I beg to differ, at least for my experience with the 360EX. I bought one on offer from Newegg's eBay store for $69.99. It arrived in a perfectly intact box, but the pump had leaked all the coolant and the bag it was in was all sticky from it. I then RMA'd it and got a second one after 2 weeks. The second one got here and was perfectly fine, but for some reason, it didn't cool properly. At stock speeds on a 7700k, load temps got up to 90C, which is ridiculous. I wanted to keep trying but quickly realized that a product which has failed me twice isn't going to be reliable at all. Funny thing is that, while waiting for the cooler, I had just laid on a stock cooler from an AMD FX-8120 and it never got over 70C at stock frequency, which is 20C cooler than a massive 360mm liquid cooler. Returned it and bought a refurbished H115i from newegg for $79.99, which is much better in every way than the deepcool. I'm not sure if I'm overclocking wrong but I can't reach 5GHz without crashes. I've gotten to 4.8GHz at around 70C load. I haven't bought anything else from them, but it might just be the 360ex and not the 240 or the 120 with the problem. It's the same pump so I don't see why not.
DeepCool RGB lighting strip kits are the only issues I've ever had with them. Within the first month they all blinked and refused to stay in uniformed color. They were budget strips so you get what you pay for, I suppose.
I recently had one of these leak from the CPU block onto the back of my 980ti which killed the card, I'll say I'm super happy with how deep cool handled the situation, They actually refunded the full price of the 980ti from purchase price so at the time was about $1100 AUD, Which actually allowed me to step up to a 1080ti...I also got a replacement cooler unit & have had no problems since + as you mentioned Greg they are gorgeous if your going for a white build & don't want to go through the hassle of painting RADs etc, All in all great product & a great company! Cheers for the video as well, Always top notch stuff
Tippycat1000 I had the same feeling too (first AIO). I also saw about the review of leaks but is was about like 4%~6% of cases. most review are positive so that got me in. ( I also twited Greg about it and he told me that it was a good AIO). now there is this video to help too.
Deepcool is fantastic, had my 120 crap out on me a few months back, they shipped a replacement overnight and received it next day. Been working ever since.
I saw some of the negative reviews and I saw some of the same from other AIO. Like anything else, there are some bad apple in a bunch, but doesn't mean everything is bad. I also heard their customer support are good. I do like the design of the deepcool ones, since like what you said, there is no massive logo taking up the whole face of the pump. Looks a bit cleaner then others.
This is my 3 year+ usage update on my DEEPCOOL CAPTAIN 240EX WHITE. I want to thank Greg for this video which was the primary reason for my purchase way back then. I was excited to do a "white build" with a new ryzen in the spring of 2017. I've got a 1700 oc'd to 3.9 on all cores, 16gb G.Skill Flare X, and an EVGA 1070ti FTW2 in a Corsair white 400c. AIO fans worked fine but I swapped all the fans out with white LED which turned the case into a lighthouse beacon that could be seen for miles.... so wapped out again for corsair purple LED fans with two SP fans on the AIO, looks good and still working perfectly. I use this comp for gaming and internet and ONLY shut it down for maybe 30 hours a week 9 months out of the year so it has at least tendy billion hours of use on the hardware in the last 3+ years. NO issues ever with the Captain. It looks and runs great. I have it top mounted for exhaust with three 120 up front and 1 in the back. The hottest it runs is 63 degrees when I play AOTS for hours. It doesn't have the new "anti-leak" feature, but that hasn't been an issue, and hope it never is. This winter I fully intend to do a white build with a 5900x wtith a DEEPCOOL 360 AIO cooling the CPU. I hope it works as well and has the longevity that this 240EX has had. Thanks again Greg. Love your videos.
I'm really glad you made this video! About a year ago I built my new gaming PC. I did my best to stay under $2000 by shopping around and only buying what I needed and recycling parts I had. I chose this AIO from Amazon by looking at reviews and choosing by price. After using it for almost a year with a i5-9600k@ 5.0GHz, I can confirm that it has worked exactly as I would have hoped for OC. Just wanted to thank you for the affirmation, as I wasn't sure if it was that great of an AIO or not, being my first ever AIO. Specs: 9600k, GSKILL 16GB DDR4 3000MHz, Sapphire Vega 64, Corsair HX750, Captain 240RGB
Just got the ex120 today for my Ryzen 5 1400. It did NOT come with an AM4 bracket, sadly. They have an article stating to email one of their representatives with a Newegg invoice (which I bought mine from). I did all that and the rep was happy to help . . . However, they could not assist me simply because I live in Canada. I had to purchase a bracket myself off amazon for $15 (including shipping). Considering it cost $100 regularly and I got it for $69,it is still a good deal. That said to my fellow canucks, be warned as yours may not have a bracket included for AM4 platforms.
I have had a Deepcool 240ex for almost 3 years now. Ended up selling the system it was on to my brother but he is still using it and it is going strong!
I have my 240EX since November 2016. I run a I7-6700 and it runs perfect. Never had any issues with the system. So awesome that it came with a hub it really helped in my build.
