The media could not be loaded. I bought this to replace my Thermaltake AIO CPU cooler, which itself worked fine, but did nothing to help my high VRM temps on my Z370 motherboard. My system has a pretty high thermal load with an i9-9900K overclocked to 5GHz and two EVGA RTX 3090 FTW3 Ultra GPUs connected with an NVLink bridge that each can get close to 500w. The GPUs were upgraded with EVGA Hybrid water coolers, so there are two 240mm radiators and the CPU's 360mm in the TT View 51 chassis. There is also a 120mm fan set to intake fresh air near the Inwin CPU cooler that also blows on the VRM. My VRM temps are around 15-20C lower with the Inwin cooler and RAM temps around 10C lower. My motherboard doesn't have an aRGB connector, so I'm controlling the Inwin RGB from the output on one of the GPUs controlled with Precision X1. The rest of the fans in the chassis are controlled with TT controllers with with MoshiMoshi0 TTController software. The Inwin does come with some sort of basic RGB controller, but I didn't mess with it. The pump has its own power connector that is connected to a fan port on the motherboard, and the CPU cooler has a proprietary removeable connector that also connects to another fan port, with a daisy-chain setup from that for the individual 120mm fan power/aRGB connectors. The fans themselves move a lot of air. The TT Riing RGB Plus Duo fans that came with my last AIO are 500-1500RPM with a max air pressure of 1.59mm-H2O and max air flow of 56.45CFM. The Inwin fans are 400-1800RPM at 2.3mm-H2O air pressure and 82.96CFM. They are then controller via your motherboard's PWM BIOS control, where depending on your motherboard, you should be able to set manual fan speeds/curves, etc. Some motherboards will also have a Windows utility to do this, or you could use a 3rd party app like Argus Monitor. The Inwin pump is moved off of the CPU, mounted on the hoses, similar to the be quiet! Pure Loop AIO coolers, which I also have one of those on another system. The be quiet! AIO also has a fill port and comes with some extra coolant, which is nice, and I wish Inwin had this also, but very very few AIO coolers have that option. The only other thing I don't like with the Inwin cooler is the 115x backplate is a fairly cheap plastic design. It has a little plastic gear mechanism that you can turn between two positions to accommodate different CPU socket layouts for the four screw hole positions. The problem is, with my system, after installing the backplate, and then screwing the standoffs in from the top of the motherboard, once they are tight, if you turn them any more, it turns the plastic mechanism on the back, and with too much pressure, will twist them slightly to where they are no longer straight. My TT AIO backplate is also a flimsy piece of plastic, and honestly not much better. There are quality backplates available on Amazon for under $10, metal and plastic that do a much better job, I ended up replacing the Inwin backplate with one of those, which I felt also gave me a little more tension on the CPU, but the stock solution it comes with does work, I'm just nitpicking here. All in all, there really isn't anything better than this for a water cooled setup for cooling your VRM/RAM without going to a monoblock or motherboard with built-in water cooling. I've noticed my primary GPU's memory junction temps are also a little better, with the Inwin moving a little more air around the area. Although it's a little vague in the description, talking about the UMA (Upper Motherboard Area), the Inwin draws air in from the top of its "funnel" and blows it out near the bottom towards/around your motherboard. It has a 360 degree cooling design, which the couple other AIO coolers that I know of that have fans on the CPU socket don't have.
