The packaging is a reminder of early Apple products and the attention to detail makes the unboxing that much more satisfying and exciting! EKWB is probably the "king" when it comes to the liquid cooling market, their product quality and performance has put them in the top spot for PC enthusiast. The cooling efficiency of the radiator is insane, keeping my fans at a near silent fan curve. They work with Der8auer. Enough said.

The additional build quality adds a little bit of length to the radiator itself making it a few centimeters longer then the average 360mm AIO. Not a huge issue, I was still able to fit it into my Hyte Y60 case, and it only was a struggle because of the case design and having an uneseacary angled piece of metal.

Overall this is a stellar AIO that has massive cooling capabilities, it does so with using a standard thickness radiator outperforming some thicker AIOs on the market. It looks great, the build quality is solid, and the efficiency is so good I rarely have my fans going about 50% on the radiator. I have an i7-14700K and this AIO is able to keep it under 80°C while gaming. It's kinda scary how much heat comes out of the radiator, it's insane to think that little CPU is generating that much heat, and these AIOs are so efficient at displacing that heat it's all so fascinating. This one does it much better then my previous Corsair H150i LCD Elite that had it's pump die in less than 2 weeks... comparing the amount of heat that comes out of that radiator to the heat this one pushes out, it's clear which one has the better cooling capabilities. If you also look on YouTube, Gamers Nexus takes apart all the top AIOs and you can see that Corsair has some of the smallest Copper Mico-Fins, while EKWB and Arctic have some of the largest and most impressive Copper plates, which speaks to the heat transfer or lack there of sometimes Do yourself a favor and skip these major brand AIOs and go for a company the focuses only on liquid cooling and getting the most performance out of your CPU that's legit all they do, so your not getting a company that makes RAM, and Monitors, and everything else under the sun for your computer. EKWB has it figured out!

With an adjusted fan curve, it will keep my stock Core™ i9-14900K temps hovering around 85 ~ 88º C in CP2077. Best performance per dollar for a modern AIO. Build quality is what one should expect from EK. Packaging and presentation.

None.

Out of all the AIOs on the market, this is objectively the best one available for the money. Performance-wise, it's going to run 8º C cooler than your Arctic Liquid Freezer II 360. Keep that in mind if you're planning on running a Core™ i9 14th Gen...

Like any product from EK the build quality looks phenomenal out of the box. Doesn't feel very cheap, well assembled. Super easy to install.

This cooler keeps a 13900KS with a mild OC around 88° C (package temp) while running Cinebench R23 on a stability test. Otherwise idle temps are low to mid 30s C and regular gaming it sits around 50 ~ 60° C. GPU is a 3080Ti and it all sits in a CM TD500 mesh case. A higher flow case would definitely benefit this cooler. IMO the best you can get without going custom loop.

Overall, this AIO looks fantastic. The three included fans can be daisy chained. Lighting effects transition between fans rather than repeating on each individual fan. No proprietary connectors. Packaging is impressive and includes brackets for AM5 and LGA1700 (among others).

There was a small scuff present on the decorative front cap that is attached magnetically to the pump block. Long-term usage is gonna be questionable like any other AIO.

I expected EK's quality control to be better, but mechanically it's been rock solid. It is also worth noting that this cooler isn't sufficient to keep a Ryzen 9 7900X with PBO enabled below the 90 ~ 95° C mark on all core workloads. To be fair, no cooling solution really is without undervolting, delidding, or setting power limits on the CPU. This is my first liquid cooler, and I'm honestly very impresed with how good it looks.