There’s been a horde of product bulletins this week throughout CES 2025 however this Asus CPU cooler, which we acquired to stare upon in individual on the present ground, is an absolute doozy. This large liquid CPU cooler has a wrap-around curved 6.7 inch show, with assist for “naked-eye 3D” video playback that pops proper out of the case.
Lots of the greatest CPU coolers look spectacular, however this Asus cooler is in a league of its personal. The Asus ROG Ryuo IV SLC 360 ARGB is an ideal match for dual-glass-panelled circumstances such because the Hyte Y70, due to the best way its wraparound display screen displays the form of these circumstances and that the entrance and aspect glass panels of such circumstances provide you with a full view of the display screen.
Whereas shows on CPU coolers aren’t truly so uncommon – many AIO coolers, such because the NZXT Kraken Elite 360 RGB AIO embrace them – the Ryuo IV SLC 360’s wraparound, curved 6.67-inch AMOLED panel is a completely totally different take to something we’ve seen earlier than. In the true world, it appears to be like completely unimaginable, with its sharp, vibrant colours actually coming out from the panel, thanks (partly) to that naked-eye 3D impact. Th show even helps a ludicrously sharp 2K decision and runs at 60Hz.
The panel isn’t only for a flowery 3D gentle present, nevertheless. It may be configured with customized {hardware} data, providing you with a helpful readout in addition to a mesmerizing show.
There’s ARGB lighting on the radiator too, courtesy of its followers. The radiator comes with three 120mm followers which have customizable lighting on their blades and frames. These are additionally daisy-chained collectively magnetically, making for a cleaner and simpler set up.
Even the tubing has been thought-about for the cleanest doable construct, utilizing a shortened size to take up much less area contained in the case, whereas additionally serving to to maintain the cooling loop as brief as doable. This seemingly limits the variety of methods you possibly can match the radiator, although, with the one cheap possibility being to have it within the prime of your case, not the entrance fan mount, for example.
That is a fully unimaginable trying CPU cooler. When you’re serious about easy methods to construct a gaming PC and also you need to go all out with an eye catching cooler as the middle piece of your design, there are few choices that may outshine this Asus ROG Ryuo IV SLC 360 ARGB. No less than that’s our preliminary impression. We’ll have to attend till it’s in our palms for a full evaluation earlier than passing judgement on it.
There’s no information but on launch availability or pricing, however provided that premium 360mm AIO coolers typically demand over $150, we’d anticipate an additional fancy like this one to value no less than that a lot.
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