so guys today I'm going to be doing a quick unboxing of the antec cooler H2O
620 so this is the little brother to the cooler H2O 920 now the key difference
between this one and the 920 they're both fairly similar in terms of the
design is the thickness of the radiator
so while the 620 uses a thinner style radi rator that offers the advantage of
better compatibility with cases on the market the 920 is going to offer better
performance due to the larger surface area so you can see on the front of the
box here we have a picture of the product itself so here's the radiator
and fan as well as the flexible tubing this is a huge feature that the cooler
Series has over other pre-done liquid cooling systems on the market because it
gives you a lot more flexibility in terms of how you can route your tubing
there's the integrated CPU pump and water block and let's see what they have
to say for themselves on the box so quick install zero maintenance that I'll
believe here we've got quick install zero maintenance okay same thing on the
back we've got low profile pump ensures exceptional liquid circulation while
preserving internal air flow this is true it does give you more clearance
around the CPU socket area for uh the
mosfet coolers to receive air flow okay
we've got intelligent noise speed control fan for quiet and efficient
cooling so that's a pwm fan included we've also got non-corrugated easy Bend
tubing which I talked about before in latest generation copper cold plate and
by Cold plate they're saying the same thing as what I mean when I say water
block um so water block is more of a DIY term I
guess and uh let's just see if there's anything I'm missing here on the box uh
yeah here we go so they're saying that
the cooler H 20620 has slightly performance than the first generation of
pre-done liquid cooling systems on the market and obviously it Just Smokes the
stock Intel cooler all right so let's see what we've
got inside the box here first thing we find is the mounting hardware and what
anc's done creatively here see this is
they have colorcoded the mounting hardware so that if you're using AMD all
you do is put in the green the green tabs into your mounting system if you're
using Intel you put the blue tabs in and that way you can accidentally mix them
up because with some of the other products that were based on a similar
design the OEM is acch which is quite obvious it says acch right on the
radiator um they were all black and it
could have been quite confusing all right it comes with an installation
guide so you can see here it shows you all the stuff that's included with the
620 shows you how to mount the radiator and fan to your case as well as the CPU
block SL pump unit to your
motherboard next we have the fan it's a
very beefy fan doesn't have much Flex to it well built overall it's got a seven
blade design okay there's a little markings on it to show you which way the
air moves oh it's not pwm this one is not
pwm this is a three pin fan connector
okay and then finally we have the cooler 620 itself
I'm going to take off the little plastic baggie that covers the CPU block and
we're going to have a look at that first so
here we are you can see it has pre-applied thermal compound this is an
extremely high quality thermal compound there will be no need to replace that
unless for whatever reason you've installed it once and then you discover
that you need to take it off well then you'll have to clean off your CPU clean
off the bottom of the cooler 620 reapply
thermal compound and put it back on okay you can see right here we've
got rotary fittings so that allows you
the flexibility to have the fittings or the tubing approach the block from any
angle without risking kinking it just going to zoom in a little bit here so I
don't have to reach so far forward there we go so now you can see that a little
bit better there you go okay we've got two cables coming out of the pump one of
them is for power to the pump right there so that's a three pin standard
three pin power and then the other one is for power to the fan so this is
actually an output this allows the cooler software to to intelligently
control the pump and the fan according to liquid temperatures
I believe at least the 920 does anyway
hold on a second oh bummer okay it looks like I
was wrong the 620 doesn't include the software so I would definitely recommend
ponying up a little bit more for the 920
but the advantages that the 620 still has are the extremely flexible tubing so
I want you guys to check this out no matter what you do to this stuff pretty
much I want you to look at that whole knot that I've tied in the tubing no
kinking whatsoever that ensures that you're going to get good flow of the
liquid no matter how you have to Route this to get to your CPU okay so this is
just straight power for the pump and fan and then an extension to the fan so that
you have power to both of those things all
right little antech logo on the top okay
finally we have the radiator so as I said before the radiator actually has
the Tech branding right on it so it's not like uh it's not like it's any
secret who makes this thing there you go hopefully you can read that now it is a
thin profile radiator so not the thicker style that is used in the 920 so
performance is going to be about on par with a pretty good aftermarket air
cooler so why would you go with something like this and the answer is
fairly simple for me the reason I would choose one of these pre-done liquid I
mean for my own personal system I have a custom liquid cooling setup but if I was
going to build a more basic system system I would go with one of these over
a high-end air cooler in certain scenarios if I'm going to be moving the
system around and if I'm worried about having all of that weight from a cooler
hanging off of the CPU socket then I would definitely consider one of these
because you're taking the heaviest part this is the radiator full of liquid and
you are bolting it to your case instead of to your motherboard all you're
bolting to your motherboard is a little pump unit so there's not a ter terrific
amount of weight on the motherboard itself whereas with a lot of tower air
coolers you're putting a huge amount of weight on the motherboard and that is a
bit of a stresser on it so that is pretty much it for the cooler 620 thank
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