TT RGB 360 AIO CPU Cooler
Excellent cooling performance and all the RGB you could ever wish for.
TT’s newest AIO CPU cooler is its flagship in the range, and supersedes the Riing coolers – which are excellent and still widely available.
The new design has a lot going for it. Superficially it appears almost identical to the Riing range of coolers, but there have been some useful refinements. The Riing was always well regarded for its near-silent operation, and the new Floe DX is still among the quietest, but it sees a slight bump in fan speeds, from a max of 1400 to 1500rpm, now. While a small increase, the Riing was arguably most appealing for its quietness, rather than its performance relative to much of the market, so this increase in airflow is welcome. At the same time the new Floe DX is a little quieter – coming in at a maximum noise level of 23.9dB compared to 24.7 with the Riing. That’s at maximum RPM, though, and in regular desktop use when the fans aren’t fully spooled up it’s closer to 19dB. The pump speed is still 3600 RPM, which is typical and well enough.
Perhaps the most useful real-world improvement here is that TT extended the length of the head-toradiator braided coolant tubes. They’ve gained almost 8cm in length (400mm, up from 325mm in the Riing), which opens up more placement possibilities, as well as relieving possible tension on the tubes in tight fitting installations.
Out of the box it includes the expected support for both AMD and Intel, with supplied brackets for each. The installation process was simple and without stress, with the documentation clear and concise.
Three quality fans are included, and must be attached to the radiator prior to fitting in the case. In our test we installed them on the inside of the radiator, rather than facing outwards, thus choosing to fill the case – rather than the room it was in – with RGB colour. The radiator is just 27mm deep, which is relatively slim compared to others and again offers more scope for installation if space is a little squeezy.
The other component in the box is a 5-port fan controller, which needs Molex power and a USB header on your motherboard. DIP switches need to be set based on how many fans you connect and where they are, and while the documentation was less than clear on how these should be set we soon figured it out.
Performance was excellent. Testing it with an i7-8700K at stock clocks it maxed out at just over 53 degrees with an ambient room temp of 25 degrees, which puts it right up with the very best. Equally impressive was the OC result, at 72 degrees with the CPU at 4.7GHz.
Naturally, the RGB is class-leading OTT and outrageously excessive. And many will love that. The software is refined and simple to use, and quite a lot of fun to play with. There’s even Alexa voice control, should that rock your boat.
But simply looking at performance it’s exceptionally good, and at just $10 more than the superseded Riing model, a no brainer if you want a great TT AIO cooler.