ASUS ROG RYUO IV SLC 360 ARGB Cooler Review

Released in June 2025, the ASUS ROG RYUO IV SLC 360 ARGB is now in our hands, and we are excited to share our thoughts on this high-performance gaming cooler, which features innovative cooling technology. ASUS is a premium brand, and its ROG line focuses on high-performance and gamer-centric aesthetics designed for PC enthusiasts. However, due to these factors, pricing tends to be on the more expensive end.

This cooler is actually the 4th generation of the RYOU series, which are AIO (all-in-one) coolers. We’ll look at some comparisons and see which improvements they’ve made since the ROG RYUO III 360 ARGB. We’ve rigorously tested this CPU cooler to assess its performance and determine whether it can keep the notoriously hot Core i7-14700K at a temperature.

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Specification

The ASUS ROG RYUO IV SLC 360 ARGB is a 360mm liquid AIO cooler that utilises a powerful pump to ensure the CPU maintains optimal operating temperatures even under heavy workloads. The pump has a max speed of 3200RPM. The radiator comes with three pre-installed daisy-chained 120mm ROG MF-12C ARGB fans that offer quiet airflow with Fluid Dynamic bearings, and max out at an enhanced 2650 RPM in fan speed, give or take 10% in comparison to the 2200RPM that the ROG RYUO III reaches. The AIO only requires one cable to control both the ARGB lighting and the fan motor, thanks to the daisy-chained setup. If you want to use the screen that comes with it, it will need to be connected to a USB 2.0 header using the 9-pin USB 2.0 cable.

Included with the cooler are the brackets needed for mounting the various Intel and AMD CPUs it supports. The copper CPU dissipation plate already has thermal paste applied, allowing you to mount it to the motherboard immediately.

ASUS ROG RYUO IV SLC 360 ARGB Design

This is an all-in-one cooler that combines both air and liquid cooling to provide the benefits of liquid cooling while remaining reasonably affordable and not compromising on style, at least for this particular cooler. The ROG RYUO IV boasts a massive 6.67-inch panoramic, curved AMOLED screen with a 2K high-resolution graphical display, featuring vibrant colours to provide the ultimate immersive visual experience. This component has been designed to be the star of the show, with its sheer screen size, making the AIO quite clunky when mounted in the case. Often, a consideration with coolers is “how much room will be left?” internally for the rest of the components. Well, worry not, because the LCD screen is dynamic and can slide on the panel it sits on – an innovative approach to the problem, and can reduce component obstruction, providing a clean aesthetic. The screen itself supports naked-eye 3D video effects, and it also allows for customisation of hardware information content or 3D videos, with pre-loaded material to choose from, and you can create an almost holographic environment.

The ROG RYUO IV SLC 360 ARGB looks futuristic, with all edges being smooth. The plastic material features a matte surface, which is non-reflective and soft, reducing glare from other RGB sources and providing a textured, modern finish.

The tubing has been specially designed to be 200mm in length (diameter) compared to the 400mm tube length of the previous model, resulting in thinner tubing. It is centred on the radiator to aid layout options and allow alternative mounting options within the PC chassis. The tubing is comprised of sleeved FEP, a server-grade material.

According to our research, the ROG RYUO IV SLC 360 ARGB appears to draw inspiration from TRYX’s Panorama SE 360, launched earlier in February 2025. Much like the Panorama SE, the RYUO IV features a curved display – but ASUS has refined the concept with smaller radiator options and a more versatile feature set. Notably, it supports a slightly broader CPU socket range to include the Intel LGA1200 and LGA115X, and boasts a higher maximum pump speed of up to 3600 RPM. The rotatable screen also enables a unique ‘waterfall’ display mode, as its rotatability expands customisation options for users. Positioning it as a more affordable alternative for enthusiasts who admire the Panorama’s futuristic design, the RYUO IV offers both stylistic appeal and practical improvements.

ASUS ROG RYUO IV SLC 360 ARGB Performance

Every CPU cooler we review is thoroughly tested within builds and a series of synthetic benchmarks. This provides performance data for each cooler, showing how it copes with gaming and multi-core workloads. The Intel Core i7-14700K is known to run hot and has a maximum operating temperature of 100°C. This is why our benchmarking system has an Intel Core i7-14700K at its core, with four 140mm fans to maximise airflow. Each cooler is set to ‘Turbo’ mode in the BIOS, or we use an equivalent fan curve with the cooler’s software, so that testing is fair. All the data we collect is gathered from benchmarks in Cinebench and CPU-Z, with HWMonitor running in the background to record temperature information.

