Review Thermalright Grand Vision 360 Review: It’s not a competition, it is a massacre (again)

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Thermalright’s Grand Vision 360 is a surprisingly strong AIO cooler. Check out the review for our results with Intel’s i7-14700K and Core Ultra 9 285K CPUs.

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[Kindaian]

Remove the screen, remove the RGB and add a temperature sensor connection for the motherboard, and you will have a winner.

As an option, add a mount faring for the space of a card connection or a standard fan mount (to increase the number of boxes it is compatible with.

And then you can take my money!

 

[SparklyIO]

I have a big-swing request: would you include in this and future reviews if the manufacturer has Linux compatible software for their features, like screen and fan curve? I assume these reviews are done on a windows OS (even stating that would help). Or, at least, report how everything works with no software customization installed (with only defaults?). TY!

 

[thestryker]

It's always good to see affordable top performers. Thermalright seems to have several pretty interesting options in the AIO space.

I wish they would do a version with a fan on top instead of the screen. I'm not sure it would be enough for what I want (DRAM airflow*) but it would probably maintain airflow around SSD and VRM. Silverstone's IceMyst is the most interesting option here to date from what I've seen.

The Thermalright website says 5 year warranty on the pump so I'm wondering if the packaging indicated something different.

*Nobody seems to have done much in this category (unless you're liquid cooling DRAM). They're all basically just takes on the old Corsair DRAM cooler where you strap a couple of fans on a bracket above the memory.

fan curve

The fans are just PWM controlled and have separate connectors for PWM and ARGB so this should be able to be controlled vendor agnostic. I think whether or not there is Linux support and how it works without software are both great ideas.

 

[Albert.Thomas]

I have a big-swing request: would you include in this and future reviews if the manufacturer has Linux compatible software for their features, like screen and fan curve? I assume these reviews are done on a windows OS (even stating that would help). Or, at least, report how everything works with no software customization installed (with only defaults?). TY!

Thanks for pointing this out, I'm hoping that Linux becomes more mainstream in the near future. I'll definitely consider this and see if I can find confirmation of Linux support for future reviews.

 

[Albert.Thomas]

add a temperature sensor connection for the motherboard

Are you wanting to have the cooler operate according to a motherboard sensor? I'm curious to understand the logic behind this request.

 

[YSCCC]

Am using their frozen edge 360 for a month and a half, tamed the 14900k perfectly with peak during R23 <80C with room temp 24C.

TR always get top tier performance at half price or lower... The only question is unlike air coolers where it basically just won't fail except the fans, I wonder how long will it work or if it will have permeasion issues quicker than competition

 

[Cbedoya94]

Would love to see the comparison between the 240 version and the peerless assassin 140

 

[m3city]

No comparison to stock/entry level air cooler.

 

[thestryker]

No comparison to stock/entry level air cooler.

• There is no stock cooler for higher end processors
• the 285K is a new platform so testing is limited so far, but the Uphere C5C does show up on some of the gaming charts and it's sub $20
• the 14700K charts have the Thermalright Assassin X 120 Refined SE listed and it's under $20.

 

[aberkae]

Why does the lianli GA trinity performance come up o 1 chart but removed from rest?

 

[thestryker]

Why does the lianli GA trinity performance come up o 1 chart but removed from rest?

I believe it's only in the noise chart because it represents worst case scenario. It was tested on the 13700K platform and hasn't been retested on the newer ones. Albert had a move last year which limited retesting and what could be brought along so I'm not sure a retest on that cooler is possible.

 

[Albert.Thomas]

No comparison to stock/entry level air cooler.

Thermalright's Assassin X 120 R SE is in the noise normalized chart, UpHere's C5C is in the last two charts : it doesn't get more entry level than that.

 

[Albert.Thomas]

I believe it's only in the noise chart because it represents worst case scenario. It was tested on the 13700K platform and hasn't been retested on the newer ones. Albert had a move last year which limited retesting and what could be brought along so I'm not sure a retest on that cooler is possible.

This is the correct answer.

 

[WonkoTheSaneUK]

I have a big-swing request: would you include in this and future reviews if the manufacturer has Linux compatible software for their features, like screen and fan curve? I assume these reviews are done on a windows OS (even stating that would help). Or, at least, report how everything works with no software customization installed (with only defaults?). TY!

Thanks for pointing this out, I'm hoping that Linux becomes more mainstream in the near future. I'll definitely consider this and see if I can find confirmation of Linux support for future reviews.

Might be worth keeping an eye on the "liquidctl" project on GitHub. This is basically the OpenRGB of water cooling.
https://github.com/liquidctl/liquidctl

 

[Mustard_Tiger]

Might be a long shot here, but wanted to know if its possible to mount the Thermalright Grand vision on the side of a case, where the tubes connecting to the rad are positioned at the top? or is the only option for this AIO top mounting?

 

[thestryker]

Might be a long shot here, but wanted to know if its possible to mount the Thermalright Grand vision on the side of a case, where the tubes connecting to the rad are positioned at the top? or is the only option for this AIO top mounting?

Generally speaking you don't want to mount any AIO with the tubes at the top. This will cause more air bubbles to get into the loop than you'd usually want. Ideally you'd want to mount it with the tubes at the bottom. That being said I'm not sure the tubes on this one would be long enough for that.

 

[FLGamer]

Just put this cooler in my build. Keeps my i7-12700k very cool. 24c at idle, hottest it gets under stress test is 57c. Installation went smooth and works as it should with one small exception. When I use the TCC software and select any of the images out of the gallery tab it will not load onto the LCD. It says "downloading" in the top right but does nothing after that.

Not a big deal, im running a custom video clip, but it would be nice for it to just work so i can see them in action.

 

[Albert.Thomas]

Just put this cooler in my build. Keeps my i7-12700k very cool. 24c at idle, hottest it gets under stress test is 57c. Installation went smooth and works as it should with one small exception. When I use the TCC software and select any of the images out of the gallery tab it will not load onto the LCD. It says "downloading" in the top right but does nothing after that.

Not a big deal, im running a custom video clip, but it would be nice for it to just work so i can see them in action.

Try uninstalling and reinstalling the software. If that doesn't work, I'll point Thermalright towards your post here.