Details
The EK-Nucleus AIO CR360 Lux D-RGB is an all-in-one liquid cooling solution offering a stylish fan-like gradient lighting effect on the pump unit to suit your needs for contemporary addressable RGB aesthetics.
It is designed to fit most popular cases on the market today and features a triple fan setup with a slim 360mm radiator. Compatible with most modern processors, it is also ready for the next-gen Intel socket.
Addressable RGB Lighting
Customize your all-in-one system to match your setup with its fully addressable RGB lighting effects. This closed-loop liquid CPU cooler offers a plug-and-play solution with a fan-like D-RGB lighting effect around the pump top for all who search for that perfect RGB AIO aesthetics.
This product is compatible with popular RGB sync technologies from all major motherboard manufacturers. The arrow marking on the 3-pin LED connector is to be aligned with the +5V marking on the addressable RGB (D-RGB) header.
Rotatable Pump Top
The top allows you to re-orient the D-RGB EK badge no matter in which direction the cooler is installed. The orientation can be changed in 90° increments, so if the cooler is installed upside down, rotate it 180 degrees to display the logo right side up. Regardless of the angle needed to install the AIO, it will always offer clean and aligned aesthetics.
New Positioning of Rotary Fittings
The AIO CR360 Lux comes pre-installed with reinforced and sleeved rubber tubing, now featuring finer threads. The fittings are covered with an aesthetic black radiator cover at the connection of the tubing and the radiator to ensure a sleek design and flushed line with the added fans.
The improved position of rotary fittings on the other side, which are now placed next to each other, allows the EK-Nucleus AIO to be installed in even the tightest spaces.
Sleeved Tubing
Fine sleeving is added to the tube to enrich the look of the tubing and additionally protect the inner tubing as an added layer.
Daisy-chainable Fans
To reduce cable clutter and the number of headers that need to be utilized on the motherboard or fan controller, EK-Loop FPT fans allow daisy-chaining through EK-OmniLink technology.
EK-OmniLink – allows daisy chaining of multiple fans, thus reducing cable clutter and greatly easing cable management. The Omni-Link ecosystem of interconnects will be greatly expanded in the near future, allowing additional benefits to users. It uses Micro-fit 8-pin connectors between products. The EK-OmniLink design resolves the cable clutter issues of unifying the connection of multiple fans onto a single PWM and D-RGB header while still maintaining full flexibility if the user wants to remove a single fan from the chain.
EK-Loop FPT Fans
EK-Loop Fan FPT 120 D-RGB is a 120mm high-static pressure computer cooling fan designed and built primarily for the highest-performance computer liquid cooling systems. FPT fans feature a full-frame design that prevents air from escaping outside the frame, thus achieving better static pressure.
Dense Microfin Copper Coldplate
The copper coldplate that touches the CPU IHS is made of copper to enhance the thermal transferring characteristics. It has a dense stack of microfins that boost the thermal transfer area between the copper base and coolant, ensuring unparalleled cooling.
Diamond-cut Brushed Aluminum Side Panels
This AIO features an aluminum side plate put on a lathe, and part of the panel’s surface is machined off to leave a shiny alloy finish.
Universally Compatible and Easy to Install
All EK-Nucleus AIOs come with a universally compatible CPU water block, fitting all the latest Intel and AMD CPU sockets. The installation process is very straightforward, thanks to the included manual and mounting mechanism. This product requires enough space to mount a single slim 360mm radiator, making it compatible with almost all modern cases.
A special tool is included that allows users to screw down and tighten the stand-offs easily without hurting their fingers. This is another benefit to the user experience while mounting this AIO.
Technical Specifications
-Radiator Dimensions: 400 x 124 x 27 mm
-Radiator Material: Aluminum
-Fan Compatibility: 120 mm
-Pump Unit Dimensions: 82.3 x 69.2 x 61.6 mm
-Pump Unit Material: ABS housing, ABS top ring
-Pump Speed Range: 3100 RPM ± 10%
-Pump PWM Range: 20 – 100%
-Pump Unit RGB Type: 5V Digital (Addressable)
-Pinout: 5V, D, Empty, Ground Pump RGB Cable Length: 500 mm
-Tubing Material: Ultra-Low Evaporation Rubber with Nylon Braided Sleeve
-Tubing Length: 400 mm
-Fan Dimensions: 120 x 120 x 25mm
-Fan Speed Range: 550 – 2300 ± 10%
-Fan Noise Level: 36 dB (at maximum speed)
-Fan Air Flow: 72 CFM = 122,33 m³/h (at maximum speed)
-Fan RGB Type: 5V Digital (Addressable) Pinout: 5V, D, Empty, Ground
System Requirements:
-4-Pin PWM Header for pump and fan operation
-3-Pin Addressable 5V D-RGB header
Enclosed:
-EK-Nucleus AIO CR360 Lux D-RGB unit
-EK-FPT FAN 120 D-RGB Full Pressure Technology Fan (3x)
-Mounting Kit
-User Manual
Compatible CPU Sockets:
– Intel Sockets LGA: 1150, 1151, 1155, 1156, 1200, 2011, 2011-3, 2066 + Next-gen Intel Socket, 1700
– AMD Socket: AM4, AM5
Mahesh Janitha –
Very good product. This cooler performance is very well and it is doing a good job to cool my i9 CPU even though I am in a hotter country. Furthermore, premium packing. I must say I haven’t seen any AIO cooler with this much neat and premium packing. The package arrived in my country without any damage. Very happy with the product.
