WAVE - Alphacool KOI Eisbär 360 CPU bk | 1012138, Black

When I bought this cooler I really didn't know what to expect, I wasn't buying it because someone said it was good, or that it was cheaper than some 280mm branded AIOs Like Corsairs H110i and NZXT's 280mm X62, I got it because id never used a 360mm AIO before and really wasn't sure if it was even going to fit, I was prepared to Mod,Anyway I received the Eisbaer 360 through the post by my jolly UPS Delivery man, ( I'll name him Ken), So Ken passes me my parcel and I quickly Slammed my door in his face, My heart was beating so fast, Ken said Goodbye from behind my glass door, I partially waved him off I was so excided and for good reason too. I'm not a big fan of "Anti" Kink on the tubes, but up close in person, it looked and felt ok, The tubing is dark and shiny, not a fan of the shiny stuff, But then I seen the Cpu Block and it was as if the clouds had lifted and all the Gods sang all at once, The block is absolutely Huge, (That's what she said) I'm 6f 2"in and my hands are big enough and the block is as big as my clenched fist, the solid copper Bottom cold plate is a least a inch bigger all round than any AIO I have ever used, when you hold it, it feel like quality, you know this is something special, the block as a window on the side so you can see the pump impeller inside working, on top there is a fill port so you can add some dye or if you want to expand you can do so, it takes stander fitting size of 1/4inch if want to change them you can, The Radiator Fins are also made out of Copper which probably dissipates thermal heat better than most alloys, The pump block requires no software to run, just a simple 3pin fan connector and ya golden. Here's the best bit, when I use a new AIO for the first time I do what's called a Bios Automatic OC, normally I would get at most a 14% OC, BSCK at 100 taking my 7700k to 4.6 to 4.7ghz Depending on my room temps, The Eisbaer cooling is so efficient that after I ran the cooler for 2 hours to heat cycle it I did the Auto OC and got a !7% oc to 4.944ghz with BSCK at 103.25 , I normally manually OC my cpu to 5GHZ, This AIO not only nearly matched my OC but it managed to do this with less voltages too, Keeping me under 1.300v, where normally manually I would have to input at least 1.310 to get stable at 5ghz, So I was curious, could I make this Auto OC run at 5ghz, I turned up the Base clock to reach 5ghz , and F10, it fired up straight away and the voltages didn't increase at all. This AIO punches way above its weight, and can compete with the custom loops, The Fans that come with it don't feel cheap, they are really quiet at Idle and at full tilt you can hear them, but once you get gaming you soon forget there even there. The AIO comes with Mounting brackets for the latest CPU line up, including Ryzen, I would say that the Solid copper cold plate is actually big Enough to Cover Ryzen ThreadRipper completely, If want the custom loop but cant afford the price tag, then look no further. You can add the Matching GPU AIO cooler that AlphaCool do, And plumb it straight into the Eisbaer 360, so in affect, you can have a dual pump system with 2 radiators and 2 pumps and if one of them pumps was to fail, you probably wouldn't even notice as the other pump was made strong enough to handle 2 radiators in the first place, that is a good redundancy to have, which mean you can still game on or finish that important presentation or Edit that video before you need to repair or replace the failed pump, Or you can just buy the pre-filled gpu block with no rad and plum straight into the Eisbaer 360. So you pay less, than other leading brands, its way more efficient, and its modular, I gotta ask, What ya'll waiting for. I highly recommend it.

To utilise the full potential of this AiO, you cannot use regular thermal paste, as that is effectively an insulator. The issue is the speed at which the heat is produced, and the speed it is removed from the package, not the total heat produced, particularly on high-end high overclock CPUs. This confuses everybody.. I have the Intel i9-9900k, which I have running at a stable 5.2Ghz and 58 degrees c under highest possible thermal stress (small FFTs).To quantify, with the right paste, that performance is FAR FAR better than the best custom liquid loops using thermal paste.With regular thermal paste, the CPU would still got to 100% on this test in a few seconds and shut down on that specific test.The best pastes top out at 11W/m-K.If you don't like mess, you should AT LEAST use Innovation Cooling LLC IC Graphite Thermal Pads with this product, which perform at 35W/m-k. The pads are very stable and easy to use.However, for best performance, you should use liquid metal with this cooler (yes, it'll tarnish both the heat plate AND the CPU package), which performs at 79 W/mK.Liquid metal is the ONLY way to use approach the capacity of this system..In general the unit is very well made, the pure copper rad really does beat regular aluminium rads on heat transfer out of the system (yea, aluminium is effectively an insulator to some degree vs. pure copper).The pipes are narrower, but that's to speed up the passage of water over the heat plate, which is exactly what you want. In spite of it being an AiO, it's all pipes are permeable, and you WILL need to top this up after a few months, just like true open loop systems.HIGHLY recommended, if you know how to use it. Most reviewers just slap on thermal paste on all reviews, and thus units like this don't get the chance to truly shine as they should, due to completely muddled thinking in the part of the so-called experts.

i7 7800x now idle at 20 degree load 55 very impressed. the build quality is good parts feel nice and sturdy.done whats regarded as a dirty overclock using software from asus got to 5 ghz max temp 90 degree a little high form my liking so set to 4.5 and max temp 57 degree can improve on this as this software gives a v-core a bit o the high side totally stablei also like the idea that i can build on this with it having unlimited upgrade potential and can replace the fluid or top it upbeen using for over a year now very pleased with it I decided to delid my cpu and have now found that I can achieve a stable 4.8 ghz oc with temps maxing out at 70 degree on i7 7800x cpu

Great cooler quiet easy to install keeps my pc around 26 on idle and up to 46 on full load (fx8120 at 4.7 ghz) . I liked the idea that you could add to it if you wanted to one reason I bought it and it's a very good cooler another reason I bought it.looks nice and full copper rad all for a great price.

Great product! Just a shame the hoses are so damn short!

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