24.9.2018

Overview of the system this is attached to.Ryzen 5 2600 CPU | Asus ROG Strix B450 Gaming motherboard | Corsair Vengeance LPX 3200MHz RAM | In-Win 303 case | Gigabyte 1080 TiI actually purchased this AIO cooler before I’d even selected or purchased the rest of my hardware. I knew that I wanted a 240mm AIO cooler, preferably with RBG. I stumbled across this particular cooler and to be honest, thought it was too cheap to be any good. I almost dismissed it entirely, but thought I’d quickly check out a few reviews. I was quickly proven to be wrong. Reviews online suggested that it was excellent value for money, and punched above its weight in several areas. With that in mind I snapped it up off Amazon,and then stored it to one side whilst I purchased the rest of my parts.Installation was actually a little harder than I expected. The length of the tubing wasn’t really sufficient for my needs so I had to resort to mounting it at the top of the case instead of the bottom. The tubes are also very rigid, so whilst hard to manoeuvre, at least you know they won’t kink and feel high quality. I was also worried about the seating of the plate onto my Ryzen CPU given only two thumbscrews would be holding it on, however this fear was put to bed after getting the system up and running and checking temperatures.The accessories included are impressive for the price. I used the RGB splitter to connect the pump and both fans to the top header on my motherboard. It works perfectly and means I have a spare RGB left for future colour goodness. I additionally used a splitter to connect both fans to one fan header on the motherboard, again no issues. The supplied bolts etc. for mounting everything are great, I had no trouble finding what I needed regardless of the configuration I was going for. The supplied fans look great and I found them to be very quiet. I can’t vouch for others who have reviews saying they are loud; perhaps they put them in the wrong location in the case. CoolerMaster supply a small syringe of their own thermal paste which I found to be adequate, however after replacing it with Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut I did notice a few additional Celsius drop off the temperature.Once up and running I used the Asus software they provide for my motherboard to have it automatically test and configure all fans inside the case. At idle it is very quiet, around 42dB, and the CPU idles in the high 20’s to low 30’s, depending on how hot the house is at the time. Using AIDA64 to stress the CPU to 100% across all cores I saw a peak temperature, once, of 57c. Average temperatures when gaming or using 3DMark are in the high 40’s. This AIO cooler keeps my Ryzen CPU so cool the fans hardly have to increase in RPM at all.Overall I would recommend this to anyone looking for a great value for money AIO cooling solution. If you’re new to this type of cooler I would recommend checking out some videos beforehand, as the supplied instructions are not helpful at all. Installation is trickier than other AIO’s I’ve used in the past, but cooling performance is very solid.

11.8.2018

Short overview of my system:Windows 10 Pro 64-bit|AMD FX-8320|32GB DDR3 1600MHz|Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3 Rev. 4.0|MSI R9 290 Gaming 4GB|2x Corsair AF-120, 1x Corsair AF140, 2x Fractal R2 Silent Series 140|CM GM750|CM 690 II Advanced (USB 3).I probably could've gotten away with just replacing the thermal compound on my old Hyper 212 Evo that had a stock Cooler Master fan. But, to be honest, it's also a pain to work around inside of the case, and I also intend to upgrade to Ryzen some time soon. So I decided to retire the Hyper 212 Evo, and go AiO with this MasterLiquid Lite 120.As far as assembly and installation goes. It was simple to put the necessary brackets on for my CPU,

2.8.2019

This is a very straight forward piece of kit. For the price you do have to lower your expectations. It’s designed for a smaller build and the performance reflects it.Installation is very simple on an AM4 motherboard. The heat sink just clips and tightens on and the radiator mounts easily with the long screws provided. I use the sata cable to power the pump and this is, again, very easy to do.This results in a very clean, tidy and professional looking build. The pump has a nice white glow from the writing and the tubes, whilst not the best looking, do not stand out.The noise from the pump is a bit louder than a Corsair but at sitting distance it’s not noticeable. The fan is pretty quiet but can get a bit loud.

21.8.2018

I bought this to replace an older, similar Cooler-Master water-cooled heatsink which had broken down (pump failure) and the difference was immediate and very satisfying. I bought my original intel-based tower system back in 2015 with the express intention of having a quieter box because the whine from the cooling fans was giving me a headache. So when the new (in 2015) system arrived I was very happy.Unnoticed by me, the tower box slowly got noisier because, I presume, the heat pump on the CoolerMaster system was gradually failing, causing the paired fan to work harder to compensate. Eventually the system fell over with a hardware failure message,

10.7.2020

I like Cooler Master, they're definitely towards the budget end of computer parts, but their build quality is good and their products feel like they are mid-range. I bought the Corsair water cooler and fans and ended up returning them as they try to squeeze extra money at every step (their fans require an expensive controller for RGB). Corsair make things complicated on purpose, whereas Cooler Master don't.The quality of this is probably slightly lower than Corsair but still very decent.This comes with everything you need to get it working even if your motherboard doesn't have an RGB header on it. My motherboard does have an RGB header, and although this connected, I couldn't get it working.

