How reputable are ID-Cooling AIO's?

[themaniac]

I've been out of the loop for a while and have been working at putting my spare system into a smaller footprint case(Silverstone GDO9) to use it as more of a server/htpc. And i've been looking at what cooling i could go for, originally was looking at air coolers, but while looking at prices, i found ID-Cooling AIO's (FrostFlow X in this instance) to be quite cheap comparatively and the performance was pretty good as well. The reviews look good but its the first time i've heard of them. So are they a good brand or should i avoid them?

[Bombastinator]

Good chance their either actually made by someone else, they used to make stuff for other people and they just started doing under their own nam (like superflower and PSUs) it used to be that basically everyone used one particular patent and paid royalties, then someone made a work around by putting the pump IN the radiator which sucked at first but may have gotten better.  If the pump is on top of the cold plate good chance that’s the first patent.

Edited June 7, 2023 by Bombastinator

[SpookyCitrus]

They're Asetek rads I believe, but the pump is an inhouse design if I remember correctly. I installed one in a buddies system a few years ago and it hasn't had any issues. They're kind of a steal for the price in my opinion. Nothing super fancy software or lighting wise but functionally they do what they are supposed to. 

[themaniac]

9 minutes ago, SpookyCitrus said:

They're Asetek rads I believe, but the pump is an inhouse design if I remember correctly. I installed one in a buddies system a few years ago and it hasn't had any issues. They're kind of a steal for the price in my opinion. Nothing super fancy software or lighting wise but functionally they do what they are supposed to. 

Yeah, thats what caught my eye, no rgb or stupid software and cheap. Glad to hear they are good as well.

[Bombastinator]

3 hours ago, themaniac said:

Yeah, thats what caught my eye, no rgb or stupid software and cheap. Glad to hear they are good as well.

Both are good things imho.  Until the industry gets it stuff in a box, which I heard was being done by intel, rgb is a net negative imho.  I don’t do the “I paid extra to make my stuff worse” thing.  At least when I have a choice.  Few do.  Hence the tendency to force an artificial market to remove choice THEN do it.  The other one is what gmail and Amazon and Walmart did which is “we’ll make it worse but give it to you ‘free’ (or at least at a ruinously low price)” until the competition starves out.  Then once the market is artificial they can do what they want.  Monopoly is not a new game.  The whole no rgb thing never went away so they couldn’t force it though.