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Are Barrow/ Byski parts any good?

SyedHamed
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I am about to build a 3900x build with a x570-E motherboard from Asus
I wanna watercool it, but don't want to spend a fortune on EK parts that I could add to getting better componants and also won't go out for AIO cause I wanna do something new.

I saw some Aliexpress reviews and genuine customers are happy with the quality.
My question is, are Barrow or Byski or other watercooling parts worth to go or without parts from EK and others it'd be a trash?

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Yes, I use even more generic fittings and have zero issues on my loops. 

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My Rig: ASRock B450m Pro4, Ryzen 5 3600, ARESGAME River 5 CPU cooler, EVGA RTX 2060 KO, 16gb (2x8) 3600mhz TeamGroup T-Force RAM, ARESGAME AGV750w PSU, 1tb WD Black SN750 NVMe Win 10 boot drive, 3tb Hitachi 7200 RPM HDD, Fractal Design Focus G Mini custom painted.  

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I haven't touched mine since I installed it and it hasn't missed a beat.

 

If you're interested in a product please download and read the manual first.

Don't forget to tag or quote in your reply if you want me to know you've answered or have another question.

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I have the Barrowch Boxfish reservoir.  So far been very happy with it.  Don't have any experience with any of their other products though so it's just a sample of one.

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10 hours ago, vf1000ride said:

I have the Barrowch Boxfish reservoir.  So far been very happy with it.  Don't have any experience with any of their other products though so it's just a sample of one.

What do you think the difference would be between it and EK part?

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4 hours ago, SyedHamed said:

What do you think the difference would be between it and EK part?

I have an EKWB GPU cooler only because they were the only ones that made a cooler that fit my non-reference design gtx-1080 card, probably wouldn't have purchased anything from them otherwise.  It has worked fine for me but as you mentioned was not cheap, it's hard to judge a companies entire product line on a single piece of their gear.

 

I will mention though that when comparing the instructions given with the EKWB vs Barrow products, Barrow was terrible.  With Barrow you are basically given the part and need to figure out everything else for yourself.  If your interested in the Barrow parts I would recommend visiting their website.  If you are confident you can figure out your cooling system with the instructions and tech data on the website than go ahead and buy the parts, you will not get anything else in the box that will be useful. 

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55 minutes ago, vf1000ride said:

I have an EKWB GPU cooler only because they were the only ones that made a cooler that fit my non-reference design gtx-1080 card, probably wouldn't have purchased anything from them otherwise.  It has worked fine for me but as you mentioned was not cheap, it's hard to judge a companies entire product line on a single piece of their gear.

 

I will mention though that when comparing the instructions given with the EKWB vs Barrow products, Barrow was terrible.  With Barrow you are basically given the part and need to figure out everything else for yourself.  If your interested in the Barrow parts I would recommend visiting their website.  If you are confident you can figure out your cooling system with the instructions and tech data on the website than go ahead and buy the parts, you will not get anything else in the box that will be useful. 

In my place, we have a tradition slash bad habit not to read ant instructions and figure out yourself. We're pretty good at that.

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