Alphacool Core 1 Aurora White, Messing/Nickel

In diesem Frühjahr stellte Alphacool die nächste Generation seiner CPU-Wasserkühler vor. Die Core-1-Serie besteht aber nicht nur aus den CPU-Wasserkühlern, sondern beschreibt eine Design-Linie bestehend aus AiO-Lösungen, Radiatoren, Ausgleichsbehältern und letztendlich auch eben besagten Kühlern für AMD- und Intel-Prozessoren. Zur Computex konnten wir einen genaueren Blick auf die Produkte werfen. In diesem Test liegt der Fokus vollends auf den Core 1 CPU-Wasserkühler.

As it turns out, the hype being built up around these blocks was for a valid enough reason. Alphacool has priced the Core 1 CPU blocks very competitively in a world where we have blocks that sells for 3x as much. Having a single block cater to the mainstream Intel and AMD sockets is also nice for longevity albeit that does result in potential thermal performance left on the table when compared with socket-specific designs, such as with the EK-Quantum Magnitude. The Core 1 uses a full metal top and housing regardless of which version you go with and that helped performance to an extent as this block still managed to best the Magnitude in my testing! Add to that the different colors and RGB options at a very reasonable up-charge and we have a CPU block that has the best thermal performance, about average when it comes to coolant flow restriction, and offers good value for money too. It's an easy recommendation from me and I look forward to seeing what Alphacool has cooking in its higher end Apex product line too.