Alphacool Apex Stealth Featured Build w/ Custom Loop Cooling

As well as hardware reviews, it's always great to put together featured builds on the KitGuru channel every once in a while. Alphacool is a company that we have not looked at so far this year, so we thought this featured build video would be a good opportunity to create a fully custom water-cooled system to check out what’s on offer from Alphacool in 2024.

Timestamps:

00:00 Start
01:33 Apex Stealth Metal Fans
04:40 Alphacool hardware
08:28 Other Hardware in the system
10:30 Timelapse build
18:50 Build is complete!
20:31 James' thoughts on the build

Alphacool Apex Stealth Fan Features:

• With Apex Stealth the entire fan is completely decoupled from the full metal frame to reduce vibration and noise.
• The fan impeller features a closed frame design with blades optimised for maximum airflow and high static pressure.
• Apex stealth fans are equipped with a 6-pole motor and a PWM Speed range of 400 – 2000 RPM, a zero RPM mode and up to 3000 RPM as a power fan variant.

APEX Stealth Specifications:

• Dimensions (L x W x H): 120 x 120 x 25mm
• Material (Frame): Die-cast zinc
• Material (Impeller): Plastic
• Weight: 320g
• Speed: 400~2000±10% rpm
• Bearing: Hydro Dynamic Bearing
• Connection: 4-Pin PWM
• Cable length PWM: 40±8 mm (+ 50cm extension cable)
• Cable length (daisy chain): 110±10 mm
• Start-up Voltage: 6V DC
• Rated Volt: 12V DC
• Power Consumption: 2.64 Watt
• Air Flow: 47 CFM
• Static Air Pressure: 2.09mmH2O
• Noise Level: 24.6dBA
• MTBF: 100,000h
• PWM control: Yes
• Zero RPM control: Yes
• Tacho Signal: Yes
• Auto-restart: Yes

Test System Specification

• CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
• Motherboard: Gigabyte X670E Aorus Master
• Memory: 64GB (2 x 32GB Modules) GSKILL Trident Z5 DDR5-6400
• Graphics card: Sapphire RX 7900 XTX Nitro+
• Storage: 1TB Corsair MP700 PCIe Gen5 NVMe M.2 SSD
• Power Supply: Silverstone Decathlon Series DA-1000R Gold
• Chassis: Lian Li O11D EVO RGB
• Thermal Compound: Arctic MX-6
• Operating System: Windows 11 Version 22H2

Alphacool Cooling System Specification:

• Fans: 7 x Alphacool Apex Stealth Metal Power fan 3000rpm matte black (120x120x25mm)
• Distro Plate: Alphacool Core Distro Plate O11 Dynamic Evo/XL with Apex VPP pump
• CPU Block: Alphacool Core 1 Aurora Silver
• GPU Block: Alphacool Eisblock Aurora Acrylic RX 7900XTX/XT Nitro with backplate
• Radiators: 2 x Alphacool NexXxoS XT45 Full Copper 360mm Radiator
• Tubing: Alphacool Ice Tube 16/13mm Acrylic (PMMA) HardTube Satin 80cm – Set of 4
• Compression Fittings: Alphacool Eiszapfen PRO 16mm HardTube fitting G1/4 – deep black 6-pack
• Rotary Offsets: Alphacool Eiszapfen 16mm off-set fitting rotatable G1/4 OT to G1/4 IT – black
• 90° Angles: Alphacool HF L-connector G1/4 outer thread rotatable to G1/4 inner thread – Deep Black

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KitGuru says: Alphacool has some interesting new products on offer this year so if you are thinking of building a custom-cooled system anytime soon then it might be worth checking them out.

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