AORUS WATERFORCE X II 360 Liquid CPU Cooler, 360mm Radiator with 3X 120mm Low Noise ARGB Fans, Compatible with Intel LGA1851, LGA1700, and AMD AM5(GP-AORUS WATERFORCE X II 360)
Where to start…. First, I now own all three generations of this cooler. The original Aorus 360 Liquid Cooler, Aorus Waterforce X 360, and now the X II 360. Aorus has continued to upgrade with all three generations. After looking at the marketing on Aorus’ own website and reading the sales page here on Amazon, I was very hesitant on purchasing this cooler. It just did not look like much of an improvement. In fact, to me it seemed a bit of a step backwards to a cheaper looking cooler. Being that Amazon has such a generous return policy I decided to go ahead and pull the trigger anyway and order it. No regrets! Aorus has done it again and really made some great improvements to this cooler. The LCD screen has very much improved presets. Five in total that are much better than the previous generation. More options for the data that is displayed and better graphics. To me, this alone made the upgrade worth it. But it doesn’t end there. The pump housing has changed. Whether or not it is better is going to be up to personal taste. At first I didn’t like it, but it has grown on me. The fans are all new, featuring a magnetic lock together design. No more wires all over the place! The overall outer diameter of the hoses has been reduced which does make it a little more manageable. Aorus is claiming improved flow with these hoses and new pump design. I can’t attest to the actual flow, but, the temperature of my I9-12900KS has dropped 20 degrees C during stress testing. Something has improved! To get all the benefits of this cooler, you do have to use Aorus’ GCC (Gigabyte Control Center) software. This has also been finally updated to a decent version (24.03.25.01) that actually works pretty well.If you are on the fence as I was, just buy it. You will not regret it. There are other improvements as well that I didn’t cover. Go to Aorus’ website to get all the details.