INTRODUCTION

    Both from recent and past reviews it's become somewhat clear that AIO liquid CPU coolers have hit a bottleneck in terms of cooling efficiency and to be honest, this was something many in the industry expected to happen at some point. Still if there's one thing the PC industry is well known of that's innovation and so cooling efficiency is no longer the sole thing people are looking for when out to get a new AIO, looks also matter and well this is where A/RGB lighting and even LCD screens come in. Of course, over the years many manufacturers have taken things a step further in regards to cooling efficiency by adding small fans at the bases of their AIO models in an effort to also cool surrounding motherboard components like the VRMs (for the most part without great results). Fast forward to today and SilverStone has actually one of the most interesting AIO liquid cooling lines in the market called the IceMyst and for the past 2 weeks or so I've been testing the tri-fan 360mm model.

    Founded in 2003, SilverStone is an established leader in its field, with an elite team of engineers; we started our quest of providing products that create inspirations. We have since expanded the lines of products as well as types of products we produce, giving our customers a wide selection of choices. With distribution centers in different areas of the globe, SilverStone products can be seen all over the world, not just for computer users but also for home entertainment use. Providing leisure with integration of advanced technologies that is functional and making them enjoyable to use.

    Just like most AIO liquid CPU coolers in the market the IceMyst line by SilverStone also consists by an aluminum radiator (396x120x28mm for the 360 model), tubes (460mm long for this variant), ceramic pump (3100RPM / 3-phase, 6-pole motor) and copper waterblock combo (RGB LEDs beneath and around the rotatable top cover) and three 120mm PWM ARGB fans (2200RPM / 75.74CFM / 3.4mmH2O / 33.1dBA / 10 ARGB effects) featuring detachable (modular) cables. What makes the IceMyst line quite unique however is the ability end users have to stack on top of the pump up to six (perhaps even 7) IMF70-ARGB 70mm hydraulic bearing fans (2800RPM / 17.2CFM / 2.00mmH2O / 28.2dBA) in order to cool components surrounding the CPU socket (most notably VRMs, RAM and even your GPU - depends on your motherboard size and layout). As expected, the ARGB lights of the fans, pump and even the IMF70-ARGB fans are compatible with all 3-pin ARGB technologies such as ASUS Aura Sync, ASRock Polychrome Sync, Biostar RGB Sync, Gigabyte RGB Fusion and MSI Mystic Light. So, time to see what the IceMyst 360 is really capable of, not just in terms of CPU cooling but also surrounding motherboard components and hardware.