Really. So if I wanted to set it to full speed then all that does cause the fans to run full speed and the pump is running full bore all the time anyway? If that’s the case that’s good to know because I’ve got 4 extra fans counting the 2 I removed last night, so if the fans die then I can simply swap them.
Here’s where I got the cooler.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/3540468814...1QoO_yZSxW&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
Overall I’d say that was an excellent deal. Although if someone needs a cooler and does not care about rgb, this version is only 45 bucks and about 10 in shipping for a nice watercooler.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/3541065454...1QoO_yZSxW&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
Overall review.
Pros
-Great cooler
-Seems to keep the 5900x under 80 during cinebench r23 and Intel burn test
-A lot cooler when doing things like gaming than coolers like the wraith prism or vetroo v5 and similar systems
-Looks nice in the case
-rgb that plugs into your motherboard and should be controllable via bios settings, in my case at least
Cons
-installation-installation was actually easy once I realized what was what
-no revision number marked on box
-no instructions in the box whatsoever
Basically if you buy one of these via eBay from their bstock, if you are a newbie to water cooling you may spend extra time hunting parts and instructions. Case in point, there are apparently about 4 revisions of this cooler. When I was looking, of course the instructions I found were for revision 4. The parts were different, so as I started researching I thought that maybe it was revision 1. However after looking through the parts, the parts I had didn’t didn’t match that revision either. I finally found guides for either revision 2 or 3 and was able to match up parts I had. Once i matched the manual I found online to the proper revision I was able to get it installed. However had there been instructions in the box then I likely wouldn’t have had to spend as much time tracking things down. Fortunately for me I’m a tech, so even though I’ve never messed a lot with watercooling once I got going it was pretty easy to get set. But for anyone needing a good cooler definitely a deal.