8.11.2018

Admittedly I didn't buy this from Amazon, I bought it 2nd hand. That being said it's a great bit of kit for the money (even at new price!) It comes with just about every conceivable fitting including AM4, which I needed (bear in mind you'll need the backplate and cooler clip attachments to fit it). This also comes with a simple RGB controller which I didn't use, as my motherboard has an on-board RGB header. The fans are nice and quiet, there's an occasional "gurgle" from the pump as the water settles in the system, but I haven't noticed it since a few minutes after installing. The pipes are a decent length as can be seen from my picture, enough so that you could mount it with the pipework at the bottom,

12.7.2020

It is 2 months in, the noise levels are perfectly fine, even for leaving on in my room over night, but not completely silent. I am a light sleeper and it is okay. Temps are in their low 40s mostly and I have a 3900x! This was the biggest shock to me, I have 12cores and 24 threads and I'm completely cool.My general advise is buy it, get it in, and then just relax, check your temps for a few days then after that just forget about temps and enjoy your PC.Installation was fidly, I suppose they all are. It wasn't immediately apparent to me that it would fit on my MSI x570 gaming plus motherboard. I thought it was an oversight that was missed. Fortunately it was me, at my first time installing a cooler.

12.1.2020

For the price I paid for it, It's absolutely exzcellent. The temperatures are very, very low on a 120W load (68℃) and I'd assume it can do better than that...if you're willing to deal with some noise; this thing gets LOUD on 100% fan speed and even on 50% it's still audible but bearable. The pump, though, is pretty much silent and if you have some extra fans or are willing to fiddle with fan curves, it does an amazing jobIt was not the ewasiest to mount: The AMD mounting system is finicky and a bit annoying, but the mount is secure and stableThe build quality is okay, but not stellar: the tubes are kind of ugly, but you can see them ion the pictures, overall it's good enough and blends in very wellPackaging was great,

14.3.2019

Installed this little beast into my editing rig, FX9350 AMD Am3+, too ten minutes to swap out, halved my temperature instantly bringing idle temp to just 3 degrees, full loads with both heavy editing it having temperatures sit happily at around 35-47 degrees.I have set up my radiator in the front of my case in a push+pull configuration with two fans either side.There's is no noise from the unit and the fans included are standard cooler matter 120mm fans and come with a 2 to one fan header cable minimising cable usage.A little syringe of thermal paste was included in the box that was more than sufficient.Instructions are very basic but are clear enough to understandPackaging for the whole unit

9.2.2018

Great 240 AIO for the price and the Aura-compatible RGB is very welcome.What was a really nice surprise is the included RGB header 1-to-3 splitter, meaning the pump block and both RGB fans only use 1 single header on the motherboard (if you have RGB headers on your motherboard).The instruction booklet could have been better. It tells you to plug the AIO pump in CPU_FAN which isn't ideal if you have a AIO_PUMP header. I put the pump on my mobo's AIO_PUMP header and the two 120mm fans which come with a single header splitter on the CPU_FAN header and it works better. It is entirely diagrams without text.Cooling is pretty good, my overclocked Ryzen 5 1600X idles around 42°C and hits mid 60's under load.I had a couple issues.

19.5.2020

When the product is on idling. Yes, I agree it's nice and quiet.But, when you work the processor and it ramps the fan to 100%, it's quite noisy.I've added an additional fan in a push/pull configuration to either side of the radiator to drop the overall speed of the fan, and this has reduced the noise quite a bit! It seems to be after around 80% power you start to really hear it.I don't think it's the sound of the fan you are hearing, but the actual wind, air pressure caused by it spinning so fast (2200RPM max!). So the added combination of a Push/pull combination fan solves that.Even better if you can control them all via PWM to ensure they don't get to 100% unless they have too!So hence the value for money,

27.8.2018

This is a very high quality product from coolermaster. This cooler has more than halved my cool temperatures, very satisfied. I guess they didn’t have WiFi cards in mind with this product as the radiator pushes my TP Link card down slightly but oh well. Setup was explained well but when it came to actually pulling it off it was very awkward but this varies via motherboards and cases. But to someone who has no knowledge with computers or installing coolers will have a struggle installing this but however there are plenty of YouTube videos explaining installation very well.In the photo there is a white LED fan showing this is because I decided to go the push pull method utilising one of my previous case fans.

5.1.2018

For a while I have been trying to find a replacement for my old aircooler and this ‘all I one’ is great! Unlike its competitors which I found didn’t fit my lga1151 motherboard properly, this cooler was easy to install, quick to set up and is nice and quiet. The fan that comes with it does make a hum if it spinning fast, however when the cpu isn’t being taxed the whole thing is near silent. The design is pretty standard and white LED lights up the logo giving the pump a pleasant glow that looks great through a side panel window.The cooler, most importantly, keeps my cpu cool; at idle it keeps it around the 22-25C mark and under full load I’ve never seen temperatures rise above the 55-60C area

23.2.2020

Running a Ryzen 3600 CPU, and the stock cooler was just not up to the job. I do a lot of 3d rendering, and that's pretty much maxing all the cores out for an extended period, so possibly the best "real world" benchmark you could run, and a perfect stress test. The stock cooler was useless, with the CPU temp peaking at 89 C.Put this on, ran it for 20 minutes, with idle temps of around 36 C on a silent fan profile (stock ran at 49 to 51), and rendering peaked at 67C.Fiddly to install, it takes a bit of thought to route cables and such, and the instructions are not very clear, but it's not a deal breaker at the price. Works with Aura sync on Asus motherboards,

21.7.2019

This is a great cooler for the price however it wasnt the easiest thing to install but you'll manage, to be fair it was my first time installing a water cooler so maybe thats why it was so difficult. Anyway my temps are great i have my cpu overclocked to 3.9ghz and while watching videos and having multiple tabs open it averages around high 30s and 40s it does sometimes reach 50 degrees but then it quickly decreases. The one major problem i have with this cooler is the fan that comes with it! it is so bad I can hear it while wearing headphones the humming noise is awful and when i first booted up my pc i thought a cable was stuck in the fan blades.

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