ID-Cooling FX360 INF AIO

[crazyeyesreaper]

ID-Cooling continues to impress with their latest release, the FX360 INF, a standout 360mm all-in-one liquid cooler. Featuring daisy-chainable fans, easy installation, excellent performance and surprisingly low noise levels, this cooler checks all the right boxes. It’s safe to say they've hit a home run with this one.

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[AnarchoPrimitiv]

The real issue with these budget AIOs and the MOST important factor is the very one these reviews can never test....... LONGEVITY.

Perhaps I'm biased by my own $100 360mm AIO just suddenly dying after only two years despite Enermax assuring me it wasn't in the affected batch....I used to be an "AIO all the way person", but I honestly don't know if these budget AIOs are a better purchase than a Thermal Assassin in the long run.

 

[oxrufiioxo]

Yeah, 5 year warranty or bust with an aio even at 80 usd.

Otherwise a 50-60 usd air cooler is a better option.

 

[crazyeyesreaper]

The real issue with these budget AIOs and the MOST important factor is the very one these reviews can never test....... LONGEVITY.

Perhaps I'm biased by my own $100 360mm AIO just suddenly dying after only two years despite Enermax assuring me it wasn't in the affected batch....I used to be an "AIO all the way person", but I honestly don't know if these budget AIOs are a better purchase than a Thermal Assassin in the long run.

Yeah, 5 year warranty or bust with an aio even at 80 usd.

Otherwise a 50-60 usd air cooler is a better option.

to be fair I've had more top-tier options fail compared to the more affordable offerings. I have had MANY corsair / enermax / cooler master / etc etc options come through. Surprisingly the simpler and more affordable options seem to last a bit longer before failure. But I am just a small subset in a sea of products so it may just be luck. But I've yet to have an ID-Cooling / Endorfy or SilentiumPC / Swiftech / Arctic / EK (outside the Predator series which proved problematic) / Be quiet fail. However, I have had Enermax / Corsair / Deepcool / Cooler Master / ASUS units die. but it's all relative.

 

[oxrufiioxo]

to be fair I've had more top-tier options fail compared to the more affordable offerings.

On the flip side I've had one fail out of like 30 over the last 10 years... I wasn't saying that they are more or less reliable only that having some protection over 5 years is a minimum for me when it comes to AIO

The only unit I ever had to RMA was a 280mm unit from corsair and they replaced it with a brand new more recent model.

Arctic got smart and extended thiers from 2 to 6 years I believe hopefully ID does the same.

 

[crazyeyesreaper]

On the flip side I've had one fail out of like 30 over the last 10 years... I wasn't saying that they are more or less reliable only that having some protection over 5 years is a minimum for me when it comes to AIO

The only unit I ever had to RMA was a 280mm unit from corsair and they replaced it with a brand new more recent model.

Arctic got smart and extended thiers from 2 to 6 years I believe hopefully ID does the same.

ID-Cooling has models with a 5-year warranty and models with a 3-year warranty. What I can tell you is the internal pump is the same between the two units I have recently reviewed as far as I can tell. Meaning the biggest potential failure point that kills an AIO should be fine and more likely its a fan bearing / LED longevity that dictates the lower warranty. Thats my best guess based on what I have seen.

 

[Gmr_Chick]

Honestly, while it's obvious that the performance of this AIO is good, and the price is nothing to scoff at, I feel like it would just be worth it to spend a tad bit more on a Liquid Freezer II and not only get better performance, but a 6-year warranty with it to boot. And with the new III series out, the II's are even cheaper now.

 

[Chrispy_]

What does the "Gen-7 design" refer to with this pump?

I don't think ID-Cooling have been making AIOs long enough to have 7 generations of their own; does 7th Gen refer to Asetek/Cool-IT, or are ID-Cooling actually making their own pump/blocks and already on their 7th iteration in what feels like a couple of short years?

 

[PixelTech]

What does the "Gen-7 design" refer to with this pump?

I don't think ID-Cooling have been making AIOs long enough to have 7 generations of their own; does 7th Gen refer to Asetek/Cool-IT, or are ID-Cooling actually making their own pump/blocks and already on their 7th iteration in what feels like a couple of short years?

ID-COOLING: AIO Liquid Cooler, CPU Air Cooler, Case Fan

www.idcooling.com

Going through their Overview page and their Specifications page I don't see it saying more about the pump. I believe any AIO that has the pump combined into the CPU block is a Asetek patent. To avoid, you'd have to put the pump in the tubes between the CPU block and radiator or put it in the rad.

 

[Chrispy_]

ID-COOLING: AIO Liquid Cooler, CPU Air Cooler, Case Fan

www.idcooling.com

Going through their Overview page and their Specifications page I don't see it saying more about the pump. I believe any AIO that has the pump combined into the CPU block is a Asetek patent. To avoid, you'd have to put the pump in the tubes between the CPU block and radiator or put it in the rad.

That patent expired a while back - October 2020.

What you are citing was a huge pain in the ass for sure, and the reason for many oddball designs like pumps in the radiator, pumps in the hoses, and pumps "in" the block but with an utterly pointless U-bend of external pipe just to separate the "block" from the "pump" for patent avoidance reasons and nothing else.