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If you have ever owned a product from be quiet!, then the Silent Loop 360‘s packaging will no-doubt look familiar to you.
The installation manual also looks very similar and provides easy to understand instructions.
The actual installation hardware arrives in labelled bags, something regular readers will know I very much appreciate.
Three fans are included, and these are from the Pure Wings 2 family – be quiet! says they are specifically designed for radiators, so hopefully they will offer good performance and low noise levels.
The only thing left to look at is the cooler itself. It is all-black and obviously of the 360mm size, while the anti-kink tubing measures 39cm long. The radiator is also worth mentioning as it uses a full-copper core and measures 30mm thick.
The cooler as a whole is technically expandable, too, as it uses standard G1/4 threads and fittings. However, be quiet! does not advertise this very much and, unlike Alphacool, they don't sell add-on blocks or radiators so we would say that while expanding the Silent Loop 360 is certainly possible, it is not necessarily advisable.
Lastly, be quiet!'s pump/waterblock combo is also notable as it features a beautiful brushed-finish as well as the understated be quiet! logo. Just out of shot, but next to the 3-pin pump cable, is a small fill port as well – useful if you decide to remove the stock tubing or extend the loop.
Between this one and Alphacool Eisbaer 360 with one is more silent? With pump operates more silent? What about fans, although in worst case scenario those can be swapped.
Cooling will be used with i9-7900X (non OCed, at least not now).
I do search for nearly silent operation and because NSG-S0 is not yet available, not to mention will be expensive, so AIO it is.