CONCLUSION

   Although Enermax is amongst the top PSU manufacturers currently they haven't really been focusing on CPU Cooling for that long and although plain CPU Coolers are not that hard to develop and produce the same doesn’t apply for AIO liquid CPU coolers. So originally when we heard that Enermax was planning to release their own AIO liquid CPU Coolers we naturally thought that just like Antec, Corsair and others they'd also pick either Asetek or CoolIT for the job. Instead Enermax went and surprised us all by picking AVC and although we are talking about a manufacturer with at least 10 years of expertise surrounding thermal/cooling solutions still no one here had the slightest idea as to how their solution would perform. Well after several hours of testing the results are mixed and so although the performance of the ELC240 comes really close to the Water 2.0 Extreme by Thermaltake still it does fall behind as it does against the top CPU Air Cooler by Noctua the NH-U14S. Still there's one thing that you all need to take into account regarding our test rig and that's that it has tons of airflow something not every PC Case out there has so naturally heatsink based coolers work a lot better here. Also if you happen to have a PC Case with a front mounting spot for a 240mm radiator then by placing the ELC240 there you should notice a bump in performance. Noise levels are perhaps the only issue of the ELC240 along with the fan speed control switches which are not placed at the easiest location so if you want to switch from low to mid and high speeds it will take some time.

   With a price tag currently set at USD131.71 inside the USA (Amazon.com) and 115Euros inside the EU (Amazon.co.uk) the Enermax ELC240 AIO Liquid Cooling Solution lands right between the equally large Hydro 110 by Corsair and the quite larger Kraken X60 by NZXT. Now since i haven't tested these two solutions on our primary test rig (yet) in order to have a complete picture i will not comment in terms of performance, however Corsair does have a longer history with AIO liquid CPU Coolers so i expect most people to choose their solution instead. That being said the ELC240 AIO by Enermax may not be the cooling efficiency king but it works as it should with good performance levels, has room for improvement (two more fans in push & pull), can be installed very easily and in the process you get no clearance issues with other system components. Of course both the price issue (compared to its immediate competition) along with the fact that you can't control the speed of the fans from the comfort of your desktop remain but still thanks to all of the above it still gets highly recommended and gets our Golden Award.

PROS

- Build Quality
- Good Cooling Efficiency
- Easy Installation
- Zero Clearance Issues

CONS

- Price (For Some)
- Fan Selection Switch (Hard To Reach)