I have a captain 240 ex for my 7700k build. I have had no issues in the 3 months that I have had it. Cool temps with stunning looks. Fits my white build perfectly
I bought this with a white Deepcool Dukase as well. With a MSI B350 Tomahawk and a ryzen 1500x and 16 gigs of Gskill ram with an M.2 500 gig and 2 other SSD's for storage. I'm 61 years old and have never played a game ever, but for doing Music recording with an audio interface (Presonus) and Studio one recording software this setup up is amazing! The 240ex keeps the cpu at 32c all day long. The Asus 1050 dual video card runs both of my 27 inch monitors just fine. Going from an old AMD 965 black edition with 8 gigs of ddr3 ram has made a world of difference. Thanks for the information and keep up the really good video's. The ole guy from Canada says so!!!! TC
I know this is a late comment/review but I have had this exact AIO on my pc for about 3.5-4 years now. I havent had a single problem with it. I have an Intel I5 6600k overclocked to 4.2 Ghz and Ive never gotten temps over 75c even while streaming/gaming. I am buying a Ryzen 7 2700x tomorrow and switching to a x470 board and I love this cooler so much that I am keeping it! As Science Studio said, the white variant makes this a perfect AIO for any RGB setup. They do make a RGB version of this now which I havent seen or anything, but since my ram is corsair vengeance white only, the white only AIO doesnt bother me:) If you are on the fence about this cooler, GET IT :)
A report from China. I have a 120EX that had a pump failure after 6 months of usage. The total hours of running my PC with the AIO was under 500 hrs. But my dealer replaced it with a new one right away. Hoping it to sustain from now on, cuz this AIO is the best match for my setup and color scheme. Fingers Xed.
Thanks for the video. Wanted to see what you had to say about it. In December 2016 I bought a Captain 240EX and have been enjoying it's aesthetics and performance. Toward the end of April however it sprung a leak and got fluid on my motherboard and all over the back of my graphics card. Thanks to having a side panel widow I caught it quickly and was able to shut down and prevent any potential damage to those components but it did take me a couple hours to clean it all up. The fluid leaked through some cutouts on the backplate of my graphics card onto the PCB and to clean that up I had to remove the cooler from my card to get to the screws to remove the backplate. Anyway, I really liked the cooler up until that point. In case you were wondering the leak developed between the red transparent tubing (I got the red and black one)and the black elbow on the side of the CPU block. Looks like the adhesive or whatever they use to "glue" the tube into that elbow failed and it popped out a little bit leaking down onto everything below. :(
griffix I caught it soon enough that none of my other components were damaged. To their credit DeepCool did ask me if any other components were damaged due to the leak. They offered to replace my Captain 250EX with a Captain 360EX but rather than get another Captain cooler I decided to just have my money refunded which they did. Even though the cooler failed I have to say that DeepCool very honorably lives up to their warranty.
I just bought the 120EX about 3 weeks ago and so far, no issues. I also bought it in white because of my build. I did have to flip it around so my tubes were running to the top rather than the bottom of my radiator. Running them on the bottom put a lot of tension on them because they would have been pushed right into the backplate of my graphics card (not sure if there are pros and cons for running the tubes top/bottom but oh well). I have the radiator and fan mounted to the back of my case (to the left of the CPU) bringing in cool air over the fins and into the case. The air is then exhausted out the top of the case by two Noctua fans. I will say it is a bit more "gurglie" than the old corsair that I used to have. This usually occurs on start up but afterwards, its fine. The pump is for the most part, very quiet. It does give off the ever so slightest high pitched whine noise. Its a very slight noise (I mean you have to turn your head a certain way to hear it well) but you do notice it. Overall, for the price, its pretty nice!
I like how these coolers look, like a small reactor, which is why I'm thinking about one instead of the Thermaltake I'd buy otherwise. Glad I finally found a review from someone.
captain 240 hooked to a 8350 overclocked to 4.5 Ghz been working flawlessly in cosair carbide 240 arctic white. first of all simply beautiful and clean case and cooler combo. own this computer for 2 years and never missed a beat, clean and simple case to build in and wonderful application of this product, highly recommended.
Bought this AIO for the white color. Saves me the trouble of painting. Pretty happy with it. No problems and it's been at least a month now. I wish they made a white 280 or 360 variant...dunno why they haven't went that extra step
the only AIO i would get is alphacool. you can buy parts for it. and refill the water. it also uses regular g1/4 connections so you can add stuff to it if you wanted.
I bought this cooler in July of '16 (after waiting for almost 2 months for APO shipping and that fiasco with NewEggs shipping) and have been absolutely amazed with this cooler. I was skeptical at first because I don't know the brand and there were about the same amount of negative reviews as there were positive ones. Thankfully mine has had no issues and handles 4.7GHz 6700K only barely touching 70° at it's highest. love this cooler so much when I build a co worker his computer I got him a 120mm edition and gos 6600k to roughly 4.4Ghz and he has no issues either. love this cooler.
I'm using a Deepcool in a build I did for a friend. I have to say it looks good in there. The real measure will be how they handle any issues that may arise, only time will be able to tell us that.
daft vagrant theirs been a few that's testified the leaks they had and how they handled it, so far it seems good, they replaced the sip and the broken components from the leak in a descent time frame. It's hurried somewhere in these comments.
I found a few reviews that talked about how well they handle it and it seems good so far so it's good to hear others continue those reviews. RMA work is honestly what sells me on a company as everyone is going to have lemons.
I have been having my 240ex for about 6 months now and I love how it performs, I just wish you could change the blinking white light in to solid white in the bios or something
I have the older version the captain 360 it's been 2yrs since I Bought it haven't had any problem I even mod it to I clear tubing, all I can say is it is a good product
I se you have an NZXT case. It's not the H440 is it? It's the Noctis. From what I recall it has the same inside layout, isn't it. If so, would the 360 fit in the front of the case?
I know this video is 4 years old now, but I'm using a DeepCool Captain 240 ARGB with the steel U pipe and so far, it's great. Very unique looking and does the job well. Using with a Ryzen 5 3600X.
Had mine for about 2 years now and it just works. It was a bit noisy on the first start up (some small air in the pump I assume) but it quit shortly after. 2 years with no leaks and quiet performance.
I was worried because of the reviews, so i took to reddit and asked people who had it, how it was doing. And they always said it was AMAZING, and they had it for a year.
well i'm glad you have nice things to say about it. there aren't too many videos on youtube on it. and i just got mine in the mail like 3 days ago. no leaking out of the box which is what i was dreading the most because of all the negative reviews online.
