ASUS ROG Ryujin and Ryuo AIO kits review

Posted on: 12/20/2018 09:07 AM

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I read another review about this cooler and what they said was that the CPU temp for the AI Suite is taken from a temp probe on the mother board, (this was apparently checked with ASUS) this is why there is a large temp difference, so the unit does not report the correct CPU Temp, therefore the fans on the unit did not react / speed up in time to react to real world temps, they also said the secondary fan for the cooler was a good idea, but as a small fan it can be noisy, this is what was reported here,
https://www.overclock3d.net/reviews/cases-cooling/asus-rog-ryuo-240-and-ryujin-360-aio-liquid-cooler-review/1
see section 4
a good cooler that needs a few changes to make it great

I had no issues with reaction of the fan curve, but still Ai Suite is not a good utility for measuring the temperature.


Thank you for the review. But I did have a question about it. Maybe I missed this in the review itself, but, how did you monitor the temps during the BASE and OC tests?

I only ask because this cooler gets its info from the asus AI suite... which tends to be 5-10c off from actual temps. Normally it reports the temps too low.

Just wanted to confirm it. Thank you for your hard work!

I use HWMonitor or HWInfo. I knew already from the past (like in Maximus IX Code) that Ai Suite is not good at indicating the correct temperatures

Posted on: 12/20/2018 12:31 PM

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Wow, a whole year and a half?

Yes August last year

Posted on: 12/20/2018 04:35 PM

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outstanding job on the review.
for Asus, too much for too much.

if they really wanted to grab attention and fan $$$, come out with a branded aio monobock matching the mobos.

otherwise, noctua or NZXT, alphacool, etc...

Posted on: 12/20/2018 11:27 PM

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I have had my Ryujin 360 for a month now it's not bad and is very quiet once you use fan xpert and run fan the main fans at 400rpms which is mounted to the front, I guess the R7 1700 must take the temp from the motherboard probe as the temps match with whats on the display. Typically idles at 35C maxes out about 52C typical gaming loads around 43-45C on ultra quiet, this is with the 1700 at 4GHz on all cores and 1.438v. This matches what CPU Temp says also, i might give HWinfo a go but last time i used that i find it a little clunky.

It's quieter than the Noctua nh-d15 and cooler too on low but then again inorder to mount the Rog 360 i had to get rid of the 2x 140mm front fans, 1x 140mm fan on the top and then the 2x 140mm on the Noctua so lost alot of fan which helps noise alot even if they were all running on low 500rpms.

As for mixed metals Jaz2centz recently cut open a corsair H100 that he got 5 years ago and found there was zero corrosion so it appears the corrosion inhibitor in the fluid is working pretty well. He was disappointed because he has now ruined a perfectly good cooler lol.

Can't get Fan xpert to work properly however as the system will thermal shut down before completing as it appears it turns the pump off and takes a long to complete. Even decided to run the 1700 at stock at it was hitting 100C and thermal throttling during the fan test. Software is still garbage sent a ticket to ASUS to sort that crap out. The pump should not be turned off while doing the tests or it should be done before any other fans are tested to prevent water from boiling away.

Posted on: 12/21/2018 03:02 PM

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@GREGIX
show me a quality aircooler,
that has a 5y warranty covering all components that get damaged if it fails, since corsair offers it on their AIOs.

im using WC since 2005 when i started with a custom loop, not one failed, not one leaked during the time i had it, or anyone that bought it from me.
yet ive replaced many broken air coolers (mainly stock ones)

so yeah, i still stick with water.


i know asus has quality stuff, but using an asetek pump (design) is not what i want at that price.