CORSAIR Hydro X Series XH303i RGB PRO​ Water Cooling Kit

[VSG]

CORSAIR has updated its line of Hydro X series watercooling kits. We take a look at the new Hydro XH303i PRO hardline tubing kit. It comes with everything you could ask for to get an impressive water-cooling loop going, with a new CPU block for enhanced thermal performance and enough power from the pump and radiator with fans.

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[progste]

So... Much... RGB....
Still, it's interesting that they are updating their real liquid cooling offering, this might be good for someone approaching LQ for the first time, but one of the beauties of custom loops is that you get to choose each part based on your needs.

 

[kapone32]

The funny thing is if you bought these individually you would pay more than the bundle. The only inexpensive item is the coolant. Which is cheaper than even one of those 120MM fans

 

[VSG]

The funny thing is if you bought these individually you would pay more than the bundle. The only inexpensive item is the coolant. Which is cheaper than even one of those 120MM fans

That's always how kits work though, no one would buy them if the individual items cost less

 

[Tsukiyomi91]

pretty decent combo kit for $500 but a little pointless if you have fans and a Commander PRO in your rig. Corsair could make another kit that's slightly cheaper by including a 240mm radiator, soft tubing instead of hardline ones, soft tubing fittings but include a coolant concentrate mix while retaining the same CPU block and pump/reservoir combo as this kit. I think more people will hop on to the custom loop bandwagon and not use AIOs or air towers.

 

[kapone32]

pretty decent combo kit for $500 but a little pointless if you have fans and a Commander PRO in your rig. Corsair could make another kit that's slightly cheaper by including a 240mm radiator, soft tubing instead of hardline ones, soft tubing fittings but include a coolant concentrate mix while retaining the same CPU block and pump/reservoir combo as this kit. I think more people will hop on to the custom loop bandwagon and not use AIOs or air towers.

You can actually buy all of this on the Corsair Website. The 360MM Rad is $99 CAD. Actually I think you can buy everything you quoted on that site. It is very thorough.

 

[looniam]

You can actually buy all of this on the Corsair Website. The 360MM Rad is $99 CAD. Actually I think you can buy everything you quoted on that site. It is very thorough.

or you can shop around forgo the sailboat branding and pay $86

Black Ice Nemesis L-Series 360 Xtreme Radiator

The Black Ice® NEMESIS® LX is a more compact version of the Black Ice® NEMESIS® GTX® radiators with a 120mm/140mm narrower width, maintaining comparable performance and sharing the same build quality with their flagship Black Ice® counterparts.

www.performance-pcs.com

you can prolly save a few bucks going to byski directly for fittings, anyone for pumps - well, anyone reputable uses zylem pumps.

nonetheless its a nice kit for those that don't have the time or inexperienced:
aside from the hardtubing.

guess everyone is getting afraid of plasticizer. quality soft tubing is rather difficult.

 

[kapone32]

or you can shop around forgo the sailboat branding and pay $86

Black Ice Nemesis L-Series 360 Xtreme Radiator

The Black Ice® NEMESIS® LX is a more compact version of the Black Ice® NEMESIS® GTX® radiators with a 120mm/140mm narrower width, maintaining comparable performance and sharing the same build quality with their flagship Black Ice® counterparts.

www.performance-pcs.com

you can prolly save a few bucks going to byski directly for fittings, anyone for pumps - well, anyone reputable uses zylem pumps.

nonetheless its a nice kit for those that don't have the time or inexperienced:
aside from the hardtubing.

guess everyone is getting afraid of plasticizer. quality soft tubing is rather difficult.

Corsair should never be considered a value brand. I like Byiski. My favorite is Alphacool but the Corsair Store has no Customs and that makes a huge difference. My favourite thing about Water Cooling is the Alphacool Quick Connect they can be expensive

Alphacool 12563 Eisbaer GPX Extension Set (Tubes and Fittings) Water Cooling Kits, Systems and AIOs : Amazon.ca: Electronics

Alphacool 12563 Eisbaer GPX Extension Set (Tubes and Fittings) Water Cooling Kits, Systems and AIOs : Amazon.ca: Electronics

www.amazon.ca

Or you could pay free Shipping and save 1/2. Sometimes they are as cheap as $13.

Alphacool -Schlauch Eisbaer Quick-Connect Extension Kit -Alphacool Hardware/Electronic Grooves.land/Playthek

Kaufe Eisbaer Quick-Connect Extension Kit, Schlauch Hardware/Electronic von Alphacool für 24,61 EUR versandkostenfrei. Mehr als 1.200.000 CDs, DVDs, Vinyls, LPs, Games & Technikartikel seit 1991 bei Grooves.land/Playthek kaufen, Kostenlose Lieferung

www.grooves.land

Alphacool -Schlauch Eisbaer GPX Extension Set -Alphacool Hardware/Electronic Grooves.land/Playthek

Kaufe Eisbaer GPX Extension Set, Schlauch Hardware/Electronic von Alphacool für 14,48 EUR versandkostenfrei. Mehr als 1.200.000 CDs, DVDs, Vinyls, LPs, Games & Technikartikel seit 1991 bei Grooves.land/Playthek kaufen, Kostenlose Lieferung

www.grooves.land

This makes changing anything completely painless.

 

[fb020997]

Ya can pry my soft tubings from my cold, dead hands.
Hardlines are cool, but are an enormous PITA to create, and it’s a PITA to do maintenance/upgrades on the PC.