CORSAIR iCUE H170i ELITE LCD Display Liquid CPU Cooler-Custom IPS LCD Screen-48 Dynamic RGB LEDs-140mm Fans -420mm Radiator-COMMANDER CORE Smart Lighting Controller

You get what you pay for.
This got the full five stars save installation. That depends on your computer case, space, orientation, processor and experience. Existing systems, you’re more than likely pulling out your motherboard. That said, Corsair provides you more than enough hardware for installation. Intel LGA 1700 hardware comes standard, as does older Intel, AMD and Thread Ripper. Corsair even includes the hardware in the box do do a push/pull radiator setup (which I did). So no trips to the hardware store looking for extra screws etc.Required connections: One pin (either pump or cpu fan) on motherboard used as a ‘tach’ wire to show the motherboard there is a cooler installed. On the motherboard USB connection (requires two but cooler comes with a USB splitter cable meaning you need only occupy one USB motherboard connection. Finally a SATA power connector, all three of which connections are present in most all even semi-modern computers.The Pump and three fans are run by an included commander module which can operate RGB and RPMs of up to six fans. Three fans are included with the kit for the radiator. These are magnetic levitation fans, meaning no bearings. This means no bearings, less noise, better RPM slew and quieter. IE the fan is 100 percent indepenant from the fan chassis. Corsair’s free software ICUE is a must to control the RGB and the screen on the waterblock.The screen is very clear, supports .gif(s) and .jpeg(s). I have mine set to monitor CPU and GPU temp but all of this is easily changed should you like to set up lighting/performance profiles in the software.NOTE: The software seems a bit resource heavy and is a little tricky for beginners, but you’re not going to blow anything up. Running the ICUE software is not required for this pump and fans to throttle/operate (as the motherboard can control them) but HIGLY recommended. I’d call it a MUST. If not, you’re just wasting money. I include that because in the event the software fails, or something else goes wrong, the cooler will still function properly.NOTE: I found cable length for all connections to be more than long enough for a nice clean look in what I’d call a large mid-tower case (Corsair 5000D).Thermal paste is included pre-applied on the water block, and my previous experiences with Corsair’s factory paste are good. This stuff I rubbed off and used Thermal Grizzly instead. Not a required step, but some of the best compound out there.So to the primary point, HOW WELL DOES IT COOL? Well it’s not the best out there, but HARDLY the worst. It’s in the bounds of a top tier cooler with only a few being better, and those that are, are not by much (a degree or 2) and around the same price with far less features.Results may vary (everyone’s case cooling is different), but with an overclocked Intel I7, 13700k I am running near ambient room temperature at idle (27-30C) and under Prime 95 (pretty much the hardest stress test you can give a CPU around 86C after 15-20 minutes. Those temperatures, to keep it simple, are VERY good temperatures to see on a chip that is know to run on the hotter side of things even without an overclock.It’s a quiet cooler with a lot of features, and easy to install, again depending on your case and experience. If you do not have experience building computers I would NOT recommend trying to install this yourself, but then, I’d say the same for any other cooler. Have someone that knows what they’re doing help you, better yet help and teach you.

When its working, its great. High failure Rate for me
I am on my 3rd AIO from corsair in 4 years. As the title suggests, when it is working, it cools my PC really well. However, I have had numerous issues with Corsair’s AIOs. All stemming from what is in my view hardware AND software instability. What seems to happen is that the AIO just disappears from the iCue software. With my most recent failure, the device disappeared from iCue and then the pump just stopped circulating coolant. Which lead to a frusterating series of events, including my computer being unusable as the AIO cooler was not cooling the device. All of my ohter failures were other variations of this. With two of the failures having the pumps being totally uncontrollable by icue, but the pump remained in a low state of circulation so my PC was at least usable. In this last instance, my CPU hit dangerous temps before shutting down to preserve itself.For a device that has a 5 year warranty, this failure rate is flatly unacceptable. Add in the glacially slow response times of corsair support staff, and its generally 3+ weeks before you have a new unit that you have to install.Literally the only reason I again purchased one of these was for the integration with the rest of my fans and lighting in my PC. When I rebuild my system in a few years, I will very likely look to other brands as having to deal with Corsair support and tearing my rig apart has become a yearly ordeal. I am an experienced builder, and none of these failures have been due to misuse or improper installation.I was a huge corsair fan, but my repeatedly poor experiences have soured my view on the company in general. Corsair charges premium prices in their segment, yet seems to deliver hardware and software that’s finnicky, temperamental and seemingly prone to very early and frequent failure.

