INTRODUCTION

   Although the design of All in one (AIO) liquid CPU coolers hasn't changed much over the years (if at all in most cases) for the most part interior components have and so cooling efficiency roughly ever stays the same in this market. Granted the majority of AIO models offers similar performance but there are always those that stand out like for example the recently reviewed Eisbaer Extreme 280 Black Edition by Alphacool largely thanks to their ultra-high-performance pumps and waterblocks. Performance however is not the only thing consumers care for, looks also play a huge role and with the somewhat recent introduction of RGB lighting in this segment of the market more such models get released every day. Last year we had the chance to test the AuraFlow 240 AIO by ID-COOLING and although we weren't impressed by its cooling efficiency it somewhat made up for that with its very affordable price tag. Today with us we have the next generation AuraFlow X 240 model which according to ID-COOLING performs a lot better compared to its predecessor.

   Teamed up by a few veterans from PC industry, ID-COOLING was officially announced to the world during Computex 2013. The mother company of ID-COOLING is the cooling solution provider for many motherboard and VGA card brands for over 10 years. ID-COOLING is specialized in CPU air cooler, CPU water cooler, VGA cooler, built-in cooling case, computer case fans, server cooler and etc. Having been a certified supplier for world's top information companies such as Cisco, Alcatel-Lucent, Huawei, Lenovo, etc. ID-COOLING accumulated a good reputation for strict quality control, fast service and innovative solutions.

   Just like its predecessor the brand new AuraFlow X 240 AIO by ID-COOLING consists of an 27mm thick aluminum radiator (however this time over the radiator is 276mm long instead of 274mm), two 400mm long flexible sleeved tubings, high-performance ceramic-bearing pump/ microfin copper waterblock combo (features a maximum rotational speed of 2100RPM which can output up to 106 litres per hour at a height of 1.3 meters with just 25dBA of noise) and two XF-12025-RGB 120mm PWM dual ball-bearing fans (although specs are the same as the ones used in the AuraFlow - 1800RPM/ 74.5CFM/ 2.15mmH2O/ 35.2dBA - these don't feature clear plastic blades). Again, we also see RGB illumination with 7 different modes (Static/ Breathing/ Color Circle/ Rainbow/ Comet/ Flash & Dash/ Strobing) both on its ceramic-bearing pump and its two 120mm fans and as expected they are all compatible with all the leading RGB sync technologies out there including Asus AURA Sync, Gigabyte RGB Fusion and MSI Mystic Light (consumers without RGB compatible mainboards are also covered via a bundled RGB controller).