Cooler Master MasterLiquid LC120E RGB Close-Loop AIO CPU Liquid Cooler, 120mm Radiator, Dual Chamber RGB Pump, AMD Ryzen/Intel LGA1151

Personal Experience:After my wife made a comment on how loud the OEM CPU fan was for my desktop I decided it was time to get a liquid cooled replacement. I wanted something that would not only be quieter but keep my CPU cooler. Read some reviews and I was between the 120mm and 240mm radiator, I settled on the 240mm radiator because my case had the space and for the price it was a good deal. Install of the cooler is relatively easy if you have experience building computers or swapping out components and your case has room to accommodate the radiator and cooling tubes. My setup uses an AMD chipset but the cooler accommodates both AMD and Intel chipsets; the directions are easy to follow on how to install for either style. Make sure you clear cables out of your way with Zip ties and ensure that everything fits before you bolt/strap it down. If you are upgrading your existing CPU Fan/Cooler I would suggest purchasing good thermal paste remover so you can start with a clean surface. Overall it took me about 45 minutes to remove the old fan, clean off the thermal paste, layout the new Cooler setup then bolt everything down/apply new thermal paste. The lights on the cooler are a nice touch. All in all I was pleased with CPU cooler upgrade from install to performance.Recommend:YesPros:Far quieter than the OEM fan that came with the CPUEasy to install in a large caseCame with all the mounting equipment you would needLights are a nice touch to customize your setupWorks with both AMD and Intel chip sets (AMD on my setup)Cons:Will not fit in a smaller case (did not affect me but be aware)Installation Suggestions:If you are upgrading get thermal paste remover and be generous when cleaning the CPULayout everything before you tighten everything down; I had to move the radiator slightly to get everything to fit nicelyRead the directions on which way to install the fans the first time (I have installed fans backwards before and it sucks)

The cooler came well packaged, safe as mothers love.. unboxed it was clear, that it would easily fit on the processors, and AMD socket that I had in mind.. AM-4.. I attached the fan to the radiator, with the 4 screws provided.. the fan can be mounted to blow through, or pull through.. I elected for the blow through mount. My motherboard, an ASUS, is black, so vision is difficult without extra light, but once I lit it up, I could see to install the pump on the socket.. Thermal paste was included with the cooler, and it was applied in an even layer across the CPU.. The pump clips fit onto the socket, and the cams rotated to provide a secure and solid mount.. That's the easy part.. Now for the more difficult part.. mounting the radiator.. MY case and ATX tower is about 12 years old.. it's seen at least 2 previous motherboards and granted, it's technology is a little "past the cutting edge".. But it's a good quality case and provides plenty of room.. However, it's not made for this kind of equipment.. I searched for a way to mount the radiator inside but it's just too large.. Not to be defeated, I obtained a few zip ties from the garage stash, and lined up the holes with the Hard drive mounting rack in the case.. two zips later the radiator was mounted.. it's not pretty, but it's functional.. With my old stock cooler I was getting warnings during gaming, that my CPU temp was 65* C.. too hot.. occasionally I got warnings that the memory was at 60*.. That's why I ordered this cooler.. Now, the radiator "protrudes" from the side of the case, but I was not concerned with the appearance.. I wanted a cooler that worked, and that's what I got.. Now the RGB LED's are nice.. They light up the space under my work surface, and change colors.. But the important thing is, that after a long gaming session, running intense graphics I checked the bios, and the CPU temp was 39* C.. That's a significant drop in temp... The price was right, and it works.. Installation was easy enough, I suppose if I had a case that was made for such a device installation would have even been easier.. I'm happy. It just works.

I work out of my home office with no A/C, and generallyaround 70f/20c. I run an AMD Ryzen with 16 threads and with the stock fan and all 16 threads running gets up to 85C! Yikes! Yes, it's max temp is rated at 95c, but I just fundamentally feel like you are damaging the long term usability of a chip if you let it run that hot for long.I have another CoolerMaster liquid cooler on my 5 year PC (i7) and it's been rock solid (I've vaccumed dust out of the fins, that's it over the 5 years). I think brand loyalty means something, so I got this unit. I immediately see a 15c+ drop in max temperature when running my work load test cases that uses all 16 threads in my processor (and AMD Ryzen 3900). With this unit installed the max temp I see is 68c on the same work load. It's not cold. I wish it where closer to 50c, but running at 3900mhz, with fast memories, on all 16 threads - yea - that's gonna be a pizza oven unless you cool it down. Still 68 is better than 85c+.I expect this cooling will allow me to work in my home office up to 85f or so. I'm not a gamer, and I don't care about the colored leds on the fans and pump (yea I know - "get off my lawn"), but I do need performance for actually work sometimes 24 hours a day for days in a row (the computer that is, not necessarily me ;) So a good liquid cooler I think will make your system more reliable.At Idle, it's runs about 36c, down from 42c with the stock fan. Basically unless your PC is in a heavily A/Ced work space, the stock fan (or probably *any* fan) isn't going to work as well as a functioning liquid cooler unit. In retrospect I wish I had gotten a taller case for my PC so I could have the double fan/radiator units. I may still do that.