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Review on Corsair Hydro X Series XH305i Hardline Water Cooling Kit with XC7 CPU Water Block, XR5 360mm Radiator, XD5 Pump Reservoir, and iCUE QL120 RGB Fans by Adam Gorsage

Revainrating 4 out of 5

If this is your first non-standard rigid tubular hinge, then this kit is for you.

So this set was VERY well thought out. I put it in the Thermaltake Tower 900 case because I really like the design of the case. It is very easy to understand connectors that connect rigid pipes to bends/connectors. Reasons I gave it 4 stars: 1. I ended up having to order 4 90 degree elbows to make it work. This kit did not come with the U block and without these short sections it takes 3-4 bends in a tube making it extremely difficult to get every bend perfect. I think for the $600 kit they should have AT LEAST included a pair of 90 degree pipe connectors. The cut has two wires for the LED coming out from the top. You can't remove them and it looks ugly unless you glue them to the side of the Res-Tower for a clean install.3. The pump/res combination has only one port through which it can exit. It would be super cool to have more than one exit port that you can block one of for a super clean install. Or be able to rotate the top of the receiver cover so the inlet and outlet can come from the back. Other than that it looks really cool, doesn't leak, the Hainbeam fans are incredibly quiet and keep my 5900X in tact. Your marketing doesn't really help you identify the right additional details. Everything is called the HydroX series. Be sure to pay attention to the outside diameter of the pipeline. I got 14mm and ended up having to wait a few more days to get the right elbows. Not exactly dumb evidence for beginners. I want to see them develop some water blocks for different 3070 GPUs and I will buy another set of tubes, fans, pumps etc to have two separate circuits on the other side.

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  • Computer Components
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  • Some Problems