Bykski CPU-FIRE-ON-I CPU Water Block

[VSG]

The Bykski CPU-FIRE-ON-I is a premium CPU water block without the premium price tag holding it back. It uses a large cooling engine paired with good build quality, catchy aesthetics, integrated lighting, a thermal sensor, and even a color display on board to grab your attention in a crowded market.

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[Dr. Dro]

That is a rather unfortunate name for a cooling product... Is it CPU on Fire or something to do with Fire on Ice? Probably sounded better in Chinese.

Still, looks solid for the price, I expect this will sell well overall.

 

[Vario]

Uh oh, the CPU IS ON FIRE

 

[nyashka]

Looks like another decent waterblock and only for 100 Euro in EU.
Quick question, it it possible to include some kind pressure scan testing in future reviews, like Gamers Nexus for example does, or would that be to expensive for these kind of reviews?

 

[mechtech]

But is the copper 99.9999% pure???

I always wonder if those micro skives actually help? Pretty hard to get water between them to remove the heat.

 

[kenkickr]

I have the AM4 version of this block and used it on a 7950x along with the current 7950x3d before delidding it. For the price I paid for the block I was very happy with its performance plus it didn't start flaking like the EK block I had previously.

 

[N/A]

From the looks if it one could still attach this thermocouple to another display or even to the motherboard and have it show up in hwifo. Maybe you can do a more detailed teardown for us.

After all, this sensor is the main selling point and it costs more than twice to have it compared to the same unit without it.

 

[Crackong]

What a name...
It doesn't make the CPU on fire, nor let you customize the LED screen to display some fire.

False!

 

[Caring1]

I wonder if they got the characters "I" and "1" mixed up, at least that would make partial sense.

 

[N/A]

the characters "I"

"I" Intel
"M" AMD.

 

[SN2716057]

I dislike that the product is only usable for Intel. They done that too with the pump/cpu combo.

ps: I read it as Fire Oni

 

[N/A]

AMD's variant is CPU-RAY-ON-M, longer version, since the mounting holes are cutouts in the body, should cover the socket area completely.

 

[SN2716057]

AMD's variant is CPU-RAY-ON-M, longer version, since the mounting holes are cutouts in the body, should cover the socket area completely.

Oh yeah, I see now.

 

[CyberPomPom]

Is nobody afraid of performance variability for the product with such bad quality control ?
I mean the fins are all over the place, meaning anything leaves the factory.
I believe it should be mentioned in the conclusion.

 

[GhostRyder]

Very cool looking block, name is kinda funny in my book. Would not mind this in my new build.

 

[purefun1965]

why Molex connector? ugh! one more cable i don't need attached to my psu. SATA only plz.

I once bought a corsair pump rez combo and I was insulted that it had a Molex connector in this day and age. MOLEX has no place anymore.

Hard drives stopped using Molex years ago due to their inferiority. Why is this company pimping a garbage connector?

It is powering of all things the LCD screen. MY HEAD EXPLODED.

You need backstory on me. I'm 59 yrs., Old school water. we got heater cores form chevy Vegas and Pontiac Bonneville's. This product is a red flag.

 

[DaemonForce]

That is a rather unfortunate name for a cooling product... Is it CPU on Fire or something to do with Fire on Ice? Probably sounded better in Chinese.

冰上火? It's also 1:1 in Dunan. Super weird.
氷の上の火 putting in Japanese kind of resembles post-modern へのへのもへじ.

why Molex connector? ugh! one more cable i don't need attached to my psu. SATA only plz.

Wow and I thought I was being minimalist.
ATX 20+4, CPU 8+4, PCI-E 8+6, maybe ONE sata to power an SSD but the rest get gone.
Tell me you don't buy from China without telling-

You need backstory on me. I'm 59 yrs., Old school water. we got heater cores form chevy Vegas and Pontiac Bonneville's. This product is a red flag.

