Antec Mercury 360 All-In-One CPU Liquid Cooler

TL;DR version at the bottom for anyone who wants a quick overview.*******I'll start off by mentioning the paid price, as this is always a factor that I feel should be taken into account when looking at reviews on products.I laid £56.99 on a Prime Exclusive discount and I actually was more than prepared to pay the £64.99 offer it was on before. It was purely down to me checking back for stock that I saw it had dropped. It was still on back order but I felt I'd order it and wait at this price. It didn't take long to get dispatched and of course arrive.The box is impressive, as well as the package as a whole. It includes 3 fans, all the fixtures for Intel and AMD CPUs, as well as AM4. (I have a Ryzen 1700)It does ship with a tube ofthermal paste included, instead of it being pre-applied to the block. I have lots already, but opted to used the included Antec paste.The unit feels well made and solid, no issues or worries at all.Fitting the unit was fairly simple, but the instructions are not great and for AM4 sockets, it doesn't cover everything. Thankfully Antech have a fitting guide for the smaller coolers on Youtube, which why wasn't essential, it may offer a little extra understanding if you get a little confused. It's much easier and stable feeling (in terms of seating/fit) than my old Clrsaor AIO, which personally I felt had been let down by theor plastic backplates that shred up over time, if you need to remove it more than once.The Antec backplates are metal and have a nice simple locking mechanism for the screws to go into.Before the Antech 360 was fitted, I was running the stock Ryzen Spire cooler, which looked awesome for a basic unit, but as soon as an OC was dialled in, I was overheating and crashing all of the time.I was idling around 40c and at stock clocks pushing 75c with some games (PUBG mainly) and since upgrading my temps have dropped dramatically.Now... most people that I have come across tend to install a cooler, then report HUGE drops in temps instantly, although do not run any burn/stress tests before hand. I ran various stress tests loading the 1700 100% for over 3 hours. Then I took it for a spin on PUBG and CoD WW2 for a couple of hours.So... the verdict.My idle temps are now sat at around 23-26c and so far I am yet to see it surpass 65c. Gaming I have not seen it pass 37C yet according to my Gigabyte software, Coretemp and HWmonitor.I must mention it is quite cold here at the moment, so these will obviously go up a little as the weather improves.Regardless of the figures, there is a large difference in tempretures overall and I am now OCd to 4.2Ghz with no crashing (will add temps to this review at aome point after tests)The pump and fans are nice and quiet, much better than I anticipated. Just make sure you check your case for compatiblilty with such a large radiator.It does however lack control software, so you will have to make do with a fan controller or your motherboard fan control software. Thankfully my Gigabyte gaming 3 allows it to run very nicely for me.So, there's a lot to cover but typing this on my phone I am about done, my thums are numb, but I hope I have offered some insight as to what you are getting for your money here.TL;DR version* Paid £56.99* Solid build quality* Large cooling improvement over stock cooler* Easy to fit but may be confusing for some - There is an Antec video on Youtube that may help* Pump and fans are not loud and much quiter than expected.* lacking software to control fans, but most modern mobos will likely have sufficiant software to allow you to make custom fan curve.* Make sure your case will house the radiator* I rate this as a 9/10 for the price paid - I would be happy to pay upto £90 for this unit and feel like I got decent value for money.

Got this for the bargain price of £58!performs nicely and looks really good with the provided fans.note they are not the same fans as shown on the photo the seller is showing.they are led fans.

I spent quite a while getting this fitted inside my PC but once I did I was pleasantly surprised by the temperature difference, wanted to overclock my Ryzen 2700x but my temps were reaching 100 so I removed the overclock (this is using the wraith prism cooler). Put this AIO in and my max temp reached a manageable 80, so a good 20 difference, the testing was rendering a 4k scene at 10 camera samples in Maya and let it run for 30 mins for the temps to stabilise.PROS:+ CHEAP+ WORKS WELL+ LOOKS DECENT (apart from pipes which are a bit cheap looking but hey, at least they're black so not super visible, and if you dislike them buy some sleeves to cover them up)+ WELL MADECONS:- FIDDLY TO PUT TOGETHER- IF YOU'RE NOT THE BEST AT REVERSE ENGINEERING TO SEE HOW THINGS WORK THEN THE INSTRUCTIONS MAY BE A BIT SLACKING FOR YOU- TUBES NOT THE BEST LOOKING AND QUITE RIGID SO HARD TO POSITIONPRICE PAID: £62

Fairly easy to install (instructions little hard to understand). Performance on initial testing is OK. Will update with more info. Missing cables were not an issue for me but the pump noise is WAY to noisy. I think mine is faulty. Not messing with it anymore. Sending back

In theory a very effective cooler at a great priceBut potentially let down by cheap quality brackets and bolts which wear out easily and also lack of AM4 instructions.The instructions it came with did not match the contents, different types of screws / bolts etc in the box than the ones pictured in the diagram.So, unless you are familiar with fitting different types of coolers etc you will have to do a bit of head scratching to figure out how to fit the cooler to the motherboard.Also, the bracket which goes on the underside of the motherboard was made of not very strong metal and the hex shape groove which was supposed to hold the bolts steady, became somewhat rounded making it impossible to fully tighten the screws and bolts.I contacted Antec, who after several silly emails back and forth agreed to send out replacement parts. But since the diagrams did not match the contents, and even though I sent them photos of the faulty parts, we ended up with the wrong type of replacement screw/bolt.I chased Antec again and this time found some online photos of the actual contents and showed them what I actually needed. At first they insisted I would now have to pay an inflated P&P charge - since I had requested the wrong items the first time roundFurther emails blaming the incorrect diagrams eventually resulted in getting the correct fittings - several weeks after the initial support ticket.Once all fitted etc, my son was very happy with the performance - very quiet in operation and great temps (according to him!)

Purchased this recently and I cannot fault it. Instructions were a little tricky but still easier than most air coolers to fit, im look at you Cooler Master. Keeps my temps around 50C at full load on my 4690k Clocked to 4GHz. Would recommend to anyone wanting a cheap AIO

The radiator fins came bent. Build quality is cheap. Pay more but get a better quality AIO.

This kit is amazing for the price I paid. I just managed to squeeze it into a Corsair 400c at the front.It's now cooling my 8700k nicely. I was hitting 80+ degrees with an air cooler and now hitting a max of around 65ish.It's so quiet as well.I can't see the LED changing colour though. Will need to investigate this.I'd recommend it if you have the room in your case.