I own a DeepCool Captain 120EX - White too cool an i5 7600k overclocked to 5GHz on a mini-itx case (Thermaltake Core V1 Snow). At idle temps sit on low 30s; after two hours of AIDA64 benchmarking temps settle on 80 / 81 ºC. I'm quite impressed with its performance, although it required a bit of twinkling with fan curves. Four months in, it is performing brilliantly.
I bought the black 240 about a year ago because i saw your white one in your vids. I really loved the looks and honestly at the price point, it couldn't be crap. I'm still very happy with this awesome looking aio and get lots of questions on where I found it cuz everyone just goes for mainstream corsair coolers...
I love my 240EX. Never heard of Deepcool until it popped up on Amazon and I liked the lighting. Scoured reviews and pulled the trigger and NEVER looked back!
I just put together another build and was considering this pump, but honestly the reviews did throw me off and I got the X62 instead. I really never considered that pissed off people want to let others know that they're pissed off. I hope more people come across this video if they're considering buying a Captain AIO.
This is why you're one of the most trustworthy sources in this website. You take the time to counter your previous statements. Makes it much easier to buy products for me personally.
I just recently got one of these AIOs since I've been slowly upgrading my computer and I'm planning on doing a full white build in a phanteks p400. I love this thing. It looks amazing and it keeps the temperature nice and cool even with an overclock of 4.4ghz on an old 3570k. I was worried about it when I first bought it but it's been over a month and so far so good. :)
As with any product, there is a variance of user experiences, but I figured I would add mine for the measure, and to give a more contemporary take since this video post a year ago. I have had 2 Captain 240 EX White running since October of 2016...now, when I say running, I mean it...I built a dual Xeon system (2x E5 2420 V4 8C/16T) for 3D rendering and am cooling both CPUs on stock curves and this system has been running 24/7 since it was built...it has literally only been powered down for maybe a total of 15 hours or so in that time. Seeing as I can't overclock, I am not pushing temps too high (one of the reasons I like the Xeons) yet all 32 threads will push at 2.99/3.0 for sometimes up to a week solid during a render, and I have never seen the temps go above 48C (remember, Xeons...). So, in short, I have seen around 13,680 hours of continual use without issue. That being said, I am going to pick up a couple more of these to have on hand when it is time to swap in a refresh. Thank you Greg for the fantastic and well thought out content, and may you see continued success!
I have, and use, this AIO. From what i have seen, it works pretty damn good. I have it cooling an Fx6300 overclocked to 4.5ghz and it has idled as low as 6 C, and kept it well under 60 C under load.
I've had something with these cooleres. I've received a 360 Captain as gift and the radiator had a leak. So, I've e-mailed Deepcool ad they REFUNDED my watercooler I've swaped the radiator with an Alphacool and I'm runnig it for more than an year without any problems. The major thing with AIO is that the closed loop might not be properly filled, and the bubles and gaps will damage the pump in no time, that's a mojar cause of damage, as well as poorly configured PWM settings in bios or softwares that reduces the pump speed, stressing it too much. Right now, the balance between silence, price and performance made it my favorite cooler brand.
When I'm buying a case - the fans are a big consideration for me. I look for quantity and quality, and consider any additional case fan purchase as part of the cost of the enclosure.
Great review Greg... I love Deepcool products and have not had any issues with either of the AIO coolers from them that I have purchased. (240EX white and 360EX RGB white)
I know its an old video and a pretty late comment but i just saw this today and i gotta say great video Greg! So i have had a Deepcool Captain 360EX Black and red (red rgb in the middle) and i've had it for maybe 2 years now or so and it still works great and going strong , never had issues with it. Was great price new, I have the first gen ryzen (1800X) and the cooler dosent let the cpu go over 55C+ even under heavy gaming & load , And i've read that coolers have broken and etc but lets be honest that has happend to every vendors coolers from time to time sure you might find more posts with these coolers but i have never experienced any flaws with it and ima use this cooler until the pump goes cuz its working great!
i have 240ex mounted on 1600x no problems yet. not the greatest performance but for $80 it worth 100%. looks nice with asus prime board and white LPX memory. i have great experience with deepcool product.
This is a great cooler, Ive had it for about 1 month now and it was easy to install, it runs pretty quiet, and it just looks awesome with my red and black
Recently purchased a 240 RGBv2 for a new Ryzen 5 3600 build. Been running flawlessly (and silently) for a few weeks now, and looks great (I do purple lighting in a white case).
I have this cooler and its amazing. actually had it set up in a rig that i ran 24/7 for about 6 months. No issues ever. Have it on my ryzen 2600x build now and it is amazing. i never go above 50C
I'm very happy that you made this video because that cooler has been on my eye ever since you made a build with it and I spired me to make my own white build! thank you and great job!
This is the AIO i am running, and it seems to be doing fine. The company seems to replace any units that are defective, or any damage done by the AIO, i bought it.
great video very informative ! must say I've been watching all the main tech channels for over a year and this is by far the best IMHO, no nonsense level headed reviews and info keep up the good work !
I got one of these as a Christmas gift last year, it came DOA. The external viewing tube had come disconnected a little, and it leaked half the coolant out on the way in. I contacted deepcool about it, gave them all the information they asked for (including pictures of the broken tube as evidence). After dragging the RMA process out for over 2 months, they still didn't replace it. Luckily amazon was nice enough to refund it anyway, and I ended up getting an Artic Freezer AIO instead. Even better cooler for the money btw. I will say though, the deepcool does look better. Really wish they hadn't shit the bed on that RMA
I'm glad I bought mine from Amazon. Thank god for prime. I'm not even going to install the thing after all the horror stories. As soon as they deliver it, it's going right back, lol.
Thanx for a great review, going to build a new pc in a Deepcool DUKASE V2 white and was thinking of getting that cooler, now i know i am going to get one =) Thanx alot man !!!
