Thermalright Aqua Elite 120 V3 AIO CPU Cooler, 120mm Liquid Cooling, ARGB PWM Fans, Intel LGA1150-1200/AMD AM4-AM5

Got this for my brothers Alienware as it was giving a CPU fan fail error and crashing. This CPU cooler is what the doctor prescribed and healed my brothers PC. It runs fine and runs much more quiet than ever and thermals are much better with this than the original that the PC came with.

While I didn't use the lighting I had swapped this out for my previous corsair. The kit is well designed right away my computer was about 23 degree celsius cooler while I was overclocking. It came with a fan and everything and I was impressed considering how much lower the price was then other options.

Ive used many AIOs in pc building in the past. Ive spent anywhere from 60-100$ on top rated coolers. For my last pc build I was originally going to just stick with the stock air cooler that came with my AMD Ryzen but was disappointed with how high the temps would get while gaming. I didnt think about an AIO for this build until I stumbled on this cooler. I didnt think you could get AIOs at this price…boy was I wrong. My temps have significantly reduced and are on par with more heavy duty (and more expensive) AIOs in my other builds. I mean for just under 40$ this is a no brainer. As long as this cooler lasts and doesnt present any long term issues this is a 5 star product. Easy installation and easy instructions are a bonus.

So far I have zero complaints , I installed this myself in my sons pc, Temps before were 90s with regular cooler this brought them down to 60s not even reaching 70, my only complaint is its hard to install when screwing the 4 screws infront while holding the ones from the back plate, other than that it's ok, you can still plug this one in using only 3 pin ports on your motherboards cpu fan, my sons mother board only had 3 pin, not a dedicated cpu pump still works, my word of advice please you can always use chat gpt if you don't know where to plug in your cables, you can submit pictures to chat gpt and ask to see if they are the correct ones, they have a free version very helpful... 2 months with this product and its still working, doesn't feel cheap at all

I was able to add an all in one (AIO) water cooler to my older than dirt computer since I made the final upgrade of its life. The new CPU was running very hot and this brought the temp down dramatically.The installation at first seems a bit confusing, but it really isn’t hard. It is solidly mounted and not moving. I think the way it is mounted allows for excellent CPU contact so it really does its job well.NOTE: The fan and radiator are pretty large. They didn’t fit inside my case so I took the fan off, mounted the radiator on the inside and the fan on the outside. Yes, it is jank. But it works well. Just make sure to have room in your case!

4 stars because I dont believe the water pump mounting screws with the springs should have that much tension. It was quite difficult and required about 20lbs of force to seat the screws, overkill imo. I've biuilt many computers in the past 15yrs, most difficult cooler to install. Other than that, this AIO works great, even on a i7 14700KF, stock speed though. Thermalright is really climbing the ranks though..

I was impressed by the ease of installation and performance for the price. My last cooler cost 3 times as much and was much more difficult to install.

My water cooling fan went out after about 8 years. I bought this to replace it. I have an older case and the fan didn't quit fit. I got 2 screws in it and it will work. The cooler fit a 1700 series cpu with no problems. It would fit a newer case well. Keeps my cpu in the operating range. I'm happy with my purchase at a good price. Took about 30 minutes to swap them out.