WEBVTT 00:00:00.160 --> 00:00:04.960 This video is brought to you by CM Storm, preferred choice of mice, 00:00:03.360 --> 00:00:08.160 headsets, and mechanical keyboards of Curse Gaming. Visit 00:00:09.160 --> 00:00:15.920 www.coolermaster-usea.com/team_curse for more details. Welcome to my unboxing and 00:00:12.719 --> 00:00:17.680 first look at the LQ315 from Zulman. 00:00:15.920 --> 00:00:21.119 This is an all-in-one liquid cooler with a built-in pump with a slim water block, 00:00:19.359 --> 00:00:25.039 a copper base, and micro fins to maximize cooling performance. And I'm 00:00:22.880 --> 00:00:28.800 going to turn it into like a like a song. 00:00:26.640 --> 00:00:33.040 Welcome to an unboxing where we do lots of cool things like opening things with 00:00:30.400 --> 00:00:37.360 knives and we Okay, that was about as far as I got with that. So, let's just 00:00:35.040 --> 00:00:42.320 go ahead and open this bad boy up. So, this is a single 120 mm radiator liquid 00:00:39.920 --> 00:00:45.600 cooler. It's based on an asetch design, which means that there shouldn't be any 00:00:43.760 --> 00:00:51.200 huge surprises in terms of the mounting mechanism or the overall build quality. 00:00:47.760 --> 00:00:52.719 I think these LCLC sort of generation 1, 00:00:51.200 --> 00:00:57.199 two, three, what are we up to like four generations now? designs have been out 00:00:54.879 --> 00:01:00.559 there in the wild enough that if there were any kinds of mass failures, we'd 00:00:58.800 --> 00:01:05.920 know about them already. Uses durable and long-asting tubes. An additional 120 00:01:03.440 --> 00:01:09.360 mm fan can be installed and uses an environmentally friendly anti-corrosion 00:01:07.680 --> 00:01:13.119 coolant. Oh, that's kind of good to know. There's also a blue LED included 00:01:11.200 --> 00:01:19.680 in the water block itself, which is not true of the 310, which is the lower-end 00:01:17.200 --> 00:01:25.200 version of this particular cooler. And the other thing that's not true of the 00:01:21.119 --> 00:01:27.200 310 is the fact that the 315 uses a 00:01:25.200 --> 00:01:30.640 thicker style radiator. So, one of the things that Zulman's done to set their 00:01:28.799 --> 00:01:36.159 cooler apart from the other sort of asetch based designs out there is 00:01:33.840 --> 00:01:39.759 they've added like a faux aluminum finish to the side here. That's kind of 00:01:37.680 --> 00:01:43.840 that brushed plastic finish that I always talk about because I think it's 00:01:41.439 --> 00:01:48.320 freaking awesome because it doesn't attract fingerprints and stains the way 00:01:46.560 --> 00:01:52.479 that aluminum does, but it actually looks kind of like aluminum and it has 00:01:50.399 --> 00:01:57.360 sort of a premium look to it that you don't get with other more different um 00:01:55.680 --> 00:02:01.520 with other more different radiators. They've also changed the way the 00:01:58.799 --> 00:02:05.680 threading is done on the shroud itself. So, if you look at that, they've 00:02:02.719 --> 00:02:11.599 actually got brass inlaid threads rather than using just a simple 00:02:08.280 --> 00:02:13.840 um tapped thread through a metal piece 00:02:11.599 --> 00:02:17.599 here. So, this is partly because this is a plastic shroud. So, you wouldn't want 00:02:15.440 --> 00:02:21.360 to thread plastic in order to mount a a fan to something, but I think this 00:02:19.360 --> 00:02:25.200 should actually be more durable overall anyway, and it'll be less of a problem 00:02:23.680 --> 00:02:28.640 if you accidentally screw something up and strip it. So, that's uh that's a 00:02:27.040 --> 00:02:32.720 nice little touch to see as well. The pre-attached tubes are one quarter inch 00:02:30.720 --> 00:02:36.400 and they run to again a very sharp looking. So, it's a better looking 00:02:34.400 --> 00:02:40.160 pre-lquid uh pre-done liquid cooler than what we've seen in the past. So, it's a 00:02:38.080 --> 00:02:44.400 better looking CPU block unit there with a nice shiny Z on top and there is a 00:02:42.080 --> 00:02:48.480 blue LED inside there that illuminates. The block pump unit is powered by a 00:02:46.400 --> 00:02:53.280 three pin uh by a three pin fan connector that uses black wires so it's 00:02:50.959 --> 00:02:59.440 not going to look out of place in your well done little build. And last but not 00:02:57.200 --> 00:03:02.239 least, well second last, also not least, we have the mounting hardware. So this 00:03:00.800 --> 00:03:06.800 is the standard fair that you see for these asetch units. It's got the updated 00:03:04.720 --> 00:03:11.599 one that allows you to use one piece as a hold down, another piece to hold the 00:03:08.959 --> 00:03:15.360 hold down hold held in place, and then you actually use little plastic clips, 00:03:13.680 --> 00:03:20.720 stick them through here, stick the screws through there, and you can mount it to pretty much any socket you want, 00:03:18.319 --> 00:03:23.599 including LGA 2011. Now, another thing that they've changed that they've 00:03:21.760 --> 00:03:26.720 included is almond fans. Belman fans have been, in my experience, some of the 00:03:25.280 --> 00:03:32.959 better ones out there as far as the overall build quality goes. They undervolt very well. This one right here 00:03:30.159 --> 00:03:36.799 calls itself an ultra quiet CPU cooler. So, I'd probably believe it. This one 00:03:34.879 --> 00:03:41.680 has a bit of a unique design because you can see that only one side actually has 00:03:39.120 --> 00:03:47.120 a square fan mount on it and the other side is just rounded here. So, the only 00:03:44.720 --> 00:03:51.200 challenge that I would foresee with a product like this is it limits your 00:03:49.519 --> 00:03:56.640 options in terms of fan mounting a little bit. So, you're going to either be able to use it in push at the back of 00:03:55.200 --> 00:04:00.000 your case, mounting the radiator directly to the back of the case, or if 00:03:58.720 --> 00:04:05.040 you don't have clearance at the back of the case because of the tank, you're going to have to mount it in push, which 00:04:03.840 --> 00:04:11.680 is the other option you have. So, there's push from one direction or push from the other direction. And no, wait, 00:04:09.040 --> 00:04:15.560 no, you won't be able to do that. Oh, yeah. That won't work at all because 00:04:13.439 --> 00:04:19.600 you'll have to use a Oh, no. They do have they do have what 00:04:18.160 --> 00:04:24.160 you'd need, but it'd be a bit of a weird orientation because um like you'd have 00:04:22.400 --> 00:04:27.600 this against the case, then you'd have to go through the case, through here 00:04:25.680 --> 00:04:30.560 into the radiator in order to get it mounted. So, I would have preferred if 00:04:28.960 --> 00:04:34.479 they'd included a fan that does have both sides, but it's probably not the 00:04:32.880 --> 00:04:37.680 end of the world. And usually I replace the fans on these things anyway with 00:04:36.400 --> 00:04:41.199 something like a uh with something like a Noctua fan, for example. Don't forget 00:04:39.840 --> 00:04:46.240 to subscribe to Linus Tech Tips for more unboxings, reviews, and other computer videos. And I sure hope you enjoyed this 00:04:44.000 --> 00:04:46.240 one.