Review on 💦 Maximize Silence and Performance with be quiet! BW008 Pure Loop 360mm All-in-One Water Cooling System by William Mathis

Bought to fit a Cooler Master NR200 ITX case. It "fits" well enough for 280mm, but time will tell how well it holds up. I run this with an AMD 5950x and honestly get good temps with Ryzen Master's AUTO OC enabled. Normally 40C when idling and the highest measured temperature 90C when testing on Cinebench 23. Otherwise, I've got around 80-85C or less at full load on all other tests. I find it fairly quiet overall, especially under light loads. The Pure Loop skin comes from wanting the hose to be a bit more flexible, not to mention stiff, but the ITX case is small and I can just squeeze it in. Not even sure if it's right? Most importantly, it works! The pure white LED is bright and I would like to change it. I'm not saying I want full RGB, but maybe some solid colors instead of a bunch of effects. Also, the cable for the LED is loose or something, because even though it's connected properly, you have to wiggle it to turn on the LED. It almost makes me want to return it. However, I've seen others have had this issue, but there weren't any issues with the device itself in terms of cooling. Pros: Reasonable price for performance Quiet fans Good thermal performance even with power hungry CPUs Mech: Single color LED (no effects required but solid red, green or blue or even colored caps) Slightly more flexible bar could be used for smaller ITX cases but it is doable via SATA for power (not the end of the world, but eh?) Included fans can't be daisy chained for better cable management Cons: Unreliable connection for LED power cables (could be pro or pro depending on how you like about LEDs think) Terrible instructions (easy to understand but non-existent, especially for the less experienced) Overall, highly recommended! For now! :)