BarrowAMD AM4 Platform jetting Micro Waterway CPU Water Block Acrylic Aurora

Let's get the negativity out of the way first. The lighting is courtesy of a cheap LED strip surrounding the exterior of the Acrylic top. It is NOT RGB, its a collection of differently colored LEDs that did not work well when voltage was applied via the motherboard. They were blinking erratically and began to fail one by one. Additionally, the description says that it can by controlled by your motherboard. It is actually only "controlled" by a 3pin dimmer header on the motherboard, which most RGB motherboards do not support. I did have a dimmer header on my Gigabyte board, however it did not function. I pulled the strip out of the waterblock top, since it was useless after failing. By far the worst LED strip I have ever seen.The most notable thing immediately was the sheer size of the waterblock. I have it pictured with an AM4 Athlon 200GE processor, and it appears to be about 1/3 larger surface area. I believe this is a good thing, as there is more surface area for dissipating heat. The block itself is a 5mm thick piece of nickle plated copper, the base of which has been tooled to a mirror shine. Likely better than I can achieve with lapping to 3000 grit..Inside the block shows quality workmanship, with dozens of micro-channels to dissipate heat. Also there's the acrylic top, an acrylic directional water chamber, and deflector plate. However this is all ruined by the horribly cheap oring gasket that broke into pieces while handling it/ putting it back together. It is clear this flimsy gasket is doomed to imminent failure.Overall, this was a great idea but a huge fail due to inadequate execution. The cheap LEDs are not RGB, not addressable, and failed within 2 minutes, The high quality waterblock is rendered mostly useless due to the inadequate oring. The mounting for the CPU socket is surprisingly simple, easy, and effective. AM3/AM4 mounting should be a breeze.There's enough good stuff here to hope that Barrow comes out with a revision, one that includes at the very least a thick, pliable gasket seal.Quick update. I upgraded the LED strip with an amber strip, and I replaced the cheap oring seal with one 60mmX2.5mm. I believe 2mm thickness would work fine, however the replacement oring is working perfectly. The gasket the waterblock came with fell apart easily and was only 1.5mm thick.I've added a few pictures with the upgraded product. This was tested using a high pressure MCP50X pump, it is now leak free.-buzznut

Used product sent, not new. This needs to be disclosed as it is false advertisement. And I will avoid Titan rig in the future.Not only was the block used it is also stained red from the previous yahoo that used it.

Good price and easy install, keeps my cpu cool.

I wish mounting it was easier, but its a $30 so I guess I get what I pay for with the mounting. It performs phenomenally in my open-loop!

Cools better than expected. Great value for $20