I love my Captain 120 Black/Red I bought it many years a go for my FX6300, I recently upgraded to a Ryzen 5 & wanted to transfer My Captain 120 so I emailed Deepcool & got a reply the same day letting me know where to get an AM4 adapter closest to me in Australia, I got it for $5 AUD, the AMD adapter kit includes a new backplate & cross bar metal mounts to suit AM4 screw holes
One of the best looking blocks in the market, in my opinion. I got this cooler in the black RGB varient. The first cooler arrived with a dead pump. Science studio gives these fans too much justice. They're atrociously loud. The tubing also is too short. Due the phanteks p400 I used, which does not support radiators on the top, I had to mount it in the front. There was almost no slack in the tubing, and the p400 is a fairly small case. Due to the large percentage of negative reviews, and the experience i have had with it, I took it out after a month for a replacement.
Went from a H60 to a H100iV2 to now a H115i within 1 year lol I like corsair I recommend them but I'm not subject to other companies. I really like the look of that pump!!
Captain 240 EX been working good. However, resently leaked through the glass tube connection. Leaked on top of my RX 580. Deepcool valued RX 580 as depreciated card and priced it at $40. But did offfered to replace the cooler with other similar models.
I have the deep cool gamer storm case that comes with the helix reservoir with the black and red captain 360 and I been using my system since mid January of 2017 and I'm completely happy with my system.
So far still doing good with my Captain 240EX after about 10 months and very happy with it! But a new value contender has been flying under the radar, so if you get a chance to play with the Arctic Liquid Freezer AIO series, check em out. 38mm rad and push-pull config out of the box, though it isn't much for aesthetics but its still cool! And under $90 for a 240mm unit!
I had a corsair h100i v2, wich in 6 mounths had a pump failure, i buy it in a thrid party and they took the warranty , so i replace it with a noctua nh-d15, and im so happy with this noctua, i love it :D Sorry for my bad english xD
yes its a nice cooler... here in germany for 115 bucks and i would still recommend it. build 5-6 weeks ago a red themed ryzen 7 build for friend of mine. first he wanted the dark rock pro 3 but he found this on amazon and i bought it without a research. installed and worked fine. pump is not noisey, fans in most cases too and yep... dont know the temps at the moment but as i remember temps are also good... cpu is not oc... just uses the xfr and its fine! for 115 bucks an aio... u want it, buy it. i heared from a dude that he bought an corsair h100i and the pump failed after 2 weeks. sooo shit happens, when it want to be :) best regards from germany. thx for sharing
As much as I love white, I can't choose this over the crazy infinite mirror + RGB look on the NZXT Kraken... I wish they would made them in white... Anyways this would be right behind the Kraken if it comes to looks, it's definitely slick.
CPU coolers are just a matter of taste. I have an old Zerotherm Nirvana that I used to use on my AMD Phenon X4 back in 2007 and it´s now on my I5 6600k. I can still overclock it to 4,6ghz and the temperature never goes beyond 65c with ambient temperature at 32c. My case only has one intake 80mm cooler and one exhaust 120mm cooler. My graphics card exhaust is inside the case, so I have the worst possible scenario and the thing run very nice without the need of water cooling. Though This water system is at a very good price.
I was interested in buying it for the aesthetics but the amount of reviews about leakage really got me to look the other way. Hopefully this video will change my perspective
I have never had a problem with any of deepcools products, they offer really good value for money. Good video btw.
Tech City well hello there
I beg to differ, at least for my experience with the 360EX.
I bought one on offer from Newegg's eBay store for $69.99. It arrived in a perfectly intact box, but the pump had leaked all the coolant and the bag it was in was all sticky from it. I then RMA'd it and got a second one after 2 weeks.
The second one got here and was perfectly fine, but for some reason, it didn't cool properly. At stock speeds on a 7700k, load temps got up to 90C, which is ridiculous. I wanted to keep trying but quickly realized that a product which has failed me twice isn't going to be reliable at all.
Funny thing is that, while waiting for the cooler, I had just laid on a stock cooler from an AMD FX-8120 and it never got over 70C at stock frequency, which is 20C cooler than a massive 360mm liquid cooler.
Returned it and bought a refurbished H115i from newegg for $79.99, which is much better in every way than the deepcool.
I'm not sure if I'm overclocking wrong but I can't reach 5GHz without crashes. I've gotten to 4.8GHz at around 70C load.
I haven't bought anything else from them, but it might just be the 360ex and not the 240 or the 120 with the problem. It's the same pump so I don't see why not.
Brian W There will always be exceptions. Thanks for sharing.
Tech City I feel the same way about them
DeepCool RGB lighting strip kits are the only issues I've ever had with them. Within the first month they all blinked and refused to stay in uniformed color. They were budget strips so you get what you pay for, I suppose.
I recently had one of these leak from the CPU block onto the back of my 980ti which killed the card,
I'll say I'm super happy with how deep cool handled the situation, They actually refunded the full price of the 980ti from purchase price so at the time was about $1100 AUD,
Which actually allowed me to step up to a 1080ti...I also got a replacement cooler unit & have had no problems since + as you mentioned Greg they are gorgeous if your going for a white build & don't want to go through the hassle of painting RADs etc,
All in all great product & a great company!
Cheers for the video as well, Always top notch stuff
Dang, good for you.
Jai yeah,that's why i use 120ex.deepcool has one of the best costumer service.not like that "three headed snake"company.
good for you man
how you claim it?
Lucky, I live in Ukraine and my dead GTX 960 is now only my problem :(
I have the white 240EX and I love it, but I'll have wish there was a white 360EX.
how long u had it for?
for about a month and half. still working like a champ.
MGianfrancoValle oh gud, i bought one yesterday n installed it n was scared that it may leak due to other ppls experiences
Tippycat1000 I had the same feeling too (first AIO). I also saw about the review of leaks but is was about like 4%~6% of cases. most review are positive so that got me in. ( I also twited Greg about it and he told me that it was a good AIO). now there is this video to help too.
