Review Hyte THICC Q60 240mm AIO Review: The strongest, quietest AIO available

[Admin]

Hyte’s THICC Q60 is the best-performing 240mm AIO we’ve tested, and it's loaded with features like a large screen. But it’s also extremely expensive and, as the name implies, it’s very chunky, so it won’t fit in every case that has room for a typical 240mm AIO.

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[NeoMorpheus]

Always wondered why AIO vendors decided to stay with the 25mm thin radiators.

I’m still rocking an Artic Freezer 120 II AIO which has a 38mm rad and its going strong after almost 5 years.

I remember a custom build in a Cooler Master Elite 120, where the cpu and gpu were cooled with one 120 mm rad, which was also as thick as the one in the article.

And talking about that, would love a mod that uses this rad to cool both the cpu and a gpu.

 

[Tbonius]

The cell phone mounted to the thermal block, alone, would be a deal breaker for me. They should sell a version without it, I'm sure it woud be consideraby cheaper.

 

[Amdlova]

For me only air coolers... you can find good ones can handle 170 180w for 35/40 bidens.
Got one Sl-100 to cool the ssd and vrm all same time. On a 35w cpu gives 2°c over ambient temps.

And noise? Barely audible at 5cm

 

[Albert.Thomas]

The cell phone mounted to the thermal block, alone, would be a deal breaker for me. They should sell a version without it, I'm sure it woud be consideraby cheaper.

I agree, and I've given them the same feedback.

 

[mwm2010]

I wonder if any SFF builds will use this in the future. I think this is really cool(pun intended).

 

[LabRat 891]

The cell phone mounted to the thermal block, alone, would be a deal breaker for me. They should sell a version without it, I'm sure it woud be consideraby cheaper.

I'm tempted to tape my Pixel 4a to the top of my (dead/noisy) H100i v2...

"JUST AS GOOD"

 

[thestryker]

The design of this cooler has been interesting from the start, and I can't imagine it's cheap to produce. While I despise the screen and that would prevent me from buying it I'm not sure how much cheaper removing it would make things. The radiator is still a custom design, has dual pumps and custom fan design while the screen is just a low res 60hz panel. I'd imagine their marketing determined adding the screen would make people more likely to drop that kind of money on an AIO.

I am really glad to see something with a unique design in this market (that also performs extremely well) and hopefully we'll continue to see more.

 

[crunchylayer4]

Would like to see a 140mm wide version. A larger fan at a lower rpm should be slightly quieter. Push-pull fan configurations could also run at lower rpm to maintain similar flow to high rpm fans.

 

[rockerrb3]

We need an exact list of all the cases that will work with this cooler. The NZXT cases seem to be the most popular.

 

[Albert.Thomas]

We need an exact list of all the cases that will work with this cooler. The NZXT cases seem to be the most popular.

Well, it kinda depends how you mount it. Hyte expects that most users will front mount the THICC, and its compatible with many cases that way. If you top mount it though, that's where compatibility really is a concern!

 

[rockerrb3]

So how do you determine which cases you can top mount it in? Is there a list of them on the manufacturer's website?

 

[thestryker]

So how do you determine which cases you can top mount it in? Is there a list of them on the manufacturer's website?

You'd have to look at the case specifications themselves, but I'd bet the number that can top mount one of these are very few. It would need 84mm of clearance because both the fans (32mm) and radiator (52mm) are thicker than standard. The majority of AIOs are going to require 52mm (27mm rad/25mm fans) while Arctic Liquid Freezer II/III are 63mm (38mm rad/25mm fans) which represents the upper bound for AIOs. Arctic AIOs already have issues with compatibility for top mounting in many cases.

These Hyte coolers were definitely designed for their Y60/Y70 first, but otherwise I think front mounted is going to be the only choice that might even work for everything but a handful of large cases.