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Review on DEEPCOOL Captain 360X WH RGB AIO CPU Liquid Cooler: Anti-Leak Tech, Stainless Steel U-Shape Pipe, 12V 4-pin RGB Control, 3-Year Warranty by Darren Neal

Revainrating 1 out of 5

Extremely decorative. Average Quality TBD - UPDATED

It's a little disappointing. Very low weight and significant material savings. Ridiculous for a $160 cooler. I can't even feel if there is liquid in the device. Wiring is cheap, connectors are lame, and ribbon cables are common and need to be managed. There really should only be one pump cable, one x3 fan cable and one extra LED cable like the one that comes with AMD Prism coolers, that's it. Instead, there's a SATA power connector and other unnecessary cables that only complicate things. The fan blades are overly decorative. The screws must be at least one millimeter shorter to fit through the fan housing past the case metal and into the heatsink. The hoses are at least 3-4 inches shorter, and since they can only be installed in two orientations, this makes installation messy and awkward on top mount installations, primarily because the hose fittings in the pump don't rotate enough to rotate they ever clean modules DRAMs like Dominator Corsairs. The rear panel bracket is also made of thin plastic. This allows a standard 3950X with a 105 W TDP to be kept at 85 C under full load, which is not very impressive at $160. I hope it works for a year and then I can throw it in the trash. UPDATE 11/8/2020: So it's been about 10 months. I see the price has dropped over $70! $89 from $160. Anyway, I contacted support today to see their response. with the pump running at maximum speed the 3950X will idle at 50°C and at full load it will reach over 70°C, at which point the processor will simply throttle itself. This is worse than an air cooler. It doesn't leak so I guess the anti-leak tech basically means it doesn't contain coolant lol. At least I don't hear slush, never have, and at full load the radiator doesn't even get hot and both hoses stay at the same temperature.

Pros
  • Finally Bought
Cons
  • Some Cons