Customized water cooling simply took one other step in the direction of being a viable choice for a lot of extra system builders, because of Corsair. With its Corsair CH405i iCUE Hyperlink water cooling equipment, it has supplied a single-purchase path to water cooling your PC, however not solely that, every part solely wants a single cable to attach all of it collectively.
Corsair has beforehand introduced particular person Corsair iCUE Hyperlink appropriate water cooling parts however the brand new XH405i is the primary full equipment to be up to date with the expertise. No iCUE Hyperlink equipment is but to grace our greatest CPU cooler and finest PC fan guides however it’s most likely solely a matter of time.
For these unfamiliar, iCUE Hyperlink was the primary of now a number of options for offering a single cable or single connection between cooling parts, changing the fan controllers, RGB hubs, and particular person cables to attach every part. So, as an alternative of a 360mm AIO cooler requiring a few cables (energy and pump management) for the waterblock and three particular person fan cables for every fan, only a single cable is require for the entire unit. Followers can be daisy-chained collectively with out additional cables – an concept that predates iCUE Hyperlink and that Lian Li pioneered.
In the meantime, Corsair’s Hydro X sequence water cooling kits have additionally been round for some time, together with the whole lot it’s essential plumb your gaming PC, together with water blocks, tubing, connectors, coolant, a radiator, followers and extra. The brand new XH405i equipment features a CPU water block that’s appropriate with all the CPUs on our greatest gaming CPU listing and you can even purchase the brand new iCUE Hyperlink XG7 GPU water block that’s appropriate with numerous manufacturers of RTX 40 sequence GPUs. These ship on their iCUE Hyperlink branding by having single-cable connection for the 16 addressable LEDs mounted thereon.
RGBs are additionally abound in the remainder of the system with the pump/reservoir, CPU waterblock, and trio of 120mm followers all sporting loads of lights. And once more, the important thing factor right here is that you simply solely want a single iCUE Hyperlink controller unit hidden around the again of your motherboard tray to regulate and energy all of the followers, pumps, and LEDs.
Finishing the equipment is the tubing, connections, iCUE Hyperlink hub, coolant, and even instruments you’ll want (for chopping and becoming the tubing).
The one actual draw back, then, is the value. At $699.99 for the total equipment, with out a GPU block – that’s one other $229.99 – it’s not the most affordable method to cool your gaming PC. Nonetheless, full custom-loop water cooling has by no means been low-cost and that is maybe the best route but to creating it occur.
For these not with sufficient money to go the water cooling route or who simply want a neater leak-free life, you may as an alternative take a look at our greatest CPU cooler and finest PC fan guides for some cooling improve inspiration.