Thermalright Aqua Elite 360 White V3 Aio Water Cooling, 360 Liquid Cooling Row, ARGB PWM Cooler Fans

I’ve had this in my PC for around a month, and installed it for my r5 7600x (Ik it’s overkill but I wanted the look and ability to upgrade to a r7 in the future). It was a fairly easy installation, and it looks great. It keeps my CPU cool at under 50°C under load, so the performance is good. I keep it on the standard preset, so the fans are REALLY quiet. If you set it to turbo or higher it will be louder, but I’ve seen no need to have the fans run that high. For around $60 it’s an amazing budget option.

hunter nadzan · 2024-09-07 · via amazon

I cannot explain how effective this AIO is for how CHEAP it is. Guys, this is ridiculous. Everybody's main concern and dawg in the fight of AIO vs Air Coolers have ALWAYS been "well Water Coolers cost so much more". Dude. Thermalright strikes again. And at another unrealisticly cheap price. I picked this AIO up around half a year ago now. So wear is there realistically, but I still feel like it's brand new. I mean I was so used to seeing AIO's at the 360mm range $100+ above and this being half of not even LESS that of the price is CRAZY. Thermalright continues to expose the greed in certain companies with pricing these products. Now knowing that Thermalright locally manufactures and sources their coolers debunks anybody's claims that "oh well it's so cheap because they make others do it for them", no. They don't now. This thing has kept my AM4 Processor SO COOL for so long now. It is so unbeatable. Aesthetics are fantastic, pre installed fans with PWM and aRGB. Guys. Come on. Wow. They made installation so easy. Compatibility is very wide between sockets and platforms. Brightness is great for the fans. All of the above. Thermalright is the reason today I have such a stunning computer without ripping my wallet in half. Kings of value.

Austin · 2025-10-22 · via amazon

This might be the best bang-for-your-buck AIO in the market (from a somewhat reputable brand). I recently upgraded to the 5800X3D, which is a hotter running CPU (vs. 3700X) and my old 120mm AIO was struggling to keep temps under 70°C under load. Since I was also upgrading the case which supports top 360mm radiator mount, I decided to go for a 360mm AIO. To my surprise, I found many brands charging upwards of $200 for 360mm AIOs, which I think is just absurd. I've known Thermalright from their fans being the best value for money in the industry so I thought to give their AIO a shot as well. The AIO is very well built with sleeved tubes and heavy-weight parts. The pump housing does feel plastic-y but doesn't feel cheap. Mounting to my AM4 motherboard was really easy - just 2 screws into the provided bracket. In terms of performance, it's able to keep my 5800X3D at 35-40°C under normal operations and at ~50°C under load and hours of gaming. Fans and pump are very quiet too; you only hear some coolant swishing sound at start-up like with all AIOs. I would highly recommend giving these a try. At $55-60, even if it breaks after 2 years, you can replace these 3 times and it'll still cost you less than a NZXT 360mm AIO.

SY · 2024-05-05 · via amazon

If you're familiar with thermalright then it's no surprise this is an great value product. Used this to cool a 7800X3D in a Lian Li V100 case with great temps even under full load.

Rob · 2026-04-26 · via amazon

I needed a replacement cooler for my aging computer, and finding an LGA1200 compatible AIO was leaving me with few reasonably priced options. This cooler is a no frills replacement, but works amazingly well. The adapter hardware all fit the CPU socket perfectly and all the radiator mounting hardware fit first try. The coolant lines are plenty long, but not overly so. The fans can daisy chain for PWM and for RGB, but there is also an included fan hub for PWM if that suits you better. For cable management, I used the hub. Even on my older MOBO the RGB still connected and works fine, with a relatively close color match. Minor considerations: First, because the no-frills nature of the AIO, the pump and the fans are not connected together for PWM/Power, but the RGB's are. So you run the pump PWM to the pump header on the motherboard, the fans (or the included fan hub) connect to the CPU fan header. Then all the RGBs connect in a daisy chain. This works really well, but requires a bit of extra cable management, and in my case I needed to run the RGB cable along the coolant lines, there was plenty of length, but it took a few versions to get right. Second, I needed to turn on and set up the fan control in the BIOS, otherwise the radiator fans turn on at full speed for several minutes at each startup before the system begins gradually slowing them down. This is likely a problem unique to my older setup though, and surely any newer setup would not have this issue. Lastly, I have never used a thermal interface compound like this before, it is like very soft putty rather than grease, and I was having trouble spreading it according to the directions. I eventually gave up and did a classic "Five Dots" method which seems to have done the trick. Final Verdict: Ultimately, I'm very happy with this cooler. It is a basic setup, but within that scope, it is simple to install, incredibly versatile, and my operating temps are now back down in the mid 30's.

AdamJayP · 2025-02-17 · via amazon

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