MGianfrancoValle oh gud, i originally wanted but they didnt have stock n couldnt be stuffed waiting so i got the blk n red
Deepcool is fantastic, had my 120 crap out on me a few months back, they shipped a replacement overnight and received it next day. Been working ever since.
yup, top of the line customer service!
I saw some of the negative reviews and I saw some of the same from other AIO. Like anything else, there are some bad apple in a bunch, but doesn't mean everything is bad. I also heard their customer support are good.
I do like the design of the deepcool ones, since like what you said, there is no massive logo taking up the whole face of the pump. Looks a bit cleaner then others.
This is my 3 year+ usage update on my DEEPCOOL CAPTAIN 240EX WHITE. I want to thank Greg for this video which was the primary reason for my purchase way back then. I was excited to do a "white build" with a new ryzen in the spring of 2017. I've got a 1700 oc'd to 3.9 on all cores, 16gb G.Skill Flare X, and an EVGA 1070ti FTW2 in a Corsair white 400c. AIO fans worked fine but I swapped all the fans out with white LED which turned the case into a lighthouse beacon that could be seen for miles.... so wapped out again for corsair purple LED fans with two SP fans on the AIO, looks good and still working perfectly. I use this comp for gaming and internet and ONLY shut it down for maybe 30 hours a week 9 months out of the year so it has at least tendy billion hours of use on the hardware in the last 3+ years. NO issues ever with the Captain. It looks and runs great. I have it top mounted for exhaust with three 120 up front and 1 in the back. The hottest it runs is 63 degrees when I play AOTS for hours. It doesn't have the new "anti-leak" feature, but that hasn't been an issue, and hope it never is. This winter I fully intend to do a white build with a 5900x wtith a DEEPCOOL 360 AIO cooling the CPU. I hope it works as well and has the longevity that this 240EX has had.
Thanks again Greg. Love your videos.
I'm really glad you made this video! About a year ago I built my new gaming PC. I did my best to stay under $2000 by shopping around and only buying what I needed and recycling parts I had.
I chose this AIO from Amazon by looking at reviews and choosing by price. After using it for almost a year with a i5-9600k@ 5.0GHz, I can confirm that it has worked exactly as I would have hoped for OC.
Just wanted to thank you for the affirmation, as I wasn't sure if it was that great of an AIO or not, being my first ever AIO.
Specs: 9600k, GSKILL 16GB DDR4 3000MHz, Sapphire Vega 64, Corsair HX750, Captain 240RGB
Just got the ex120 today for my Ryzen 5 1400. It did NOT come with an AM4 bracket, sadly. They have an article stating to email one of their representatives with a Newegg invoice (which I bought mine from). I did all that and the rep was happy to help . . . However, they could not assist me simply because I live in Canada. I had to purchase a bracket myself off amazon for $15 (including shipping). Considering it cost $100 regularly and I got it for $69,it is still a good deal. That said to my fellow canucks, be warned as yours may not have a bracket included for AM4 platforms.
Nova_Hawk A think just in USA
I have had a Deepcool 240ex for almost 3 years now. Ended up selling the system it was on to my brother but he is still using it and it is going strong!
I have my 240EX since November 2016. I run a I7-6700 and it runs perfect. Never had any issues with the system. So awesome that it came with a hub it really helped in my build.
I have a captain 240 ex for my 7700k build. I have had no issues in the 3 months that I have had it. Cool temps with stunning looks. Fits my white build perfectly
I have had the 240EX in white since February on a FX-8320 OC to 4.5ghz. I never breach 42c, ever. It's been great and I love it!
The title made me think you were gonna say it sucked XD
I bought this with a white Deepcool Dukase as well. With a MSI B350 Tomahawk and a ryzen 1500x and 16 gigs of Gskill ram with an M.2 500 gig and 2 other SSD's for storage. I'm 61 years old and have never played a game ever, but for doing Music recording with an audio interface (Presonus) and Studio one recording software this setup up is amazing! The 240ex keeps the cpu at 32c all day long. The Asus 1050 dual video card runs both of my 27 inch monitors just fine. Going from an old AMD 965 black edition with 8 gigs of ddr3 ram has made a world of difference. Thanks for the information and keep up the really good video's. The ole guy from Canada says so!!!! TC
I know this is a late comment/review but I have had this exact AIO on my pc for about 3.5-4 years now. I havent had a single problem with it. I have an Intel I5 6600k overclocked to 4.2 Ghz and Ive never gotten temps over 75c even while streaming/gaming. I am buying a Ryzen 7 2700x tomorrow and switching to a x470 board and I love this cooler so much that I am keeping it!
As Science Studio said, the white variant makes this a perfect AIO for any RGB setup. They do make a RGB version of this now which I havent seen or anything, but since my ram is corsair vengeance white only, the white only AIO doesnt bother me:)
If you are on the fence about this cooler, GET IT :)
A report from China. I have a 120EX that had a pump failure after 6 months of usage. The total hours of running my PC with the AIO was under 500 hrs. But my dealer replaced it with a new one right away. Hoping it to sustain from now on, cuz this AIO is the best match for my setup and color scheme. Fingers Xed.
Just got this in the mail today. Can't wait to install it, and fingers crossed that there's no problems.
I've had mine for 3 months and I love it! No issues at all. nice review!
