Review on 🌡️ Thermaltake TH120 ARGB Motherboard Sync Edition Liquid Cooling System - High Efficiency CPU Cooler 120mm Radiator CL-W285-PL12SW-A, Black by Charles Salgado

UPDATE #2: After several thermal paste upgrades and changes and software updates - the latest in Chinese or something like that - I filed a formal complaint about deceptive practices involving this and other Tt products. . This ring will not withstand the heat stress of Ryzen or Threadripper. The latest update I had to get from their website actually broke both audio drivers. Today I had to uninstall the tt software and reinstall the audio and video drivers. I've requested an RMA from Thermaltake, but who cares? I will never get my $150 back. Why isn't it compatible with Aorus yet or doesn't any motherboard manufacturer have an adapter to enable LED and fan control? Why does it say they support processors that cannot be cooled? Both AMD 1920X system and Ryzen 7 2700X system - both vanilla - crash due to thermal max - BSOD and reboot BIOS. I tried everything to control the pace, but it didn't help in the end. Temperatures look fine for a few minutes or at 0% CPU utilization, but when the thermal load increases due to demand, this AIO just can't keep the CPU cool enough to keep running. For reference: I convert and compress videos, photos and create music. I watch movies and streaming services. I play easy. Do yourself a favor and stay away from this brand for a while. He's eating lunch right now. I ordered two Cooler Master Tower fans to keep my Threadripper and Ryzen CPU cool. Yes, I went back to pipes and fans. They work great controlling thermal loads below or below 60°C during the night and above. Thank you for reading this genuine tirade. I'm really sorry if this disappoints some people. Kind regards. UPDATE #1: Software keeps crashing on boot after update to fix issues that weren't even on the broken things list. What are you doing, Thermaltake? Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't - BOOM! Sometimes my fans decide for themselves what to do. Next month I think I will replace it with another cooler. In fact, the only reason the liquid went liquid was NOT for cooling, but for decibels and the excitation factor. For now I think I'll go back to hardtube cooling. This liquid CLS-AIO is designed for birds. As far as I can tell, the liquid cooling is for showing off and isn't technically required for thermal management. I'm disappointed. I know I have been scammed due to misrepresentation of product information. HISTORY: My system build starts with an AMD 1920X on a Gigabyte Designare X399 Mo-Bo. With the latest bios update. The system runs stably with G.Skill RGB 3200 RAM. I've implanted a Samsung EVO 960 NVMe Pci-e drive and is powered by a Corsair RM850i, the non-RGB version of their PSU. All this is a normal system with no overclocking and a stable operating system, which can be seen on the Scepter UHD monitor. COOLERS: One of the recommended cooler manufacturers for this processor on AMD's website was Thermaltake's closed-loop AIO cooler. I chose this cooler based on a recommendation from Thermaltake and its lighting capabilities. For the first 48 hours after installation I wasn't sure about the effectiveness. I almost took it out due to temperature control issues. 71°C to be exact and a BSOD every 20 minutes. I suspected the tt software controller was to blame and reinstalled the awful thing. SOFTWARE: This interface is just idiotic. Great idea - childish implementation. This is alpha software at best. I experimented with this and found that although the control software worked, it had serious flaws as shown below and was not very pleasant to use. INTERFACE: not resizable; There's no drag and drop, so the overall UI is pretty small on a UHD monitor unless you set the Windows text options to a larger size. This will truncate the text as the surface itself will not be adjusted to fit the text. INITIAL SETUP: Forces the 4th fan control to be selected first. The port will not work properly unless you select port 4 first. You can then select the first monitor. FAN CONTROL: NO FAN SPEED CONTROL in UI for Floe Riing RGB dropdown selection. It's only available for selecting Riing-Plus in the monitor's dropdown menus, which shouldn't work as it's a Floe Dual RGB channel, not Riing-Plus. Guess what? This can only be selected in the bottom monitor lists NOT related to where the actual pump is connected to the CPU position - monitor 1. The software locks with an error in red text indicating no device is connected when You switch the pump monitor/CPU to something other than what it actually is. The rest of the monitors don't seem to care if any other hardware is chosen instead. Crazy stuff right? TEXT SIZE: No text on the UHD monitor is legible unless the face is sitting on the screen or in my case with a magnifying glass. Remember that the GUI cannot be resized, but anything done to resize windows is basically reflected INSIDE. GUI frame so the material is clipped and overlapped. I don't really need to change the windows interface size, resolution etc to make the UI usable, but if they require it from the user the GUI should be extended to accommodate the necessary changes. SETUP RESULTS: After all the playing and reinstalling and playing, I've finally managed to get better temperature control. Now I measure the temperature in C from about 35C to 65C depending on the load. BEFORE ADJUSTMENT: Temperature range from 45°C to 71°C. Under constant load, it roots at 71°C. LAMPS: Looks great on a heatsink and the noise level is lower than the tower air cooler I used on my old AMD FX-8350 Black processor. PUMP: Another big issue is pump speed. As great as it is with the RGD LED factor, the pump speed/rpm is NOT controlled by software or anywhere else. There is no real-time data on how the pump is working, not even RPM. I think they need that pump speed to stay static and fully distribute the water over the fins of the water block? At a minimum, builders need to know if the pump speed is correct. FIRST CHECK :> Is it keeping the system running? Yes of course. Is this where I think it should be for this kind of money? No way. The software needs a complete overhaul by someone who takes care of control interfaces. LEDs need better flow control within factory settings. Controls must be fully legible on a UHD screen. AORUS LED Control. Even GIGABYTE apps have a break between their own control software. Some apps don't work on the newer X399 chipsets even though they advertised their App Control Center as compatible. ASUS AORUS controllers are not compatible with assemblers other than those that work with them. RESULTS: I don't feel like I've won the fight. I like the hardware, really. But those who said goodbye early do not have a warm and fluffy feeling. There are still many bugs in Thermaltake's software control that I haven't even addressed yet, such as memory leaks, faulty selection processes, support. Thermaltake and others are already preparing to release new AIO cooling systems (or have they already released?), so keep an eye on them and wait to adopt them if you can. software interface. I have high hopes for the investment of so much time and money.