Deepcool Captain 240 EX White Liquid Cooler Review

Cooling/Water Cooling by stefan @ 2017-04-02

The mounting kits and compatible coolers have just started to appear on the market for the highly praised AM4 AMD platform. The Captain 240 EX White not only looks very cool, but is also able to perform very well while keeping the noise levels to a minimum. In our tests, we were able to keep a 3.9GHz Prime95-stable overclock at load temperatures of 59 degrees Celsius, while the ambient temperature was kept at a fixed value of 22.5 degrees Celsius.

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A Closer Look Part II

In order to aid with the installation procedure, the manufacturer did also include step-by-step installation drawings, which are available separately for each platform:

 

 

 

The kit does also include two 120mm PWM fans that are individually packed in separate re-sealable plastic bags:

 

 

 

The TF 120 PWM fans do pack the same color scheme as the cooler (white/black) and come with nine blades:

 

 

 

In each corner, the fans are featuring rubber mounts in order to eliminate vibrations during operation, which could add extra noise:

 

 

 

The GamerStorm logo is also present here:

 

 

 

On the back side of the fans, we will learn of the technical specifications from the central sticker (12V @ 0.12A):

 

 

 

This particular model is packing double-blade technology in order to offer a higher air pressure for the radiator:

 

 

 

The bundle does also pack some extra components:

 

 

 

To be more exact, we are getting a fan hub, one adhesive but also a cable tie:

 

 

 

The GamerStorm fan hub does pack connectors for no less than four fans, so besides the ones from the Captain 240 EX White, we can also connect two more fans from the case:

 

 

 

 

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