And 20 years ago when I was just getting started with my first water cooling kit for this stuff, Chevy heater cores were a common rad in our very insular but thriving modder communities but there were also these smartboards present in full tower kits like the one I had for specific purpose 240mm aluminum stock:

Powers on with 4-pin molex. Handles even power distribution to a panel, fans and switches.
Also this is a significantly better revision of what first rolled out.
First models had a BIG cap and it was dangerous. I even cooked one.

These days all of my fans, SC800 pump and anything else coming out of China has a bargain basement discount on power connectors that split a 4-pin molex passthru from a 3-pin fan header connection.

I unpin, clip and repin. Not worth the spergout.

Also, what's that?

It's not the RGB link.

Definitely 3 connections going to a molex that is only populating 2 of the pinouts for basic power and ground.
That third wire must be a PWM.
Where does the PWM connection go?
That's right, it goes in the PWM hole. (=ﾟωﾟ)ﾉ

Someday I'll have to pickup a TRX block or 3DP-something just to continue water cooling with these antiques. A Threadripper block on Ryzen sounds way more appropriate than something from Pentium 4 era but then again, I don't see a viable competitor for it, so I just continue sitting the fence.

It's a good product. I'm not interested in CPU cooling for the above reason but I would trust Bykski to provide a decent block for my 7900 XT, assuming I ever get PCI-E lanes under control. Starting to think I'm better off stock. Who knew?

 

[AnarchoPrimitiv]

I wish TPU could have gotten their hands on some of the CPU blocks from Barrow with displays (or any of their blocks to be honest), I've always been curious about their blocks.

 

[VSG]

I wish TPU could have gotten their hands on some of the CPU blocks from Barrow with displays (or any of their blocks to be honest), I've always been curious about their blocks.
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I have a Granzon block here which looks very similar atleast. It's next up in the CPU block roundup.

 

[Veseleil]

Is nobody afraid of performance variability for the product with such bad quality control ?
I mean the fins are all over the place, meaning anything leaves the factory.
I believe it should be mentioned in the conclusion.

Exactly. Those coldplate fins look terrible, and there's not even one mention of it.

"Good build quality".

 

[N/A]

I have a Granzon block here which looks very similar atleast. It's next up in the CPU block roundup.

I doubt it can display the windows 10 desktop like in the last image.

Exactly. Those coldplate fins look terrible, and there's not even one mention of
"Good build quality".

Aren't you becoming too demanding full of unrealistic expectations, now I'm not saying that there's a compromise to be made. But does it degrade performance or not to have everything perfectly lined is what matters.

 

[Veseleil]

Aren't you becoming too demanding full of unrealistic expectations, now I'm not saying that there's a compromise to be made. But does it degrade performance or not to have everything perfectly lined is what matters.

Temps are fine, so it's OK?
I can't remember seeing such a messed up fins, like ever. Imagine cleaning that. IDK how the other samples look like, maybe they come in a differently smashed patterns.
But hey, if you're fine with it, for a product that has a $100 price tag, good for you I guess. That temp sensor&reading must be worth it. People are used to pay more for less when it comes to WC anyway.

Sorry, but I'm not going to become blind nor ignorant just to comply and please a few people here. Just call me a hater right away, it's easy. People did that already, I won't cry. I'm just pointing the obvious here, photos are from the review itself. And BTW, I'm not the first one that pointed that out, I was replying to a post there.

 

[srich_2m]

Well hopefully there nickel is better than what I experienced with a GPU block they manufactured. It didn't take long for the nickel to start flaking. I only use distilled water in my loops. I found EK blocks weren't worth much either. I mean they have good marketing that's about it. Had to learn the hard way, but I found Optimus and as of right now they still make quality blocks. A bit expensive but they are made here in the USA.

 

[Othnark]

Well hopefully there nickel is better than what I experienced with a GPU block they manufactured. It didn't take long for the nickel to start flaking. I only use distilled water in my loops. I found EK blocks weren't worth much either. I mean they have good marketing that's about it. Had to learn the hard way, but I found Optimus and as of right now they still make quality blocks. A bit expensive but they are made here in the USA.

Night and day better, Optimus smashes anything out of China for quality and performance.

Why the foundation and signature aren't in the chart is baffling as a baseline of what all others should be measured against.