Powerful CORSAIR iCUE software unlocks RGB lighting control, fan speed adjustments, and system temp monitoring. Mounting the cooler on our test bench is a little different to mounting inside a case so we can fit the fans to the radiator now using the long black screws and washers provided. Corsair has outfitted this AIO series with its Capellix LED technology with 33 of the ultra-bright and tiny new LEDs packed into a module on top of the CPU block.

Powerful iCUE Control: Fully controlled through CORSAIR iCUE software, enabling you to switch between a variety of viewing options such as fan speeds, CPU temps, images, GIFs, and more, while synchronizing RGB lighting with your entire iCUE-compatible setup. RGB lighting isn't necessarily our thing, though we will admit it can look pretty in the right scenario, and Corsair makes implementation that bit easier by including a SATA-powered iCue Commander Core lighting and fan-speed controller in the bundle. Easy Installation on CORSAIR ELITE CAPELLIX: Compatible with any CORSAIR iCUE ELITE CAPELLIX Liquid CPU Cooler, utilizing four mounting magnets for quick and easy installation.Both of them are 280mm liquid CPU coolers that use a copper cold plate, a low-noise pump, and two 140mm fans to cool down your CPU. An optimal cold plate design and a high-density stack of 128 micro-skived fins-per-inch provides highly efficient cooling at all loads. Since the coolers base plate comes with a pre-applied thermal compound coating, there is no need to apply additional thermal compound to the CPU heat spreader. The CORSAIR iCUE H115i ELITE CAPELLIX XT Liquid CPU Cooler provides powerful, high-performance cooling and brilliant looks for your Intel® or AMD® processor.

Ultra-bright CAPELLIX LEDs on the pump head and eight RGB LEDs per fan let you completely personalize your cooler’s look. A custom setting with slightly higher fan speeds would more than make up for the higher temps we saw at this setting – but what about the “extreme” preset? Dynamic in performance and yet low on noise, with a 240mm radiator and two CORSAIR ML120 RGB Magnetic Levitation PWM fans controllable at speeds between 400 RPM and 2,400 RPM. With a total of twelve four-pin fan and RGB headers, the included kit makes it easy to attach up to half-a-dozen RGB fans with synchronised lighting across the board.

With further disassembly, the circuit board can be seen and the size of the Capellix LEDs are visible (items on the circuit board marked with a D) they are tiny. If I had to pick on something it would be the conservative fan profile in the “balanced” mode, which would offer better performance with a slight tweak to the max RPM. The iCUE profiles for the pump have been raised by approximately 200 RPM across the board, maximum pump speed remains the same as previous models at around 2700 RPM, while fan profiles have also been tuned to offer maximum performance. The radiator is a pretty standard CoolIT affair as used in other recent Corsair AIOs with a satin black coating, a simple Corsair Sail logo on either side and fixed braided tubing. There is a noticeable improvement in noise level with the Elite Capellix which makes it less annoying with the fans running at maximum RPM.

is about average for a 280 mm liquid cooler with RGB lighting, I can find no fault with this cooler. At the two lower frequencies, the Elite Capellix is performing on par with the larger NZXT Kraken X73. It is much of the same story with noise normalised to 40dBA, the Elite Capellix is only beaten by the larger 360mm NZXT Kraken X73, which is to be expected.According to Corsair, Capellix LEDs promise to be 60% brighter while using 40% less power compared with traditional SMD LEDs. Recently MSI tried to shake things up a little by revisiting the radiator mounted pump setup which wasn’t a great success, other than that, there is very little in the way of innovation when new AIO coolers are launched. You could even say that designers of AIO coolers have become lazy, by just pumping out the same old stuff year on year with minor tweaks here and there to justify a new product launch. We're making continuous improvements to the compatibility checker and would love to hear your feedback!

Better still, the Commander Core takes care of motherboard USB connectivity, meaning there's now a tidy sleeved cable and a pump header emanating from the top of the pump, and no USB cable jutting out of the side. Read more about the condition New: A brand-new, unused, unopened and undamaged item in original retail packaging (where packaging is applicable).CORSAIR AF RGB ELITE PWM fans deliver massive low-noise airflow with AirGuide technology for extreme CPU cooling performance. ultra-bright Capellix LEDs illuminate the pump head while the ML fans are equipped with 8 RGB LEDs per fan.