VERDICT
Despite some rough edges, strong performance and easy assembly make this a great CPU cooler
WE COULDN’T LET the year pass without looking at one more RGB all-in-one (AIO) watercooler. If you don’t count Nvidia’s RTX cards (and we’re not, until developers actually start adding ray-tracing to their games), this particular subset of CPU coolers has been the closest thing 2018 has had to breakout PC tech. Taipei’s Computex show was filled with them, and we’ve long had a favourite in the Cooler Master MasterLiquid ML240R RGB (Shopper 366). What, then, makes the Thermaltake Floe Riing RGB 240 TT Premium Edition stand out, other than an abundance of syllables?
CONFIDENCE BUILDING
One thing is its straightforward installation. It needs to be assembled, naturally, but this process is both devoid of common watercooler construction annoyances and has benefitted from some smart design touches. The best example is the series of built-in rubber pads on each corner of the two 120mm fans, which prevents the plastic frame from vibrating against the metal radiator when the blades are spinning. Some coolers achieve the same thing with a rubber gasket, but getting these in place before affiing the fans can be a pain.
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