OC3D 2020 CPU Cooler Roundup

Alphacool Eisbaer Aurora 360

Alphacool is one of the few suppliers of pre-filled liquid coolers that designs and manufactures its products in-house, refusing to use OEMs like CoolIT and Asetek to create its Closed-Loop Liquid Coolers. 

Today we will be testing Alphacool’s Eisbaer Aurora 360, the largest cooler CLC that Alphacool currently supplies. The question now is how will this cooler perform when compared to competing 360mm AIO liquid coolers. 

ROG Ryou 240mm 

Acting as the ASUS-made counterpart of Gigabyte’s Aorus AIO series is the ROG Ryuo 240, an Asetek-made AIO which offers similar specifications to Gigabyte’s offering. The primary difference here is ASUS’ fan, making fan-selection an important comparison point between these units. 

 
Cooler Master ML240R RGB & ML360R RGB

Cooler Master’s Masterliquid MLxxxR series sits on the affordable side of the CLC market, with price tags of £80 and £120 respectively for the unit’s dual-fan 240mm model and triple-fan 360mm model. 

This question today is how well these coolers will compete with more premium all-in-one coolers of the same size. Does radiator size matter, or does what you do with your radiator size matter? 

 
Corsair H100i/H115i/H150i RGB Pro XT

Corsair’s original H100 is the CPU cooler which first popularised pre-filled liquid cooling, forever changing the heatsink market. Now, Closed-Loop liquid Coolers are the norm, and Corsair’s Hydro series of liquid coolers continually has changed and evolved to deliver increased cooling performance and higher-end features.  

It was only right to test Corsair’s latest liquid coolers in our CPU cooling roundup.