**Liquid Cooler Review: Don't Buy This!**

I've got a liquid cooler here that's supposed to be an all-in-one (AIO) cooling solution for your computer, but let me tell you, it's not exactly the strongest point of this design. First, the fan is kind of flimsy and doesn't seem like a high-performance fan. It's also really loud, which might be a problem for some people.

But hey, at least we've got all the mounting gear available, so you can pretty much mount this cooler to anything. Although, I wouldn't recommend mounting it on an X299 platform considering the results that you'll see later.

Now, let's get to the actual cooler itself, which is... well, a big block of something. It's got someone's hair on it with butts, so yeah, there we go. This is the up here design, and it's actually not a bad looking pump design. But right off the bat, the tubing doesn't look like the highest quality tubing and it's got a bunch of marks and stuff on it.

And then when looking at the radiator, it's a fairly thin radiator - it's not huge, so it's this is gonna be on the entry level of performance for for an AIO. Yeah, so let's get it installed in the system and see how it performs.

**Thermal Paste Test**

Now, here's a quick look at the thermal paste that comes bundled with the cooler, but I'm also going to test some better thermal paste to see how much of a difference it makes. You know, just for kicks.

**Performance Test**

Now let's have a look at how the cooler actually performs. I've attached it to an i5 7600k overclocked to 4.6 gigahertz and I'm going to compare this cooler against a Cryo RIG H7. Now, on the surface seems like a really unfair comparison, but as you'll see from the results it kind of wasn't.

Before we get into the actual benchmarks, let me just get some housekeeping out of the way. I did each test for 30 minutes on IDA 64 stressing the CPU and the cache, and I did the first test with the stock cooler and the stock thermal paste with the front panel of the NZXT s340 on and off.

I did the same thing for the Cryo RIG H7. Now, the tests that I did aside from just the normal stock configuration with the front panel on and off, I also tested it with EK thermal paste which made a bit of a difference. And then I also replaced the stock fan with a Noctua NF F12 which is like a proper Manley fan to see how much of a difference that would make.

**Benchmarks**

Now, with all of that out of the way, let's have a look at the benchmarks and see how it did. Benchmarks thermals I guess...

This didn't perform well at all! In the stock configuration, the H7 beats it by a couple of degrees, which is terrible - like really bad. Removing the front panel makes a little bit of a difference, but not enough to justify not having the front panel there.

Then when you change the thermal paste out, it makes a three-degree difference, which is fairly big. And then changing to the Noctua fan barely made any difference; it was about two degrees, which is less than I would have thought to be honest.

**Acoustics**

And that brings me to a conclusion which is fairly straightforward: don't buy this liquid cooler! I kind of knew that was gonna be the case going into this review or into this video. You can buy a Cryo RIG H7 for less money, and it actually performs better in its stock configuration because let's face it - are you really gonna spend $20 on a fan for a $40 AIO?

Just buy a better AIO or a better air cooler; like it's just kind of not worth it at all. So, buy a Cryo RIG H7 and save yourself the worry of having an AIO that might at some point die and destroy your entire system.

And just like that, we're finished! If you liked the video, do like and subscribe to the channel for more videos like this one, and until the next one bye!

WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhello and welcome my name is David and this is the channel where I do tech stuff and today I'm going to be looking at the cheapest all-in-one liquid cooler that you can buy on Amazon and I'm gonna tell you by the end of this video whether or not it's actually worth it spending the forty three dollars in taking the risk on potentially dousing your components in water and we're gonna start off the whole process with a good old-fashioned unboxing but first so let's unbox the cheap and cheerful beast well I don't know that it's a beast yet in case we'll find that out now the first thing that'll catch you about the box is the very plain design with a really well placed barcode right over the branding if you turn the box around here you can see it's called up here design which is something I've never heard of before and I don't think they make anything else as far as I know so yeah let's see how they do with this super cheap AIO if you open the box you can see that well it actually comes with with quite a bit of packing material and I think it should should be safe and shipping yeah let's let's have a look at the fan this plastic ring is actually attached to the fan blades and yeah there's a huge gap between the fan blades and the actual kind of body of the fan or the side of the fan and then the LEDs are kind of in the room there so I think this fan is gonna be one of the weaker points of the design of this thing because it doesn't seem like a very high-performance fan it's really flimsy again here we've got all the mounting gear let's see what we actually have available now you can mount this cooler to pretty much anything although I really wouldn't recommend mounting it on an X 299 platform considering the results that you'll see later let's get to the actual cooler itself which is in here and is hopefully not too difficult there we go and here is the actual cooler if packaging off it's quite a big block that is it's got someone's hair on it with butts oh yeah here we go this is the up here design it's actually not a very bits not a bad looking pump design actually but right off the bat the tubing doesn't look like the highest quality tubing and it's actually got a bunch of marks and stuff on it and then when looking at the radiator it's a fairly thin radiator it's not huge so it's this is gonna be on the entry level of performance for for an AI oh yeah so let's get it installed in the system and see how it performs now here's a quick look at the thermal paste that comes bundled with the cooler but I'm also going to test some better thermal paste to see how much of a difference it makes you now let's have a look at how the cooler actually performs now I've attached it to an i-5 7600 k overclocked to 4.6 gigahertz I'm going to compare this cooler against a cryo rig h7 which on the surface seems like a really unfair comparison but as you'll see from the results it kind of wasn't now before we get into the actual benchmarks let me just get some housekeeping out of the way I did each test for 30 minutes on IDA 64 stressing the CPU and the cache and I did the first test with the stock cooler and the stock thermal paste with the front panel of the NZXT s340 on and off I did the same thing for the cryo rig h7 now the tests that I did aside from just the normal stock configuration with the front panel on and off I also tested it with ek thermal paste which made a bit of a difference and then I also replaced the stock fan with a Noctua NF f12 which is like a proper Manley fan to see how much of a difference that would make now with all of that out of the way let's have a look at the benchmarks and see how it did benchmarks thermals I guess now that didn't perform well at all like in the stock configuration the h7 beats it by a couple of degrees which is terrible that's like really bad removing the front panel makes a little bit of a difference but not enough to justify not having the front panel there then when you change the thermal paste out it makes a three degree difference which is fairly big and then changing to the Noctua fan barely made any difference it was about two degrees which is less than I would have thought to be honest and now just to briefly mention the actual acoustics of this cooler this is one of its strongest points it's actually not that loud even with this stock fan which looks terrible and it looks like it would be really noisy but it really isn't and that brings me to a conclusion which is fairly straightforward don't buy this liquid cooler I kind of knew that was gonna be the case going into this review or into this video but you can buy a cryo rig h7 for less money it actually performs better in its stock configuration because let's face it are you really gonna spend $20 on a fan for a $40.00 AIO just buy a better a IO or a better air cooler like it's just kind of not worth it at all so buy a cryo rig h7 and save yourself the worry of having an AI oh that might at some point die and destroy your entire system and just like that we're finished if you liked the video do like and subscribe to the channel for more videos like this one and until the next one byehello and welcome my name is David and this is the channel where I do tech stuff and today I'm going to be looking at the cheapest all-in-one liquid cooler that you can buy on Amazon and I'm gonna tell you by the end of this video whether or not it's actually worth it spending the forty three dollars in taking the risk on potentially dousing your components in water and we're gonna start off the whole process with a good old-fashioned unboxing but first so let's unbox the cheap and cheerful beast well I don't know that it's a beast yet in case we'll find that out now the first thing that'll catch you about the box is the very plain design with a really well placed barcode right over the branding if you turn the box around here you can see it's called up here design which is something I've never heard of before and I don't think they make anything else as far as I know so yeah let's see how they do with this super cheap AIO if you open the box you can see that well it actually comes with with quite a bit of packing material and I think it should should be safe and shipping yeah let's let's have a look at the fan this plastic ring is actually attached to the fan blades and yeah there's a huge gap between the fan blades and the actual kind of body of the fan or the side of the fan and then the LEDs are kind of in the room there so I think this fan is gonna be one of the weaker points of the design of this thing because it doesn't seem like a very high-performance fan it's really flimsy again here we've got all the mounting gear let's see what we actually have available now you can mount this cooler to pretty much anything although I really wouldn't recommend mounting it on an X 299 platform considering the results that you'll see later let's get to the actual cooler itself which is in here and is hopefully not too difficult there we go and here is the actual cooler if packaging off it's quite a big block that is it's got someone's hair on it with butts oh yeah here we go this is the up here design it's actually not a very bits not a bad looking pump design actually but right off the bat the tubing doesn't look like the highest quality tubing and it's actually got a bunch of marks and stuff on it and then when looking at the radiator it's a fairly thin radiator it's not huge so it's this is gonna be on the entry level of performance for for an AI oh yeah so let's get it installed in the system and see how it performs now here's a quick look at the thermal paste that comes bundled with the cooler but I'm also going to test some better thermal paste to see how much of a difference it makes you now let's have a look at how the cooler actually performs now I've attached it to an i-5 7600 k overclocked to 4.6 gigahertz I'm going to compare this cooler against a cryo rig h7 which on the surface seems like a really unfair comparison but as you'll see from the results it kind of wasn't now before we get into the actual benchmarks let me just get some housekeeping out of the way I did each test for 30 minutes on IDA 64 stressing the CPU and the cache and I did the first test with the stock cooler and the stock thermal paste with the front panel of the NZXT s340 on and off I did the same thing for the cryo rig h7 now the tests that I did aside from just the normal stock configuration with the front panel on and off I also tested it with ek thermal paste which made a bit of a difference and then I also replaced the stock fan with a Noctua NF f12 which is like a proper Manley fan to see how much of a difference that would make now with all of that out of the way let's have a look at the benchmarks and see how it did benchmarks thermals I guess now that didn't perform well at all like in the stock configuration the h7 beats it by a couple of degrees which is terrible that's like really bad removing the front panel makes a little bit of a difference but not enough to justify not having the front panel there then when you change the thermal paste out it makes a three degree difference which is fairly big and then changing to the Noctua fan barely made any difference it was about two degrees which is less than I would have thought to be honest and now just to briefly mention the actual acoustics of this cooler this is one of its strongest points it's actually not that loud even with this stock fan which looks terrible and it looks like it would be really noisy but it really isn't and that brings me to a conclusion which is fairly straightforward don't buy this liquid cooler I kind of knew that was gonna be the case going into this review or into this video but you can buy a cryo rig h7 for less money it actually performs better in its stock configuration because let's face it are you really gonna spend $20 on a fan for a $40.00 AIO just buy a better a IO or a better air cooler like it's just kind of not worth it at all so buy a cryo rig h7 and save yourself the worry of having an AI oh that might at some point die and destroy your entire system and just like that we're finished if you liked the video do like and subscribe to the channel for more videos like this one and until the next one bye