Introduction

Thermaltake was founded in 1999 and has since grown to become a major player in the PC market. Their unprecedented level of success comes from some truly unique products, the first of which was their "Golden Orb" they launched in 2000. Enter the Big Typhoon next, which was a top-down cooler that hit it big when it launched back around 2006. After breaking on to the peripherals scene, the company released the level 10 M mouse in 2012 and the Level 10 M gaming headset in 2013. With the Toughpower series, Thermaltake has had a rock-solid line of power supplies as well. As history shows, Thermaltake has not been afraid to try or do just about anything necessary in their bid to remain relevant and successful in an increasingly competitive market.


In today's review, I will be taking a look at the Thermaltake Floe DX 360 TT Premium Edition all-in-one liquid cooler (come on Thermaltake cut us all some slack—that is a seriously long product name). Anyway, as you may have guessed, this is an RGB illuminated closed-loop cooler with both the pump and fans featuring 16.8 million color options for getting just the right color of lighting thanks to software control. That having been said, considering it is a CLC, it sticks to standard industry conventions, such as a regular 360 mm aluminium radiator. Where it differs slightly is its proprietary connectors and software control, but we will talk about that a bit later. First things first, let us take a closer look at what Thermaltake has to offer with this latest cooler.

Packaging

The packaging is bright and covered in reminders that this latest liquid cooler from Thermaltake comes with RGB lighting. In fact, the front of the box shows you an ARGB-illuminated cooler, logos for Razer Chroma, and TT RGB Plus, among others, and inside a big box on the right it reads, "Patented RGB 16.8 million colors", with a screenshot of their actual RGB software control app. As such, if you haven't guessed, it has RGB LEDs. Turning it to the left, we find a black side with the company logo. When it comes to features and details, all of that is on the back, with a closer look at the TT RGB Plus software, various lighting modes, and a quick list of features.


The right side is the same as the left in that it is a black panel with Thermaltake in white and otherwise not much else. Moving on to the top, it has the product name on a solid black panel, while the bottom actually lists the supported CPU sockets and the cooler's actual specifications.

Contents

Much like the other all-in-one liquid coolers, we have looked at, the Thermaltake Floe EDX 360 TT Premium Edition arrived secured in a cardboard tray. However, unlike other coolers, it doesn't have a foam sheet on top. Considering the cooler's massive price tag of $240 on Amazon from Thermaltake directly and the word "premium" on the box as if crucially important, I am left a bit unimpressed as far as the packaging goes. That having been said, the packaging did do its job of protecting the cooler, so I don't have any real complaints here, meaning I am just a bit of a grump, I suppose.


The cooler supports all the sockets you would expect, other than the ancient LGA 775 and TR4, both of which make sense to leave out as TR4 processors feature a much larger IHS and LGA775 is long since dead. Moving on, a quick look at the mounting hardware reveals that this cooler should be quite simple to install since it uses a fairly simple design.

Common parts supplied for mounting include:

• 12x Fan screws
• 12x Radiator screws
• 4x Intel standoffs
• 4x Intel LGA2011/2066 standoffs
• 4x Thumbscrews
• 3x 120 mm ARGB LED fans
• 1x AMD mounting buckle
• 1x AMD thumbscrew
• 1x AMD mounting clip
• 1x Backplate
• 1x Pre-filled liquid cooler
• 1x User's manual
• 1x Molex power cable
• 1x RGB controller
• 1x RGB controller USB cable