This title read like a Paul Joseph Watson video like damn
Imagine my waterblock
Thanks for the video. Wanted to see what you had to say about it. In December 2016 I bought a Captain 240EX and have been enjoying it's aesthetics and performance. Toward the end of April however it sprung a leak and got fluid on my motherboard and all over the back of my graphics card. Thanks to having a side panel widow I caught it quickly and was able to shut down and prevent any potential damage to those components but it did take me a couple hours to clean it all up. The fluid leaked through some cutouts on the backplate of my graphics card onto the PCB and to clean that up I had to remove the cooler from my card to get to the screws to remove the backplate. Anyway, I really liked the cooler up until that point. In case you were wondering the leak developed between the red transparent tubing (I got the red and black one)and the black elbow on the side of the CPU block. Looks like the adhesive or whatever they use to "glue" the tube into that elbow failed and it popped out a little bit leaking down onto everything below. :(
Maraksot78 did deepcool help you repay your build?
griffix I caught it soon enough that none of my other components were damaged. To their credit DeepCool did ask me if any other components were damaged due to the leak. They offered to replace my Captain 250EX with a Captain 360EX but rather than get another Captain cooler I decided to just have my money refunded which they did. Even though the cooler failed I have to say that DeepCool very honorably lives up to their warranty.
Maraksot78 But what if it failed after warranty?
I just bought the 120EX about 3 weeks ago and so far, no issues. I also bought it in white because of my build. I did have to flip it around so my tubes were running to the top rather than the bottom of my radiator. Running them on the bottom put a lot of tension on them because they would have been pushed right into the backplate of my graphics card (not sure if there are pros and cons for running the tubes top/bottom but oh well). I have the radiator and fan mounted to the back of my case (to the left of the CPU) bringing in cool air over the fins and into the case. The air is then exhausted out the top of the case by two Noctua fans. I will say it is a bit more "gurglie" than the old corsair that I used to have. This usually occurs on start up but afterwards, its fine. The pump is for the most part, very quiet. It does give off the ever so slightest high pitched whine noise. Its a very slight noise (I mean you have to turn your head a certain way to hear it well) but you do notice it. Overall, for the price, its pretty nice!
I have this cooler in my build and I absolutely love it! Very easy installation, only one wire on the AIO, No complaints!
been using this exact one for a year now and have had zero issues and great temps.
This is by far my favorite AIO to date. It just matches everything perfectly for my white and black theme.
I like how these coolers look, like a small reactor, which is why I'm thinking about one instead of the Thermaltake I'd buy otherwise. Glad I finally found a review from someone.
Yes! Thats exactly what I thought of.
I have run this cooler for over two years with zero problems. It is currently cooling my 3700x and I am gaming on high settings at around 40c.
captain 240 hooked to a 8350 overclocked to 4.5 Ghz been working flawlessly in cosair carbide 240 arctic white. first of all simply beautiful and clean case and cooler combo. own this computer for 2 years and never missed a beat, clean and simple case to build in and wonderful application of this product, highly recommended.
i have had a 240 ex since 2016 and still going strong
Bought this AIO for the white color. Saves me the trouble of painting. Pretty happy with it. No problems and it's been at least a month now. I wish they made a white 280 or 360 variant...dunno why they haven't went that extra step
Coming back to say that after 3 years my Deepcool Captain 240EX is still holding up strong. :) Purchased for the look and happy for the quality.
the only AIO i would get is alphacool. you can buy parts for it. and refill the water. it also uses regular g1/4 connections so you can add stuff to it if you wanted.
I bought this cooler in July of '16 (after waiting for almost 2 months for APO shipping and that fiasco with NewEggs shipping) and have been absolutely amazed with this cooler. I was skeptical at first because I don't know the brand and there were about the same amount of negative reviews as there were positive ones. Thankfully mine has had no issues and handles 4.7GHz 6700K only barely touching 70° at it's highest.
love this cooler so much when I build a co worker his computer I got him a 120mm edition and gos 6600k to roughly 4.4Ghz and he has no issues either.
love this cooler.
I'm using a Deepcool in a build I did for a friend. I have to say it looks good in there. The real measure will be how they handle any issues that may arise, only time will be able to tell us that.
daft vagrant theirs been a few that's testified the leaks they had and how they handled it, so far it seems good, they replaced the sip and the broken components from the leak in a descent time frame. It's hurried somewhere in these comments.
I found a few reviews that talked about how well they handle it and it seems good so far so it's good to hear others continue those reviews. RMA work is honestly what sells me on a company as everyone is going to have lemons.
I have been having my 240ex for about 6 months now and I love how it performs, I just wish you could change the blinking white light in to solid white in the bios or something
White rad... freakin' awesome
I have the older version the captain 360 it's been 2yrs since I Bought it haven't had any problem I even mod it to I clear tubing, all I can say is it is a good product
any pics of the modded tubes?
Hi kindly check this i.imgur.com/rPlPkjt_d.jpg?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=high i uploaded it to imgur
Mher Materiano
nice looks great and you were able to keep with the red theme!
Willkin See yep I was thinking of using a different color but I don't know how crack open the cooler to change the led
I se you have an NZXT case. It's not the H440 is it? It's the Noctis. From what I recall it has the same inside layout, isn't it. If so, would the 360 fit in the front of the case?
I know this video is 4 years old now, but I'm using a DeepCool Captain 240 ARGB with the steel U pipe and so far, it's great. Very unique looking and does the job well. Using with a Ryzen 5 3600X.
Had mine for about 2 years now and it just works. It was a bit noisy on the first start up (some small air in the pump I assume) but it quit shortly after. 2 years with no leaks and quiet performance.
posted a comment a year ago and this unit still works as it should.
Kyle would be proud with the amount of hand signals thrown in, you should take part in miming...
I was worried because of the reviews, so i took to reddit and asked people who had it, how it was doing. And they always said it was AMAZING, and they had it for a year.
Great review! Just finished my second custom loop ever. That relief when your system POSTS. :p
well i'm glad you have nice things to say about it. there aren't too many videos on youtube on it. and i just got mine in the mail like 3 days ago. no leaking out of the box which is what i was dreading the most because of all the negative reviews online.
I own a DeepCool Captain 120EX - White too cool an i5 7600k overclocked to 5GHz on a mini-itx case (Thermaltake Core V1 Snow). At idle temps sit on low 30s; after two hours of AIDA64 benchmarking temps settle on 80 / 81 ºC. I'm quite impressed with its performance, although it required a bit of twinkling with fan curves.