Cinebench 4-Thread

In Cinebench, we run two different benchmarks. The first is a four-thread test, equivalent to a gaming workload, and the second uses eight threads, likely to be used in content creation applications. These tests run several times to evaluate throttling under a sustained load, determining whether the ASUS ROG RYUO IV SLC 360 ARGB can handle fluctuating temperatures.

For the four-thread test, we can see that the ASUS ROG RYUO IV SLC 360 ARGB performed very well against other 360 mm CPU Coolers. It kept the CPU at a comfortably low average temperature of 58°C, and even at its max temperature, it only spiked to 62°C! This means that your CPU is likely to be well handled in gaming scenarios by this cooler.

Cinebench 8-Thread

For the eight-thread test, we can see that the ASUS ROG RYUO IV SLC 360 ARGB performed very well against other 360 mm CPU Coolers. It kept the CPU at an average temperature of 66°C. This CPU has twelve threads, so we are stress testing two-thirds of its available threads, and the average is only 8°C more. This is quite impressive. Even at its max temperature, it only climbed to 72°C!

CPU-Z 8-Thread

For this eight-thread test with CPU-Z, we can see that the ASUS ROG RYUO IV SLC 360 ARGB again performed very well against other 360 mm CPU Coolers. It kept the CPU at an average temperature of 67°C, and its maximum temperature was just 69°C! Our data from these benchmarks tends to be similar, so it’s not entirely surprising that the data is similar and within range of each other.

CPU-Z puts a more consistent load on the CPU than Cinebench, which is an excellent way to test stability, especially when overclocking is thrown into the mix. These results put ASUS ROG RYUO IV SLC 360 ARGB in fifth place.

Features We Like

Sliding Screen On Bracket

This CPU cooler features a sliding LCD screen display, a pretty innovative design. The idea behind it is that it can reduce component obstruction, providing a clean aesthetic to the inside of your PC chassis. I can attest that this feature does result in offering up more space in some areas, like where the RAM sits, so at least its clunky design doesn’t completely block the rest of your components. Another feature we like is the ability to split the screen and display two different things, allowing you to show more information, which is quite nifty.

Removable Screen

Say if you were just impressed with the performance of this AIO and liked the ARGB fans, or didn’t have enough clearance in your chassis to mount the screen, you could opt to remove it, albeit making this a pretty expensive purchase. It’s handy to know that they’re not conditional on each other.

Pre-Installed Fans

The radiator comes with pre-installed, daisy-chained ARGB fans. The pre-installed, daisy-chained ARGB fans streamline the installation process. Users can power the ARGB lighting and the fan motor with a single cable, simplifying cable management. We love that fans in general are heading in this direction; the whole process of installing fans is becoming less of a chaotic mess and is saving more time in the long run. The Aura Fan Edge lighting features can also be controlled with ASUS’ Aura Sync software, allowing you to view your lighting styles from anywhere.

Features We Don’t Like

Remaining Case Clearance

This cooler is unnecessarily obtuse. It’s the combination of the screen mount and the screen; when you separate these two parts, the component looks very unappealing. The sheer size of the mount is likely because ASUS wanted to make the screen 6.67 inches, but you don’t even get to utilise the whole screen space, as the display has a rather thick bezel, resulting in rather thick black borders around the edge of the screen. We feel ASUS could have sacrificed this dead space to contribute to a smaller, more refined screen and mount pairing.

Orientation Not Changeable

Unlike the competitor TRYX’s Panorama SE 360, the orientation isn’t adaptable. Had we not known about this cooler having this feature that allows you to have a ‘waterfall’ mode, we probably wouldn’t be too fussed about its absence. Now, we feel like we are missing out on something that could have been so easily achieved.

Center-Mounted Piping

This feature is not as helpful as it claims to be. This concept was also designed to reduce component obstruction, but upon installing the cooler in the chassis, we found the design to be quite awkward and obstructive. Additionally, the minimal clearance we were left with made the mounting process uncomfortable and fiddly.

Conclusion