowest RPM settings. The iCue software allows you to choose preset RPM profiles or make your own. I made my own an applied them to the cooler. The Software also allows you to manage the RGB lighting, create profiles for all your settings, you can even set it to display a certain color when temps reach a certain level and much more. Overall, this was one product I am very happy with so far. I am only a few days in but it is working out very well. I recommend you get this if you are looking for a great water cooling system for a decent price. There are other options out there that will provide better cooling but they cost a lot more. Lastly, I want to point out that I have my fan profile pretty much on Extreme settings and with the two additional case fans I installed on top of my PC, it isn't loud at all. I am actually surprised how quiet everything is. It was much louder with my Hyper 212 on max RPM. Pros -Great Value (on sale $129) -Great cooling for my i7-9700k at 4.9Mhz -280mm with x 2 140mm radiator fans. -Easy installation -RGB on pump looks great inside case -Corsair iCue software is easy to use -It is extremely quiet. Cons -I can't really think of anything that was bad or has gone bad with the system. I don't have any complaints.