Corsair iCUE LINK TITAN 360 RX RGB CPU Cooler Review
Meet the Corsair iCUE LINK TITAN 360 RX RGB
Corsair kickstarts a new era of CPU liquid cooling with their iCUE LINK TITAN RX RGB
Corsair kickstarted the all-in-one CPU liquid cooling craze with their original H100 CPU cooler. Now, liquid cooling solutions are commonplace, with seemingly every brand having their own liquid cooler design. Now, the era of the H100 is over. Corsair has entered a new era for the liquid cooling market with their new Corsair iCUE TITAN 360 RX RGB AIO.
For a long time, Asetek has been dominant within the all-in-one (AIO) liquid cooling market. This was mostly thanks to their restrictive patents, which led to a situation where most AIO CPU liquid coolers used the same Asetek pumps and deliver similar levels of overall performance. Now, Asetek have lost this stranglehold over the market, allowing companies to innovate with their own designs.
The Corsair iCUE LINK TITAN 360 RX RGB is the first to use Corsair’s in-house pump technology. Corsair’s “FlowDrive cooling engine”, promises users improved performance, quieter operation, and increased flow rates. Now that Corsair are free to use their own pump/block technology, the company can push forward into a new era of CPU liquid cooling.
That’s a lot of RGB
Out of the box, Corsair’s new 360mm liquid cooler comes with three pre-installed 120mm RX RGB fans. These fans are designed to deliver maximum static pressure and to operate at speeds of up to 2100 RPM. These fans are iCUE LINK compatible and feature customisable side-plates. Corsair’s RX RGB fans also feature eight addressable RGB LEDs per fan. Additionally, their pump top of this cooler features 20 RGB LEDs. This gives this cooler 44 addressable RGB LEDs in total.
Corsair’s new TITAN AIO series also comes with pre-applied thermal paste. Corsair also ships this liquid cooler with a lengthy 6-year warranty and has confirmed that this cooler will be compatible with Intel’s upcoming LGA1851 socket. It also supports existing sockets like AMD AM4/AM5, and Intel LGA 1700.
OC3D CPU Cooler Test Rig Specifications
This review is second to use our new CPU cooler test rig. This new PC has a newer, hotter-running, CPU, a more power-hungry graphics card, and a cooling layout that is common for today’s gaming PCs. Simply put, we have moved to more modern hardware so that we can better test modern CPU cooling solutions. See the full specifications of this system below.
CPU: Intel i5-14600K @1.27V (Fixed)
Motherboard: ASUS ROG Strix Z790-E Gaming WIFI
Case: Custom Lian Li O11 EVO XL
Memory: G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo DDR5-6000 32GB (2x16GB)
GPU: Sapphire RX 7900 GRE Nitro+
PSU: be quiet Dark Power 1,000W
Fans: 4x be quiet Silent Wings 4 fans
Replaceable AIO modules using “CapSwap”
One interesting aspect of Corsair’s new TITAN series of CPU liquid coolers it is replaceable tops. Thanks to Corsair’s “CapSwap” tech, users can give their CPU coolers a new looks with alternative cap designs. One of these designs gives the cooler a new patterned top. Another adds an LCD screen into the mix, and another adds a VRM fan to the AIO. In time, more AIO tops may become available, giving users of Corsair’s new AIOs many options that can change the look and functionality of their PCs.
The first custom top from Corsair offers a look that is reminiscent of Elgato’s sound-deadening “Wave Panels”. Since Elgato is a Corsair-owned company, it makes sense for Corsair to create a product with a similar aesthetic. While it adds no new functions to Corsair’s new Titan AIOs, it does give users a very different aesthetic.
Next up we have Corsair’s VRM fan top option. This adds a new fan to Corsair’s new AIO CPU liquid cooler to deliver more VRM airflow. Modern motherboards are designed with AIO CPU liquid coolers in mind, so this added fan isn’t entirely necessary. That said, if you are concerned about your VRM temps under heavy loads, so added airflow can’t hurt.
Lastly, we have Corsair’s new iCUE LINK LCD screen upgrade. This add-on features a 2.1-inch IPS LCD screen that can display CPU thermals, GIFs, static images, and more. It can easily be controlled using Corsair’s iCUE software and operates at 30 FPS. The screen features a 480×480 resolution, and had a bright 600cd/m2 backlight.
