Summary
Normally, almost all all-in-one solutions are the same, but here the situation is different. After all, in principle, you get a pre-filled cooling solution, which can be mastered completely without any problems by newcomers and laymen, in the same way as the permanently installed compact water coolers, but on the other hand a small custom loop with Standard components that can be expanded well and neatly with increasing courage and self-confidence.
The cooling performance is beyond doubt and even a Ryzen 9 is absolutely confidently coolable. Because the normal user will never carry out the experiments with outputs over 155 watts. Even Blender or Cinebench produce much more moderate loads, which are far below the magic 170 watts, which we were able to determine as coolable with air as the final medium. If you use an Intel CPU with a symmetrical distribution and lower heat flux density, you're out of the woods anyway.
Whether RGB or not, the list of accessories is long enough not to have to buy or buy anything. But if you like it colorful, you are guaranteed to have fun here as well. Compatible with the common motherboards with 5V Preci-Dip, the polar bear is anyway. What can please is the much better black hose instead of the spiral playwith in the old polar bear without RGB. And the pump has also increased slightly once again, which is especially thanks to the ears. There is absolutely no need to lower the speeds here.
Conclusion
The buy tip is there, because the price is still right considering what you get. The 145 Euro EIA are certainly a house number at first glance, but you also have to compare what else you get for it. A Corsair Hydro Series H150i Pro is significantly more expensive, has a louder and slightly weaker pump and is not even expandable. Only iCue would still be an argument, but it is unlikely to attract most customers. The polar bear Aurora 360 has a real pump, which can also be found in custom loop systems, is fillable with a real GTC in the pump housing and thanks to a quick release can also be quickly expanded for non-professionals (further radiator, GPU water block).
Since everything here is mounted centrally on the CPU, the whole thing even fits as a custom loop still in housing, where otherwise there would have been no room for a GTC or a separate pump. At 75 l/min, the flow rate is still sufficiently high, but is no longer quite sufficient for the very large projects. But such superstructures are not the aim of this solution. The bottom line is that you get a good performance for the money and the upgrade option makes this polar bear really the alternative for a combination of individual components, if it is to be later also the graphics card that is to be cooled.
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