For this I could remove the four thumb nuts and swap the cooler rather quickly.
I found installation to be extremely easy using the Asetek Premium Retention Kit mostly because I didn’t need to swap the mounting plate when switching systems. This is why when the fans were turns up to 100% the best performance delta (change) was seen on the 590LX (360mm) cooler. The fans in both situations only regulated the temperature. (and the push pull fan configuration helped too). It has less surface area but about the same amount of fluid so heat capacity was about the same. A close second was the Water 2.0 which came with a 120mm x 49mm radiator. This was directly related to there being more fluid in the system and just enough radiator to cool the loop. In this review the sweet spot for all of the systems was with Asetek 570LX (240mm x 38mm) cooler. For instance large 360mm style radiators can generally cool with very little fan noise but generally come with very little liquid and reduces overall heat capacity. Famous names like Corsair and Thermaltake take advantage of this along with system builders like CyberpowerPC use their coolers and with great success.īaseline performance of any AIO cooler comes from a variety of factors from Pump and Waterblock to Radiator and even Hose Diameter and while these determine manufacturer differences in this review there are two. As was mentioned early in this review Asetek has a long history with custom cooling solutions and supplies OEMs and hardware makers with white box coolers to build into their product lines. Performance and price are always seem important but when you considering a water cooling solution but the brand of cooler might suprise you.