"The M22 ... features the same advanced RGB lighting modes with customizable lighting ... it will also sync with other NZXT Hue accessories. The price point is lower by dropping some of the extra features the X lineup has such as built-in fan control and liquid temperature monitoring."
Drop useful features, keep gaudy crap. Thanks, NZXT.
Forgive my naivete, I've never used an AIO cooler, but wouldn't the fans be controlled off the CPU header anyway? It seems like if they can reduce costs and (hopefully) pass those savings on to the customer, then it was a good choice to remove those unnecessary parts.
No, the CPU header rarely controls the AIO in my experience.
Thats mostly because liquid cooling has quite different properties then air cooling. It takes for longer for the water to heat up, and as a consequence also to cool down. So usually you want the pump and the fans working based on the water temp, since really thats whats ultimately being cooled, not the CPU temp.
Do you think the delay between when CPU heat up and that block of hot water flow to radiator is significant? I think in an AIO as small as m22 it wouldn't matter. It will be harder to detect if the cold plate does not have proper contact with the cpu though.
at 432 vs 392 square cm a 360 radiator is only ~10% larger than a 280; making the two more or less equivalent. There's little to recommend one over the other if both will fit in your case. I'd lean slightly toward the 280 just because bigger fans can move more air at lower noise levels.
Cubic centimeters would make more sense. Remember, volume goes up faster than area, and the construction of a radiator means that the cooling surface is more practically measured in terms of volume.
Curious, what's the square plating in the middle of the rad for? Don't think the article mentioned it. Never seen that before. I know the fan hub area tends to be a dead zone. So is that square plate doing something?
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megadirk - Friday, March 9, 2018 - link
What? No RGB on the fans? How?GreenMeters - Friday, March 9, 2018 - link
"The M22 ... features the same advanced RGB lighting modes with customizable lighting ... it will also sync with other NZXT Hue accessories. The price point is lower by dropping some of the extra features the X lineup has such as built-in fan control and liquid temperature monitoring."Drop useful features, keep gaudy crap. Thanks, NZXT.
3DoubleD - Friday, March 9, 2018 - link
Forgive my naivete, I've never used an AIO cooler, but wouldn't the fans be controlled off the CPU header anyway? It seems like if they can reduce costs and (hopefully) pass those savings on to the customer, then it was a good choice to remove those unnecessary parts.nevcairiel - Friday, March 9, 2018 - link
No, the CPU header rarely controls the AIO in my experience.Thats mostly because liquid cooling has quite different properties then air cooling. It takes for longer for the water to heat up, and as a consequence also to cool down. So usually you want the pump and the fans working based on the water temp, since really thats whats ultimately being cooled, not the CPU temp.
demol3 - Sunday, March 11, 2018 - link
Do you think the delay between when CPU heat up and that block of hot water flow to radiator is significant? I think in an AIO as small as m22 it wouldn't matter. It will be harder to detect if the cold plate does not have proper contact with the cpu though.DanNeely - Friday, March 9, 2018 - link
at 432 vs 392 square cm a 360 radiator is only ~10% larger than a 280; making the two more or less equivalent. There's little to recommend one over the other if both will fit in your case. I'd lean slightly toward the 280 just because bigger fans can move more air at lower noise levels.Lord of the Bored - Friday, March 9, 2018 - link
Cubic centimeters would make more sense. Remember, volume goes up faster than area, and the construction of a radiator means that the cooling surface is more practically measured in terms of volume.CheapSushi - Friday, March 9, 2018 - link
Curious, what's the square plating in the middle of the rad for? Don't think the article mentioned it. Never seen that before. I know the fan hub area tends to be a dead zone. So is that square plate doing something?