Be Quiet! Light Loop 360mm review

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With a few generations of AIO liquid coolers under its belt, Be Quiet! has done pretty well in balancing cooling, aesthetics, noise and price, usually focussing on low noise and RGB-less designs. As RGB lighting has become more popular, though, it’s had to relent and add it to their coolers even if it’s done so in limited fashion. That changes with the Light Loop 360mm, which is the most illuminated Be Quiet! liquid cooler yet.

Thankfully, a lot of the great features of previous Be Quiet! coolers are still here. You get a trio of Be Quiet!’s own Light Wings LX fans and being best known for its fans and air coolers, you can all but guarantee these will be epic.

Here, they have 16 RGB LEDs embedded in the fan hub that radiate light outwards through nine semi-transparent fan blades. The fans themselves use rifle bearings and are 4-pin PWM-controlled, topping out at a reasonable 2,100 rpm.

You get screws for the included fans to mount them to the radiator, but sadly there’s no extras included to add your own should you want to boost cooling or lower noise at a later date as some other manufacturers allow. Our sample had all-black components, but there is a white version available if that’s more your thing. The actual illuminated sections are the pump top, which features a diagonal blade-like design, and the fan hubs and blades and both can display multiple colours simultaneously. The lighting is very punchy and vibrant and easily more appealing than that on Arctic’s Liquid Freezer III coolers.

The pump can spin up to 2,900 rpm, but as it has its own 4-pin PWM cable, it can be controlled separately. However, Be Quiet! has certainly been singing the pump’s new progressive motor IC in terms of reducing noise so hopefully running it at full speed won’t involve dealing with any hideous whining. Another noise-reducing feature we’ve seen on previous Be quiet! liquid coolers is the cooler’s ability to be refilled. Coolant can, over time, evaporate out of the sealed loop meaning