Four months in, it is performing brilliantly.
I have this and it's wonderful. No problems yet, and a quieter pump than any other AIO. It also looks amazing.
I bought the black 240 about a year ago because i saw your white one in your vids. I really loved the looks and honestly at the price point, it couldn't be crap. I'm still very happy with this awesome looking aio and get lots of questions on where I found it cuz everyone just goes for mainstream corsair coolers...
I love my 240EX. Never heard of Deepcool until it popped up on Amazon and I liked the lighting. Scoured reviews and pulled the trigger and NEVER looked back!
I just put together another build and was considering this pump, but honestly the reviews did throw me off and I got the X62 instead. I really never considered that pissed off people want to let others know that they're pissed off. I hope more people come across this video if they're considering buying a Captain AIO.
How do you like your X62?
This AOI is going in my all white build tonight. Nice review, thanks for validating what I was thinking.
Bought one of these for a mini itx build I did, looks amazing and haven't had any issues so I would definitely recommend this product
This is why you're one of the most trustworthy sources in this website.
You take the time to counter your previous statements. Makes it much easier to buy products for me personally.
I just recently got one of these AIOs since I've been slowly upgrading my computer and I'm planning on doing a full white build in a phanteks p400. I love this thing. It looks amazing and it keeps the temperature nice and cool even with an overclock of 4.4ghz on an old 3570k. I was worried about it when I first bought it but it's been over a month and so far so good. :)
I got the captain 360 in red last year and it gets my 5820k to 4.9 gz with great temps. I like these coolers
As with any product, there is a variance of user experiences, but I figured I would add mine for the measure, and to give a more contemporary take since this video post a year ago. I have had 2 Captain 240 EX White running since October of 2016...now, when I say running, I mean it...I built a dual Xeon system (2x E5 2420 V4 8C/16T) for 3D rendering and am cooling both CPUs on stock curves and this system has been running 24/7 since it was built...it has literally only been powered down for maybe a total of 15 hours or so in that time. Seeing as I can't overclock, I am not pushing temps too high (one of the reasons I like the Xeons) yet all 32 threads will push at 2.99/3.0 for sometimes up to a week solid during a render, and I have never seen the temps go above 48C (remember, Xeons...). So, in short, I have seen around 13,680 hours of continual use without issue. That being said, I am going to pick up a couple more of these to have on hand when it is time to swap in a refresh. Thank you Greg for the fantastic and well thought out content, and may you see continued success!
I have, and use, this AIO. From what i have seen, it works pretty damn good. I have it cooling an Fx6300 overclocked to 4.5ghz and it has idled as low as 6 C, and kept it well under 60 C under load.
Phrawsty732 doubt its actually 6c.
your room would have to be colder than that. also amd fx have shit temp sensors
I've had something with these cooleres. I've received a 360 Captain as gift and the radiator had a leak. So, I've e-mailed Deepcool ad they REFUNDED my watercooler I've swaped the radiator with an Alphacool and I'm runnig it for more than an year without any problems.
The major thing with AIO is that the closed loop might not be properly filled, and the bubles and gaps will damage the pump in no time, that's a mojar cause of damage, as well as poorly configured PWM settings in bios or softwares that reduces the pump speed, stressing it too much.
Right now, the balance between silence, price and performance made it my favorite cooler brand.
When I'm buying a case - the fans are a big consideration for me. I look for quantity and quality, and consider any additional case fan purchase as part of the cost of the enclosure.
Great review Greg... I love Deepcool products and have not had any issues with either of the AIO coolers from them that I have purchased. (240EX white and 360EX RGB white)
This is the video that convinced me to buy the Captain 240EX Red AIO, and I'm very happy with my purchase. Thanks for the video, Greg!
I'm a fan of Cryorig. Currently using the A40 hybrid 240mm AIO. Very impressed with it. It also performs the same as my buddies nzxt x52
I know its an old video and a pretty late comment but i just saw this today and i gotta say great video Greg!
So i have had a Deepcool Captain 360EX Black and red (red rgb in the middle) and i've had it for maybe 2 years now or so and it still works great and going strong , never had issues with it.
Was great price new, I have the first gen ryzen (1800X) and the cooler dosent let the cpu go over 55C+ even under heavy gaming & load , And i've read that coolers have broken and etc but lets be honest that has happend to every vendors coolers from time to time sure you might find more posts with these coolers but i have never experienced any flaws with it and ima use this cooler until the pump goes cuz its working great!
I've had the Captain 120EX running on my FX 8350 (OC'd to 4.5Ghz) since mid-December. It's still running strong and looks great with my theme.
i have 240ex mounted on 1600x no problems yet. not the greatest performance but for $80 it worth 100%. looks nice with asus prime board and white LPX memory. i have great experience with deepcool product.
This is a great cooler, Ive had it for about 1 month now and it was easy to install, it runs pretty quiet, and it just looks awesome with my red and black
Recently purchased a 240 RGBv2 for a new Ryzen 5 3600 build. Been running flawlessly (and silently) for a few weeks now, and looks great (I do purple lighting in a white case).
have this AIO myself, used it in my first own PC build. install was indeed easy, highly reccomended
Thank for the review, I bought the very same AIO and I look forward to installing it in my render machine and I hope it will last forever!
My Captain 120 (Non-EX) has been running strong for over 6 months.
I have one and I personally love it! It was super easy to install and keeps my 6700k cool even under load.
501 Aviator how long have you had it
Official Vaxl 3 months. It's the best purchase I've ever made. I bought mainly because Greg talks so highly of it.
Great video as always! Been tempted to upgrade to the 360EX, maybe i will now. Have a good one!
I have this cooler and its amazing. actually had it set up in a rig that i ran 24/7 for about 6 months. No issues ever. Have it on my ryzen 2600x build now and it is amazing. i never go above 50C
I'm very happy that you made this video because that cooler has been on my eye ever since you made a build with it and I spired me to make my own white build! thank you and great job!
