Question 1

Does it come with pre-applied thermal paste?

Accepted Answer

It does not, however, it comes with its own Artic Silver thermal paste, although, I recommend foregoing thermal paste altogether and grab an Innovation Cooling Graphite Thermal Pad for 10$ here on Newegg. I use it in conjunction with said AIO pump on my i7-8700k cpu and it does just as good, if not better, than paste. You don't have to bother with measurements, cleaning, etc. Just place it and forget it. It's reusable too. Check out LinusTechTips video regarding the thermal pad in case you want even more information.

Enjoy your new pump!

Question 2

Are the fans proprietary or can they be replaced?

Accepted Answer

As far as I know this unit uses standard 120mm fan layout. I have used other AIOs and swapped the fans. I would double check google though.

Question 3

Does the RGB work with Aura Sync?

Accepted Answer

Yes it does.

Just make sure you connect the addressable RGB wire from the controller you receive with this item (on the bottom, 3 pin port) to an addressable RGB header on the motherboard (again, 3 port).

Then in the Aura Sync interface, you'll control the lighting of the fans & cooler via the "ADD STRIP" towards the top of the window.

Hope this helps.

Question 4

Can I bypass the LED and RGB and just hook up the fan and pump directly to the power supply?

Accepted Answer

Hello, Yes you should be able to do that even without connecting directly to the PSU. The pump and the fans have two cables that do different things. 1) Power cable that can be plugged into a fan header on the motherboard or a fan hub. Can also be connected directly to the PSU with an adapter like a molex to 3 pin fan adapter like the one I linked below. 2) Addressable RGB control cable that can be plugged into a RGB header on the board or the included RGB controller with this unit. In theory you can plug in only the power cables that power both the pump and the fans without also plugging in the RGB cables to enable the LEDs. Another option would be to have them plugged in but use software to disable the LEDs. Either way you have the option of not using the RGB LEDs if you do not want to. I would take a look at this installation guide so you can see what I am talking about (recommend starting at 6:30 time mark ). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQQaUzJEYAY Newegg Support

Question 5

What is the name/model number of the fans that come with the radiator?

Accepted Answer

Cooler Master MF120R ARGB 120mm Addressable RGB fans.  (R4-120R-20PC-R1)

Question 6

WILL THIS WORK ON A MSI x470 MOBO GAMING PLUS ?

Accepted Answer

Hello D Y,

Thank you for contacting us in regards to your question.

This AiO Liquid Cooler is compatible with that motherboard.

Thank you and have a nice day! 
Newegg Support

Question 7

How many fans can the controller support, if I was to buy a few more of these fans?

Accepted Answer

if you check the cooler Master install guide, they will tell you exactly how many AIO plugins are on the controller. From memory I believe there are a total of four, the three that are on the radiator take up one since you are stringing them on the same output

Question 8

Does it include (or can I add) a GPU cooling device extension?  I suppose that the CPU cooling extension is already included.  Thank you.

Accepted Answer

This is an AIO, it's a sealed system and not meant to be opened or modified. It is only for your CPU, and isn't recommended to be used with a GPU.

Question 9

Does this fit a 1200 socket? In the specs it says that it does but i just looked on the box and it doesn't say that it does? Please let me know.

Accepted Answer

"When it comes to the heatsink, the 4 holes used for fastening the heatsink are in the same place for several Intel CPU-compatible sockets, including LGA 1151, LGA 1150, LGA 1155, LGA 1156, and LGA 1200. This means that you can use the same cooling options for any socket. If you already own a cooling solution for any of these motherboards, you will be able to use it for LGA 1200 as well."

Source: levvvel com/lga-1200-cpu-list/

Question 10

Will this work for a Ryzen 3700x?

Accepted Answer

Yes, it should work with any AMD socket to my knowledge. I'm using it on my Ryzen 1700x build.

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