Perfeito qualidade corsair como sempre

I’ll start my review by telling you something very important if installing this on your own as I almost sent mine back as have many others;If you install this product and get the Red Alert Triangle ⚠️ you may go through all the fix it steps and they don’t help.Where the Sata Cable from your Power Supply Unit connects to the icue controll module, it is a very loose connection.It does not click in to place or click lock.So when putting your cables back into your case double check and check again that connection did not come loose.A slight bump or nudge will knock it out of connection and your cp will run to 100c. Like mine did.After I somehow managed to close my case (Hyte y80) with this connection still in tact,I’m so impressed by this cooling system and this is what it has done.My i7-13700kf was at idle around 42-45c and that’s on a new liquid cooled dual fan cooler that came with my build.Since installing icue h150 triple fans my CP now idles 36 -38c consistently.So it’s brought my tempatures down 7-10c at idle.Everyone knows the cooler your cp the faster it runs and a few degrees does equally percentages in terms of cp speed or if your over clocking how much more you can get outa it.I ended up replacing all my fans with icue fans and plugged them into the controll module in which can all be controlled and synced with your on screen icue app either by phone or your pc.You can adjust curves or preset curves based on your pc’s tempature curve as it works harder.It will automatically adjust your pumps rpm and your fans rpm based on what tempature your cp is at, generally the 3 radiator fans will run a little higher rpm that your computers case fans, but you can adjust it how ever you like.Extreemly quite.The only time you hear the fans is at almost max rpm and that around 2,200 to 2,600rpm which never gets to that.I can honestly say I don’t hear the fans at all, on rare occasions when running extreemly hot you hear air flow more than anything.There are a few preset curves to use.I’m using the Balance preset curve.I also posted some pictures to show you, the icue has such a more deep color to it, very rich and very deep rather than just a led ring around your fan blades.The preset lighting effects are mind blowing and add so much elegance to your pc.Get this, you can set the color of your fans to adjust to the tempature of your cp.So if your gaming you won’t need to open the app to see what tempature your running, simply look at the color of your pc.Example.20-40c fans Blue40-60c fans orange60-100c fans redAnd you can set color and tempature zones to what ever you want.The color transitions between zones, so u can almost tell exactly what tempature you at by color or color transition.The fans will change color based on your tempature zones, if you wish.You can set up your pumps lcd screen how ever you like, and to what ever color schemes you wish.You can also adjust certian fan zones how you like to what ever rpm/temp you prefer.Installation was what it is. Follow the steps on YouTube double check that sata cable,Do not add any thermal paste like I did thinking just a little extra will help.It made the difference of a few degrees after I noticed my cp Temps spiking up and down 38 to 45.Apparently any air bubbles in the thermal paste will effect conduction.The icue comes with enough on it, after I cleaned it all and put just a small pea sized dot on the middle,The tempature spikes went away.After using the newly installed icue for around 2 weeks I found my tempatures seem to drop a few more degrees and also bacome more stable, perhaps once it wore in a little bit, from 38-45 now very steady 36-38 at idle.Games that would run my other liquid cooling around 65c -70 are now running 45- 60.So there has been a noticeable improvement.The benchmarks for my cp areIdle 45-47Gaming 70-80, 90 is high but okWith icue H150 I’m running36-38 idleGaming 45-60c.I’m now building another system with the icue 7000rgb caseIcue h170 lcd 420mm fans.Can’t imagine how well this is going to work.GOOD PURCHASE 5/5Needs a better sata connection in place.