This is the AIO i am running, and it seems to be doing fine.
The company seems to replace any units that are defective, or any damage done by the AIO, i bought it.
great video very informative ! must say I've been watching all the main tech channels for over a year and this is by far the best IMHO, no nonsense level headed reviews and info keep up the good work !
I got one of these as a Christmas gift last year, it came DOA. The external viewing tube had come disconnected a little, and it leaked half the coolant out on the way in. I contacted deepcool about it, gave them all the information they asked for (including pictures of the broken tube as evidence). After dragging the RMA process out for over 2 months, they still didn't replace it. Luckily amazon was nice enough to refund it anyway, and I ended up getting an Artic Freezer AIO instead. Even better cooler for the money btw. I will say though, the deepcool does look better. Really wish they hadn't shit the bed on that RMA
I'm glad I bought mine from Amazon. Thank god for prime. I'm not even going to install the thing after all the horror stories. As soon as they deliver it, it's going right back, lol.
8 months with Captain in an NZXT s340, Intel 7700k @ 4.6GHz, all good. Looks great in the white build too!
look at this child.... :)))) NZXT s340 and i7 7700k 4.6GHz with 100$ :))) you kid don't know how to lie you have 1$ in ya pocket
What temps do you get?
Thanx for a great review, going to build a new pc in a Deepcool DUKASE V2 white and was thinking of getting that cooler, now i know i am going to get one =) Thanx alot man !!!
I really want to see a block teardown. Haven't seen one anywhere yet
I love my Captain 120 Black/Red I bought it many years a go for my FX6300, I recently upgraded to a Ryzen 5 & wanted to transfer My Captain 120 so I emailed Deepcool & got a reply the same day letting me know where to get an AM4 adapter closest to me in Australia, I got it for $5 AUD, the AMD adapter kit includes a new backplate & cross bar metal mounts to suit AM4 screw holes
One of the best looking blocks in the market, in my opinion. I got this cooler in the black RGB varient. The first cooler arrived with a dead pump. Science studio gives these fans too much justice. They're atrociously loud. The tubing also is too short. Due the phanteks p400 I used, which does not support radiators on the top, I had to mount it in the front. There was almost no slack in the tubing, and the p400 is a fairly small case.
Due to the large percentage of negative reviews, and the experience i have had with it, I took it out after a month for a replacement.
Well, you have convinced me. This goes to show that a good product gets a whole lot of free advertisement.
I like Deep Cool and this AIO. Great customer service. My pump failed after a few months and they sent me a new one very quickly.
Went from a H60 to a H100iV2 to now a H115i within 1 year lol I like corsair I recommend them but I'm not subject to other companies. I really like the look of that pump!!
Captain 240 EX been working good. However, resently leaked through the glass tube connection. Leaked on top of my RX 580. Deepcool valued RX 580 as depreciated card and priced it at $40. But did offfered to replace the cooler with other similar models.
I have the deep cool gamer storm case that comes with the helix reservoir with the black and red captain 360 and I been using my system since mid January of 2017 and I'm completely happy with my system.
I’ve had mine since 6th gen intel was still new, been running perfectly this whole time.
Science Studios is back baby!!!! By the way you just liked my comment on instagram i fanboyed a bit.......just a bit..
Very informative. Thanks! I have this same AIO, but with RGB and in black. I didn't know you could re-position the hoses. Good to know!
I have a deep cool 120ex on my ryzen 7 and it works perfectly, its been on there for 1 year now without a single problem.
I love cases from deepcool
So far still doing good with my Captain 240EX after about 10 months and very happy with it! But a new value contender has been flying under the radar, so if you get a chance to play with the Arctic Liquid Freezer AIO series, check em out. 38mm rad and push-pull config out of the box, though it isn't much for aesthetics but its still cool! And under $90 for a 240mm unit!
I had a corsair h100i v2, wich in 6 mounths had a pump failure, i buy it in a thrid party and they took the warranty , so i replace it with a noctua nh-d15, and im so happy with this noctua, i love it :D
Sorry for my bad english xD
super helpful video, will definitely be adding this cooler to my wishlist. of course in white to match my build.
yes its a nice cooler... here in germany for 115 bucks and i would still recommend it. build 5-6 weeks ago a red themed ryzen 7 build for friend of mine. first he wanted the dark rock pro 3 but he found this on amazon and i bought it without a research. installed and worked fine. pump is not noisey, fans in most cases too and yep... dont know the temps at the moment but as i remember temps are also good... cpu is not oc... just uses the xfr and its fine! for 115 bucks an aio... u want it, buy it. i heared from a dude that he bought an corsair h100i and the pump failed after 2 weeks. sooo shit happens, when it want to be :) best regards from germany. thx for sharing
As much as I love white, I can't choose this over the crazy infinite mirror + RGB look on the NZXT Kraken... I wish they would made them in white... Anyways this would be right behind the Kraken if it comes to looks, it's definitely slick.
I think you are my favourite youtuber at the moment who makes pc related videos. Keep it up man!
CPU coolers are just a matter of taste. I have an old Zerotherm Nirvana that I used to use on my AMD Phenon X4 back in 2007 and it´s now on my I5 6600k. I can still overclock it to 4,6ghz and the temperature never goes beyond 65c with ambient temperature at 32c. My case only has one intake 80mm cooler and one exhaust 120mm cooler. My graphics card exhaust is inside the case, so I have the worst possible scenario and the thing run very nice without the need of water cooling. Though This water system is at a very good price.
I was interested in buying it for the aesthetics but the amount of reviews about leakage really got me to look the other way. Hopefully this video will change my perspective
Thx for your honesty!!! Bought the 240 EX rgb and i Love it in my black white build !!!
Lutz Rieken does it still work
hey, greg! :D
Hey man!