MSI MAG CORELIQUID M360 All-in-One Watercooling Unboxing / 5-Year Warranty, MYSTIC LIGHT

MAG CORELIQUID M360/M240 Mortar all-in-one water cooler continues the concept of mortar design to bring the most hardcore water cooling head, the appearance of players can be paired with the MSI Mortar series motherboards with a full of military style theme PC! In addition to the water cooling head and the fan is equipped with an ARGB to synchronize the lights with the motherboard, and the cooling structure part is also done! In addition to the ARGB on the water-cooling header and fan to synchronize the lighting with the motherboard, the cooling structure has also been upgraded! The water-cooling PUMP has been relocated from the water-cooling head to the water-cooling head, with 12 high-density water channels to enhance the cooling performance. The MAG CORELIQUID M series is available in 240mm and 360mm water-cooling head sizes, and comes with a 5-year factory warranty.

MSI MAG CORELIQUID M360 All-in-one water cooling specification:
Intel Feet: LGA 1150/1151/1155/1156/1200/1700/2011/2011-3/2066
AMD feet: AM5/AM4/TR4
Pump RPM: 3100 ± 10% RPM
Water cooling head size: 67.26 x 59.95 x 55.9 mm
Water-cooling head contact surface: copper
Water-cooling drain size: 397 x 120 x 27 mm
Water Cooler Material: Aluminum
Fan size: 120 x 120 x 25 mm
Fan Speed: 200~2000 RPM ± 10%
Maximum airflow: 78.73 CFM
Maximum wind pressure: 2.39 mmH₂O
Cooler and Fan Power Supply: Water-cooling Head 3-Pin / Fan PWM 4-Pin
Average fan life: 70,000 hours
Warranty: five years

MSI MAG CORELIQUID M360 All-in-One Watercooling Unboxing

One week before COMPUTEX 2023, MSI held a new product launch dinner, and the author also went to the scene to record and watch the related entities. At that time, two new series of all-in-one watercoolers, the new MAG CORELIQUID E series and the MAG CORELIQUID M series, which focus on affordable price and mainstream performance positioning, were formally announced and demonstrated, and are expected to replace the old MAG CORELIQUID R/C/P series as a new cost-effective all-in-one water cooling option for gamers' installation menu. The new MAG CORELIQUID E series and MAG CORELIQUID M series are expected to replace the old MAG CORELIQUID R/C/P series water coolers and become the new cost-effective all-in-one water cooler choices for gamers.

MSI MAG CORELIQUID M360 all-in-one water cooler supports Intel and AMD motherboards, Intel pin compatibility: LGA 1150/1151/1155/1156/1200/1700/2011/2011-3/2066, AMD pin compatibility: AM5/AM4/TR4.

∆ MAG CORELIQUID E360 White lighting effect display.

∆ The boxed design is a direct descendant of the MAG TOMAHAWK / MORTAR motherboard theme.

∆ Water-cooled paper specification.

∆ The product is well-packaged and protected, and is well rated by people with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).

In terms of design, the MSI MAG CORELIQUID M360 is more understated than the MAG CORELIQUID E360 White, somewhat similar to the TOMAHAWK / MORTAR and EDGE comparisons of motherboards, with the MSI MAG CORELIQUID M360's watercooling rows and tubes in all-black color and the plastic header in 67.26 x 59.95 x 55.9 mm in light gray simulated metallic texture. The 67.26 x 59.95 x 55.9 mm plastic water-cooling head has a light gray simulated metal texture, and the top cover of the water-cooling head is horizontally brushed with the MSI logo embossed on it. Unfortunately, the water-cooling head can't be rotated according to the direction of the water-cooling tubes, which means if you want to keep the MSI logo positive, you have to let the tubes face the right side of the tubes.

∆ MSI MAG CORELIQUID M360.

∆ The water cooler head can not be turned around, players need to think about how to install the water cooler arrangement before installing the machine.

