TRYX Panorama ARGB 360 CPU Cooler Review
Meet the TRYX Panorama 360 ARGB
TRYX are here to rock the CPU market with their new Panorama series of CPU liquid coolers
Recently, we have been spending time testing hardware from new brands. Last month, we tested our first case from HAVN, and earlier this week, we had a look at a new case from APNX. Today, we are looking at our first product from TRYX, and it is impressive.
Before we start pondering why all new PC brands seem to have four-letter names, let’s discuss the unique selling point of TRYX’s new Panorama CPU cooler. It’s L-shaped screen!
If you have been to a major city recently, you will probably have seen a panoramic advertising screen. TRYX has taken this concept and brought it to the PC. In doing so, they have created something unique. Yes, we have seen screens on liquid coolers before, but have we seen a panoramic screen with pseudo-3d effects? No!
This screen alone gives the TRYX Panorama series a WOW factor that no other cooler has. Furthermore, TRYX has backed up this tech with high-end cooling to ensure that the Panorama both looks good and delivers excellent cooling performance.
The TRYX Panorama has a larger and sharper screens that its peers
With a 6.5-inch AMOLED screen and a 2K resolution, the TRYX Panorama stands above most LCD-clad liquid cooling solutions. It’s high resolution screen delivers sharper visuals, and its 60Hz support enables smooth playback for video and other content.
As mentioned before, this screen can deliver anamorphic 3D effects when playing the right video files. This is a feature that is unique to the Panorama series of CPU coolers, giving the series a neat party trick.
Alternatively, Panorama users can treat this curved screen as two individual screens. This gives users the ability to showcase two images, GIFs of videos. It also gives users plenty of space to showcase system information.
TRYX’s KANALI software
Users control their Panorama coolers using TRYX’s KANALI software. This can be used to control the screen of your liquid cooler, and its integrated VRM fan. Users can showcase system information on this displays, including CPU/GPU thermals, system frequencies, usage data, and more. Note that only three items can be shown at once, at least on the current version of KANALI.
While KANALI has its own 3D content library, the content in this library is a little limited. Users can add their own videos, images and GIFs to display, but the omission of GIPHY support is a little annoying. Easy access to GIFs and other content would have been a neat feature. That said, GIPHY doesn’t often give users images that a high-res enough to make use of the Panorama’s screen.
Overall, I feel that TRYX’s Panorama software feels “early”. It could do with some additional polish and a few extra options. A larger 3D content library would be good, as would support for GIF-finding tools. Having to download your own GIFs and upload them is a tedious process. These are petty quibbles, but something that TRYX should note. We expect this software to get better over time.
OC3D CPU Cooler Test Rig Specifications
This review was made using OC3D’s static CPU cooler test rig. This new PC has a newer, hotter-running CPU than its predecessor. Furthermore, it has a more power-hungry graphics card and a cooling layout that is more common for today’s gaming PCs. Simply put, we have moved to more modern hardware to 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
