Installation

The AIO water coolers are usually marketed as water cooling setups for an average computer user, while enthusiasts usually pick their own components and make their own water cooling setups. Unfortunately, mounting process on the Cooler Master Eisberg 120L Prestige is not that easy and definitly not straightforward as expected. The design is not completely tool-less as on some other AIO water coolers as you still have to attach the fans to the radiator. We also had some issues with the base mounting system on Intel's LGA 775, 1150, 1155 and 1156 sockets as we had to use a griper to hold the lower part of the mounting system with threaded inserts. This did not happen with Intel's LGA 2011 and AMD sockets so design works well on Intel's LGA 2011 and AMD sockets, while it is far complicated on any other Intel socket. There is also no way to know if you screwed it far enough so in the end it will be either too tight or too loose. The design is quite awkward and it does sound like a great idea as you actually do not have to reach the back of the motherboard, which is nice for cases that do not have a cut out on the motherboard tray, but it simply does not work in some scenarios. Our sample also came with rather short fan screws which we could not mount in a case before removing the rubber fan spacers.

Test Setup
Mainboard	ASUS Z87-Deluxe (BIOS 1602)
CPU	Intel Core i7-4770K Stock (Turbo On / HT On)
Memory	ADATA XPG V2 2x4GB DDR3-2800 CL12 1.65V
Video	Intel HD Graphics 4600
Software	Windows 7 x64 wPrime Benchmark v2.10 CPUID HWMonitor 1.24.0
PSU	Seasonic Platinum SS-660XP2
Fan Controller	Lamptron FC5 V3
Thermal Compound	Pre-applied or bundled GELID GC-Extreme else

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Page 1 - Presentation / Specifications

Page 2 - Photo Gallery

Page 3 - Installation & Test Setup

Page 4 - Absolute Performance

Page 5 - PWM Performance

Page 6 - Conclusion