The ∆ is stamped on the side with the word MAG series.

∆ Adjustable side view of the water cooling tubes, but the water cooling tubes are tight and a little more force may be required.

The copper bottom water cooler has a micro-convex treatment on the contact surface, featuring a full coverage of the processor to accelerate heat conduction. The cooler uses a more durable three-phase, six-stage motor inside the cooler, which produces minimal vibration during operation to ensure the stability of the water cooler and has a 100,000-hour service life, with a pump speed of up to 3100 ± 10% RPM.

∆Pre-applied anti-scratch protective film, remember to peel off the film before applying the cooling cream.

∆ Micro-convex copper base contact surface, no pre-coated thermal paste needs to be applied by yourself.

The ∆ water cooler head is powered by a 3-Pin and is supplied with a male and female ARGB serial connector to connect to the rest of the unit.

The water cooling fins of MSI MAG CORELIQUID M360 measure 397 x 120 x 27 mm, which is the thin 27 mm size commonly found in all-in-one water coolers. The single-wave aluminum cooling fins are coated with black paint, and there is a refill port for water coolant at the water cooler pipe connection, but it is recommended to have the refill done by the original manufacturer to avoid any damage or warranty issues.

∆ 27 mm thick water-cooled rows.

∆ Single-wave aluminum cooling fins.

∆ Water-cooled pipe junction.

∆ Direction of water cooling fluid flow.

The water-cooling package comes with three 12 cm dual ball bearing fans, the fans themselves can reach a maximum speed of 2000 RPM ± 10%, while the airflow and pressure are 78.73 CFM and 2.39 mmH₂O, but the author has compared them to the same water-cooling fans used in the MSI MAG CORELIQUID 240R V2 WHITE that I unboxed earlier. fan.

The ∆ follows the same three 12 cm fans.

∆ 120 x 120 x 25 mm, 200 to 2000 RPM ± 10%, 78.73 CFM, 2.39 mmH₂O.

∆ Translucent fan blade.

∆ 4-Pin PWM power supply, one male and one female ARGB in series.

The MSI MAG CORELIQUID M360 water cooler comes with a wide range of accessories, especially water cooler grommets and reinforced backplates. It is highly recommended that you read the official website's manual before installing the M360 to make sure of what to use, however, the grommets and the fan's screws have been individually divided and clearly labeled, so at least you will save a lot of trouble when it comes to distinguishing the screws.

Accessories include: water-cooling grommet and reinforced backplate, grommet screw set, three sets of long/short fan screws, thermal paste, large 4-Pin to 3-Pin power cable, PWM tap cable, and downspeed cable.

∆Accessory set at a glance.

∆ The cooling cream can be used about two to three times.

∆ PWM Tap wire.

∆ Descending wire material.

∆ Large 4-Pin to 3-Pin power cable.

MSI MAG CORELIQUID M360 All-in-One Watercooling Performance Testing

This time, MSI MAG CORELIQUID M360 all-in-one water cooling is installed on the bare test platform with Intel Core i9 13900K processor and MSI MEG Z690I UNIFY motherboard, during the test process, we set up MSI MAG CORELIQUID M360 all-in-one water cooling PUMPs and fans in the BIOS of the motherboard. The two slots are set to run at full speed, and the test scene is a 24°C air-conditioned room for actual testing. We use AIDA64 FPU and R23 multi-core testing software to simulate temperature data under extreme conditions, and Fire strike in 3DMark to simulate gaming conditions, while data collection is done using HWiNFO64. HWiNFO64 is used to collect data and record the maximum temperature of the CPU Packge.

