Alphacool Core Ocean T38 240 mm AIO

crazyeyesreaper · Nov 18, 2022

Alphacool's Core Ocean T38 240 mm all-in-one liquid cooler dominates the closed-loop competition in value. But more importantly, it also delivers strong performance on Intel systems, making for an easy choice if you want to tame a hot processor without lighting your wallet on fire.

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AnarchoPrimitiv · Nov 19, 2022

How does the Lian Li Galahad perform so well? What's its secret?

Wish more companies would release thicker radiators with their AIO coolers...I'd buy a 38/40mm thick 360mm AIO right now if it was available...I'd even be interested in looking at a 60mm thick one

Fungi · Nov 19, 2022

AnarchoPrimitiv said:
How does the Lian Li Galahad perform so well? What's its secret?

Wish more companies would release thicker radiators with their AIO coolers...I'd buy a 38/40mm thick 360mm AIO right now if it was available...I'd even be interested in looking at a 60mm thick one

The very solid and affordable (and performant!) Arctic Cooling Liquid Freezer II series is 38mm thick.

ThrashZone · Nov 19, 2022

Hi,
Looks like they are having fun with naming :cool:

Keullo-e · Nov 19, 2022

Sucks that they still use that crappy backplate design for Intel platforms. Otherwise just as solid as Alphacool products in general.

ymdhis · Nov 20, 2022

There's no quick release on this, unlike most other Alphacool sets. This is a budget AIO in more ways than just using an aluminum rad.

MachineLearning · Nov 20, 2022

Price is good and Alphacool is finally using the proper framed fans. But a 2-year warranty on an AIO is unacceptable, especially when LFII is also wicked cheap and has a warranty 3x as long.
I wonder if this unit is manufactured by Alphacool or if they outsourced it. Better not be Apaltek.

ThrashZone · Nov 20, 2022

Hi,
Yep missed the two year warranty nonsense WTF :eek:

Opex · Nov 20, 2022

Arctic Liquid Freezer II stays winning with best price to quality/performance ratio and no tacky rgb

Dyatlov A · Dec 18, 2022

I am looking for a new AIO, because the current one is loud. But not the ventilator part because is use Noctua fans on it, instead the pump part. I am looking for the one with quiet pump. Here reviews listens only fans, which is unrelevant.

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Motherboard	MSI Z370 Gaming Pro Carbon AC
Cooling	Custom Water
Memory	32 GB Crucial Ballistix 3666 MHz
Video Card(s)	MSI GTX 1080 Ti Gaming X
Storage	3x SSDs 2x HDDs
Display(s)	Dell U2412M + Samsung TA350
Case	Thermaltake Core P3 TG
Audio Device(s)	Samson Meteor Mic / Generic 2.1 / KRK KNS 6400 headset
Power Supply	Zalman EBT-1000
Mouse	Mionix NAOS 7000
Keyboard	Mionix

System Name	Lightbringer
Processor	Ryzen 7 2700X
Motherboard	Asus ROG Strix X470-F Gaming
Cooling	Enermax Liqmax Iii 360mm AIO
Memory	G.Skill Trident Z RGB 32GB (8GBx4) 3200Mhz CL 14
Video Card(s)	Sapphire RX 5700XT Nitro+
Storage	Hp EX950 2TB NVMe M.2, HP EX950 1TB NVMe M.2, Samsung 860 EVO 2TB
Display(s)	LG 34BK95U-W 34" 5120 x 2160
Case	Lian Li PC-O11 Dynamic (White)
Power Supply	BeQuiet Straight Power 11 850w Gold Rated PSU
Mouse	Glorious Model O (Matte White)
Keyboard	Royal Kludge RK71
Software	Windows 10

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Processor	10900k w/Optimus Foundation \| 5930k w/Black Noctua D15
Motherboard	z490 Maximus XII Apex \| x99 Sabertooth
Cooling	oCool D5 res-combo/280 GTX/ Optimus Foundation/ gpu water block \| Blk D15
Memory	Trident-Z Royal 4000c16 2x16gb \| Trident-Z 3200c14 4x8gb
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Case	D450 \| Cherry Entertainment center on Test bench
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Power Supply	EVGA 1000P2 with APC AX1500 \| 850P2 with CyberPower-GX1325U
Mouse	Redragon 901 Perdition x3
Keyboard	G710+x3
Software	Win-7 pro x3 and win-10 & 11pro x3
Benchmark Scores	Are in the benchmark section

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Storage	~4TB SSD + 6TB HDD
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Case	Corsair 4000D Airflow White
Audio Device(s)	Asus TUF H3 Wireless
Power Supply	EVGA Supernova G2 750W
Mouse	Logitech MX518 + Asus TUF P1 mousepad
Keyboard	Roccat Vulcan 121 AIMO
VR HMD	Oculus Rift CV1
Software	Windows 11 Pro
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Motherboard	Gigabyte B550 Aorus Pro V2
Cooling	Thermalright PA120 w/ 3x P12, MX-6
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Display(s)	1x Gigabyte M27Q, 1x Dell 2007WFP, 1x Dell E152FPg
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Power Supply	Super Flower Leadex III Gold 750W
Mouse	Logitech G203
Keyboard	Kingston HyperX Core RGB
Software	W10 Pro
Benchmark Scores	https://hwbot.org/user/machinelearning/ ~ https://hwbot.org/team/warp9_systems/

Alphacool Core Ocean T38 240 mm AIO

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System Name	"Budget" cave machine
Processor	Intel i5-13600kf
Motherboard	ASUS Prime Z790-A WIFI
Cooling	Arctic Liquid Freezer II 240 \| 4x Noctua NF-P12 redux-1700 PWM
Memory	Corsair Vengeance 2x16gb 5600MHz
Video Card(s)	EVGA FTW3 ULTRA GAMING GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 8 GB
Storage	WD_BLACK SN850 500GB (for boot/system drive)
Case	Corsair Airflow 4000D
Power Supply	Thermaltake ToughPower GF3 1000W