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I'm looking to replace the components inside my A4-H2O and I'm having trouble finding a good 240 AIO. It currently has an EK Basic, but I intend to move all innards into a new case, so I can't reuse it. Location is Sweden/Europe.

If possible I'd like it to be black so it doesn't visually stand out through the perforated side. Given several choices, I'd rather pay a premium to get something that's a bit more quiet. RGB is entirely optional as I will turn it off/not connect it. I also run Linux, so I will not be able to use software suites like iCUE. If something can be programmed once in Windows and it then remembers the settings, I may be able to set it up using a virtual machine.

I watched the ultimate round-up video and I scrolled back some here, but I really don't know much about the current state of the cooling market. I googled as best as I could, though.

Phanteks T30: Can simply not find. There's a "Phanteks Glacier One D30", but it's hard to find in a 240 size, and where available they're invariably white when everything else in the case is black
Arctic Lizuid Freezer II/III: Too large to fit (according to hrh_ginsterbusch above)
Thermalright Frozen Edge: Hard to find, though there's a bunch of other Frozen line-ups like Notte and Prism?
EKWB Nucleus: From what I can see the pump is 61.6 mm and too large
Lian-Li Galahad II: Pump 69 mm
ROG Ryujin: Pump 81 mm
DeepCool LT250: Pump 68 mm? Regardless, cannot find from retailers
be quiet! Pure Loop II: Actually available locally!
NZXT Kraken: 55.67 mm, pointless LCD screen in a closed case
Corsair H100i: 56 mm? Poor performance in review, software features I probably cannot use

What other options are available to me?

<blockquote data-quote="zorael" data-source="post: 290442" data-attributes="member: 29850">I'm looking to replace the components inside my A4-H2O and I'm having trouble finding a good 240 AIO. It currently has an EK Basic, but I intend to move all innards into a new case, so I can't reuse it. Location is Sweden/Europe.If possible I'd like it to be black so it doesn't visually stand out through the perforated side. Given several choices, I'd rather pay a premium to get something that's a bit more quiet. RGB is entirely optional as I will turn it off/not connect it. I also run Linux, so I will not be able to use software suites like iCUE. If something can be programmed once in Windows and it then remembers the settings, I may be able to set it up using a virtual machine.I watched the ultimate round-up video and I scrolled back some here, but I really don't know much about the current state of the cooling market. I googled as best as I could, though.<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Phanteks T30: Can simply not find. There's a &quot;Phanteks Glacier One D30&quot;, but it's hard to find in a 240 size, and where available they're invariably white when everything else in the case is black</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Arctic Lizuid Freezer II/III: Too large to fit (according to hrh_ginsterbusch above)</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Thermalright Frozen Edge: Hard to find, though there's a bunch of other Frozen line-ups like Notte and Prism?</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">EKWB Nucleus: From what I can see the pump is 61.6 mm and too large</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Lian-Li Galahad II: Pump 69 mm</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">ROG Ryujin: Pump 81 mm</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">DeepCool LT250: Pump 68 mm? Regardless, cannot find from retailers</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">be quiet! Pure Loop II: Actually available locally!</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">NZXT Kraken: 55.67 mm, pointless LCD screen in a closed case</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Corsair H100i: 56 mm? Poor performance in review, software features I probably cannot use</li>
</ul>What other options are available to me?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="zorael, post: 290442, member: 29850"] I'm looking to replace the components inside my A4-H2O and I'm having trouble finding a good 240 AIO. It currently has an EK Basic, but I intend to move all innards into a new case, so I can't reuse it. Location is Sweden/Europe. If possible I'd like it to be black so it doesn't visually stand out through the perforated side. Given several choices, I'd rather pay a premium to get something that's a bit more quiet. RGB is entirely optional as I will turn it off/not connect it. I also run Linux, so I will not be able to use software suites like iCUE. If something can be programmed once in Windows and it then remembers the settings, I [I]may[/I] be able to set it up using a virtual machine. I watched the ultimate round-up video and I scrolled back [I]some[/I] here, but I really don't know much about the current state of the cooling market. I googled as best as I could, though. [LIST] [*][B]Phanteks T30[/B]: Can simply not find. There's a "Phanteks Glacier One D30", but it's hard to find in a 240 size, and where available they're invariably white when everything else in the case is black [*][B]Arctic Lizuid Freezer II/III[/B]: Too large to fit (according to [B]hrh_ginsterbusch[/B] above) [*][B]Thermalright Frozen Edge[/B]: Hard to find, though there's a bunch of other Frozen line-ups like Notte and Prism? [*][B]EKWB Nucleus[/B]: From what I can see the pump is 61.6 mm and too large [*][B]Lian-Li Galahad II[/B]: Pump 69 mm [*][B]ROG Ryujin[/B]: Pump 81 mm [*][B]DeepCool LT250[/B]: Pump 68 mm? Regardless, cannot find from retailers [*][B]be quiet! Pure Loop II[/B]: Actually available locally! [*][B]NZXT Kraken[/B]: 55.67 mm, pointless LCD screen in a closed case [*][B]Corsair H100i[/B]: 56 mm? Poor performance in review, software features I probably cannot use [/LIST] What other options are available to me? [/QUOTE]

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