Testing Platform
Processor: Intel Core i9 13900K(QS)
Cooler: MSI MAG CORELIQUID M360
Motherboard: MSI MEG Z690I UNIFY (BIOS version: 7D29v1D)
Memory: Kingston FURY Renegade DDR5 RGB 6000 MT/s 16GBx2
Display Card: MSI GeForce GTX 1070 Quick Silver 8G OC
Operating System: Windows 11 Professional 21H2
System Drive: WD BLUE 3D NAND SATA M.2 2280 SSD 500GB
Gaming Disk: Intel 670P 2TB M.2 2280 PCIe SSD (Solidigm)
Case: STREACOM BC1 Benchtable V2
Power Supply: MONTECH TITAN GOLD 1200W
Graphics driver: GeForce Game Ready 536.99

I would like to add a few things, the first is that I have updated the BIOS version of MSI MEG Z690I UNIFY to the latest 7D29v1D version, the second is that the default PL1 / PL2 of MSI MEG Z690I UNIFY is 288 W, the author has not unlocked the upper limit, but rather to test the original default settings, and the rest of the settings: Game The remaining settings are: Game_off, XMP_on, water-cooling fan and PUMP_full speed.

First of all, I would like to explain to you why the results are so strange. 3DMark Fire strike is collected by resetting HWiNFO64 from Steam startup, so the temperature when the system reads the file and opens the 3DMark Fire strike is also recorded, and the actual monitoring information provided by the Fire strike is the CPU temperature is around 65 °C at the highest, but I personally don't like to see the 3Dmark monitoring information because the CPU and GPU temperature overlap with each other, so it is easy to block each other to see the full value. The actual monitoring information provided by Fire strike is around 65 °C, but I personally don't like to see the monitoring information from 3DMark because the CPU and GPU temperatures overlap each other, so it's easy to block each other's temperature information and not be able to see the full value, and the system startup of the game is also considered as a part of the game's operation, so the author would like to put up the highest CPU Packge of the whole process of 3DMark Fire strike.

The reason why the temperature of the R23 multi-core test project is lower than that of the AIDA64 FPU is because the R23 author only ran a short rendering test once to collect the relevant information, whereas the AIDA64 FPU was tested for a 30-minute long-time stress test, so the temperature of the R23 is slightly lower in the short-time instantaneous de-heating scenario.

∆ Thermal performance test chart.

The MSI MAG CORELIQUID M360 water cooler and fan have ARGB lighting effects, which can be customized through MSI software by connecting the ARGB cable to the MSI motherboard.

∆ Water-cooled overall lighting effect display.

∆ Water-cooled headlight effect display.

∆ Water-cooled fan lighting effect display.

There is no problem of memory slots being taken up by ∆∆ with ITX motherboards, but the water-cooling head alignment needs to be adjusted.

Summary & Insights

The new MSI MAG CORELIQUID M360 is designed to replace the MAG CORELIQUID R/C/P series of water coolers and become the new cost-effective all-in-one water cooling option for MSI. From the observation of the fastening and other related details, we can also tell that the MSI MAG CORELIQUID M360 is still the choice of Apaltek's research and development program. However, the design direction has been updated to move the pump to the water cooling head, in order to avoid the problem of water cooling blockage of MSI MAG CORELIQUID 240R (V1) a few years ago, but whether it can be completely avoided to bring a longer service life still needs time and the market to prove it.

MSI MAG CORELIQUID M360 inherits the appearance of TOMAHAWK / MORTAR series motherboards, that is to say, with these two motherboards series of installations in the theme of the appearance will be quite suitable for the part of the cooling performance of the MSI MEG Z690I UNIFY with PL1 / PL2 288 W and the i9 13900K test, the load level of a higher level of 70~73 ° C; daily use and gaming process will be about 66 ° C. According to the information provided by MSI, the upper limit of this water cooling is about 250 W or so. According to the information provided by MSI, the upper limit of this water-cooling is around 250 W. Therefore, if you are a gaming gamer with a limited budget and want to use it with TOMAHAWK or MORTAR mainstream motherboards, it is a good idea to use it with the i9 13900K to suppress the thermal performance of the i9 13900K under the demands of gaming. The cooling performance of the i9 13900K is also good for gaming.