ASUS ROG RYUJIN III WB CPU Water Block-Intel LGA 1700, 1200, 115X, AMD Socket AM4, AM5 Asetek Copper Cold Plate Black, 178 Micro-Cooling, 3.5Inch Full Color LCD Display, Embedded VRM Fan, ROG Fittings

It’s a grate product. There is an in and out for the loop. Bad part you can’t just set the screen without armory crate. Hate that part

The ASUS store needs to do a better job in verifying the items that get returned / set to be sent out, especially when I selected to get a NEW item, not a returned used item. The box was used, no security tape. The product inside was missing items, such as the fittings, and the AMD bracket. The product itself was scratched badly, and also put back in the box poorly. If the ASUS store actually verified the condition of this product before hand, they were not paying attention when doing so.

Temperature is still running high and the embedded fan at the water block isn't working

Looks fancy, has a fan which is nice. My d5 pump was pushing little to no water through it. Returning today, not sure if I got a lemon or what the deal is.

The ASUS RYUJIN III WB is an impressive cooler overall. It keeps my CPU temps very low, usually under 50°C during regular use, and around 60°C when gaming. When games compile or generate shaders, it might briefly hit 75°C, but that’s still solid performance. (I also combined it with setting my Windows power plan’s maximum processor state to 99%, which helps a bit, otherwise - would be around 85°C) It’s also very quiet, you barely hear it unless the LCD isn’t seated properly. If the display isn’t sitting flush, you might hear fan noise, but once it’s correctly in place, it’s whisper-quiet until temperatures rise significantly. I highly recommend using your own thermal paste instead of the pre-applied one, it gave me slightly better results. The reason I’m giving 4 stars instead of 5 is mainly for two issues: 1) When connected via the CPU_FAN header, my ASUS motherboard doesn’t detect any fan readings. You’d expect perfect compatibility between ASUS components, but that’s not the case here. If that's the case, they could have removed that cable entirely. 2) The embedded micro-fan can only be monitored or controlled through Armoury Crate, and even then, you can’t display its RPM on the LCD screen, only inside the software. Overall, it’s a premium, well-built, and efficient cooler, but ASUS should really improve the fan monitoring and software integration to make it a perfect 5-star product.

Be aware that if you plan on using this block you need to be prepared for flow issues. I bought this unit direct from Asus and built with it. I noticed what I thought could be flow issues and when I installed a flow meter I got under 90 L/hr. After some investigation and troubleshooting I removed this block and my flow shot up to about 250l/hr and after months of the loop being in use the higher flow was enough to knock so much trapped air from the rads that my reservoir water level went down by 3/4 inch. It’s pretty and it’s well built but be aware you will need to address the possible flow issues.