My almost 4 year old AIO broke so I needed a new one. Checked on Amazon and sure enough, the DEEPCOOL Castle 240R was on sale for $55. The only reason I trusted it was because I had experience with the brand and knew they made pretty good stuff.
It’s smaller than the one I was replacing (360), but it’s still good enough to effectively cool my Ryzen 9 5900X.
It has RGB which I actually don’t care for (again, I got it because it was on sale). I guess if that’s your thing, knock yourself out. Speaking of which, the fans are also RGB and the blades are clear which is…not attractive. I ended up re-using my old fans from the previous AIO as they are a color that matches my setup and are super quiet. Can’t say much about the included fans because of this.
Overall, it’s fine. It works for my needs and is inexpensive. It comes through in a pinch since, as I said, I only got it as a fast replacement. If I’d had more time to consider, I would have looked for another 360mm, but it was an expense I was not expecting so I pulled the trigger and got this one.
I don’t currently overclock my 5900X so I’m not worried about it not being able to keep my cpu cool. If you do overclock fairly high with a higher end CPU like the one I have or something like a 12900K, I imagine it will struggle to keep things cool after the liquid heats up.
Proclamation: I purchased this item at regular prices and did not receive a free review unit.