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Timber –
I really like this AIO. It works very well keeping the CPU cool and that is by far the most important aspect of it. That said, I have just a couple gripes with the AIO. First, the fan noise is not great. It really ramps up the noise when your CPU starts doing things. Setting some custom fan curves to keep it from going up and down too often is very important to make this noise manageable.My only other real complaint is also a positive, that the RGB and is purely motherboard controlled. There is no such thing as a RGB suite that actually works well, and USB controlled fan hubs are often a far bigger headache. Unfortunately for me, Gigabyte motherboards are really stupid about what RGB fusion and what their new control center can actually configure, so it’s been a bit annoying to get the colors sticking around on anything going through the motherboard. Just keep that in mind. I would still recommend this product.
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Chuck Rider –
Best AIO cooler I have used to date (and I have used many). This is what I would use again.
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Amazon Customer –
This is my first AIO. I had Noctua D15 which has been a great cooler. The packaging is worthy of noting, it’s packaged much better than most products I’ve bought. Instructions are easy to follow but it’s easy to figure out how to install it without the instructions if you’ve ever mounted a cooler before. This cooler has dropped cpu temps and they generally stay 10c cooler than with the Noctua. Very happy with this AIO
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Roly A –
so this is EKWB latest AIO first this comes well packaged nicely organized looks and feels high quality. instruction manual is easy to understand and pictures are clear. fans are daisy chain and wires are easy to work with. pump noise is almost silent fans same depending how you set the fan speed i have them low rpms don’t need this running so fast. you will have to manually setup a fan curve for the fans and also the pump so in my motherboard i have the pwm cable for the fans on cpu fan header and the pump on my fan pump header easy to control.rgb also is connected to my motherboard also easy to control.im cooling a Ryzen 7 5800x and running Cinebenchr23 with my fan curve highest temp is 84c after running the test 3 times so very happy.so now i guess since this AIO’s are brand new quality control have not found this issue yet but threads on the AIO are not well threaded to mount the fans i had two holes that required force to get the screws to mount and to install it on top of my case the small screws also had same issue had to get the screws started to make it thread to the AIO. again since this is the latest from EK I’m sure they will catch this quality issue but that’s it I’m very happy with this AIO nice and quite installation on AM4 is easy and keeps my cpu cool that’s all I need so worth the price.
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mkinpa –
Paired this with a Ryzen 7950X on an Asus x670e Extreme board in a Phanteks Enthoo Pro case (PH-ES614PTG_BK). It is a tight fit, but I did manage to get it in and also keep the built-in control bay with the flip cover too without modification. I was also able to load up my three other front 5.25 bays too, although I had to place the shallowest one at the top and then also dremel the 3.5->5.25 bay adapter a bit in order to get it to fit comfortably in front of the CR360. Due to the mounting positions on the Enthoo case the radiator sits a bit further forward, but looking down from the top it is actually perfectly centered in the top dust filter cutout. I decided to mount the pump with lines on the bottom to minimize the stress and tension on the lines due to the positioning of the radiator with respect to the mobo. The top pump display is magnetic and can be rotated in a matter of seconds.Build Quality: This thing just oozes quality, especially the radiator. Clean, sturdy, no cheap plastic anywhere. Everything impressed me from the overall packaging to even the quality of the manual!Installation: Very straight forward once you determine the bracket and standoffs with the correct threads. The pump already has thermal paste evenly applied. Wiring is a breeze and their daisy chain system makes cable management a little less painful. Some others mentioned the top radiator threads were not cut 100% properly and they either had a hard time getting them started or had to break out a tap and die set to clean them up, but I did not have this issue. All screws and bolts threaded in without issue first attempt.Performance: Extremely quiet at idle (speeds under 30%). At 100% the fans are quite loud (like jet engine loud), but with this cooler (and no PBO!) I haven’t gone beyond 80 degrees yet at stock. While doing normal tasks the fans range from 30%-60% based on my curves, and it does become noticeable, but it’s still quieter than my old AM3 system with a single fan Corsair AIO! I have not yet benchmarked or stress tested my system as it’s not fully complete yet, but I feel confident with my choice in this cooler.Oh, and I haven’t had time to play with ARGB in Aura yet for any of my components, so the review picture attached shows the default rainbow pattern for everything. That said, the LED brightness and diffusion look to be spot on.
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