LEPA EXllusion 240 All-in-One Refillable CPU Cooler Review @ [H]

FrgMstr

FrgMstr

Just Plain Mean
Staff member
Joined
May 18, 1997
Messages
55,596
LEPA EXllusion 240 All-in-One Refillable CPU Cooler Review - LEPA and its new EXllusion 240 All-In-One CPU cooler touts 400 watts of cooling ability, a patented copper cooling plate, a larger volume of liquid in the block itself, and a "silent" pump, all with a refillable design. Overall it has the look of a quality built AIO, but is the EXllusion worth 120 of your hard earned dollars?
 
They probably took the photos with a black light added to give the colors pop.

Also you can get tan/gold by creating a diluted brown. (Red + Green)
 
DigitalGriffin said:
They probably took the photos with a black light added to give the colors pop.

Also you can get tan/gold by creating a diluted brown. (Red + Green)
Click to expand...

The point is that the coloring is no where close to the marketing and buyers need to be aware of that.
 
Could this unit be used to cool a CPU and a GPU?
 
grtitan said:
Could this unit be used to cool a CPU and a GPU?
Click to expand...

I was thinking the same thing since the tube fittings and connections (along with refill capability) seem to suggest possible expandability. So this begged the question "Why wasn't it advertised as such?". Digging around for more details got me the following specs;

Detailed Description
(Manufacturer # LPWEL240-HF )

SPECIFICATIONS
Model Name LPWEL240-HF
CPU Socket Universal bracket for
Intel® LGA 775/1150/1151/1155/1156/1366/2011 and
AMD® AM2/AM2+/AM3/AM3+/FM1/FM2/FM2+
Material Copper base with aluminum radiator
Pump Bearing Ceramic bearing
Pump MTBF 50,000 hrs
Pump Rated Voltage 12 V
Pump Rated Current 0.3 A
Fan Dimension 120 × 120 × 25 mm
Fan Speed 500 ~ 1800 rpm
Fan Rated Voltage 12 V
Fan Rated Current 0.3 A
Fan Air Flow
22.5 ~ 81.1 CFM ; 38.2 ~ 137.8 m3/h
Fan Static Pressure 0.2 ~ 2.8 mm-H2O
Fan Noise Level 14 ~ 30 dBA
Fan Connector 4 pin PWM

The pump is only rated at 3.6W, good enough for a CPU AIO but falls short of what one would want to use for a custom loop. Also, the aluminum instead of copper radiator is another shortcoming. This product seems to be depending greatly on the reservoir to achieve respectable performance above and beyond that of an AIO with similar pump capability IMO.

But don't take just my word, I'm not a liquid cooling expert, others may want to chime in on this.
 
Eldata said:
I was thinking the same thing since the tube fittings and connections (along with refill capability) seem to suggest possible expandability. So this begged the question "Why wasn't it advertised as such?". Digging around for more details got me the following specs;

Detailed Description
(Manufacturer # LPWEL240-HF )

SPECIFICATIONS
Model Name LPWEL240-HF
CPU Socket Universal bracket for
Intel® LGA 775/1150/1151/1155/1156/1366/2011 and
AMD® AM2/AM2+/AM3/AM3+/FM1/FM2/FM2+
Material Copper base with aluminum radiator
Pump Bearing Ceramic bearing
Pump MTBF 50,000 hrs
Pump Rated Voltage 12 V
Pump Rated Current 0.3 A
Fan Dimension 120 × 120 × 25 mm
Fan Speed 500 ~ 1800 rpm
Fan Rated Voltage 12 V
Fan Rated Current 0.3 A
Fan Air Flow
22.5 ~ 81.1 CFM ; 38.2 ~ 137.8 m3/h
Fan Static Pressure 0.2 ~ 2.8 mm-H2O
Fan Noise Level 14 ~ 30 dBA
Fan Connector 4 pin PWM

The pump is only rated at 3.6W, good enough for a CPU AIO but falls short of what one would want to use for a custom loop. Also, the aluminum instead of copper radiator is another shortcoming. This product seems to be depending greatly on the reservoir to achieve respectable performance above and beyond that of an AIO with similar pump capability IMO.

But don't take just my word, I'm not a liquid cooling expert, others may want to chime in on this.
Click to expand...

While copper has a better thermal conductivity, a lot of factors come into play. So just because you are looking at two radiators with the same dimensions but different fin material, doesn't mean that copper will always win.


As someone who uses ASHRAE rated software for coil design, the benefits of copper can be easily eliminated by altering a few parameters flow rate, coil tube thickness, coil diameter, tubes per circuit, number coil rows, fin thickness, CFM rating, and fluid.
 
DigitalGriffin said:
While copper has a better thermal conductivity, a lot of factors come into play. So just because you are looking at two radiators with the same dimensions but different fin material, doesn't mean that copper will always win.


As someone who uses ASHRAE rated software for coil design, the benefits of copper can be easily eliminated by altering a few parameters flow rate, coil tube thickness, coil diameter, tubes per circuit, number coil rows, fin thickness, CFM rating, and fluid.
Click to expand...

Straw man fallacy. With all else being equal, I'd take a copper radiator over an aluminum one any day. But that's a digression, what do you think about the expansion capability of this cooler?
 
Last edited:
The Raijintek received a Gold award, while being MUCH louder on High, and not performing very well on Low. Half speed looks like it might be around 75.5-76*, still around 3* higher than the LEPA. The trade off to this unit vs the Raijintek is cost, which admittedly is too high. As mentioned, if they brought this down to 94.99 or 89.99, I think it would be a winner.
 
Did I miss it or did you not test the refillability aspect? Given that the ability to refill the cooler is its Unique Selling Point, it seems a bit odd to not test that.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top