Antec Kuhler 620 Pre-Filled CPU Liquid Cooler Unboxing & First Look Linus Tech Tips
Linus Tech Tips
·Linus Tech Tips
·2012-05-07
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1,324 words · ~6 min read
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so guys today I'm going to be doing a quick unboxing of the antec cooler H2O
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620 so this is the little brother to the cooler H2O 920 now the key difference
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between this one and the 920 they're both fairly similar in terms of the
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design is the thickness of the radiator
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so while the 620 uses a thinner style radi rator that offers the advantage of
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better compatibility with cases on the market the 920 is going to offer better
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performance due to the larger surface area so you can see on the front of the
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box here we have a picture of the product itself so here's the radiator
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and fan as well as the flexible tubing this is a huge feature that the cooler
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Series has over other pre-done liquid cooling systems on the market because it
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gives you a lot more flexibility in terms of how you can route your tubing
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there's the integrated CPU pump and water block and let's see what they have
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to say for themselves on the box so quick install zero maintenance that I'll
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believe here we've got quick install zero maintenance okay same thing on the
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back we've got low profile pump ensures exceptional liquid circulation while
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preserving internal air flow this is true it does give you more clearance
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around the CPU socket area for uh the
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mosfet coolers to receive air flow okay
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we've got intelligent noise speed control fan for quiet and efficient
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cooling so that's a pwm fan included we've also got non-corrugated easy Bend
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tubing which I talked about before in latest generation copper cold plate and
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by Cold plate they're saying the same thing as what I mean when I say water
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block um so water block is more of a DIY term I
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guess and uh let's just see if there's anything I'm missing here on the box uh
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yeah here we go so they're saying that
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the cooler H 20620 has slightly performance than the first generation of
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pre-done liquid cooling systems on the market and obviously it Just Smokes the
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stock Intel cooler all right so let's see what we've
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got inside the box here first thing we find is the mounting hardware and what
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anc's done creatively here see this is
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they have colorcoded the mounting hardware so that if you're using AMD all
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you do is put in the green the green tabs into your mounting system if you're
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using Intel you put the blue tabs in and that way you can accidentally mix them
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up because with some of the other products that were based on a similar
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design the OEM is acch which is quite obvious it says acch right on the
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radiator um they were all black and it
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could have been quite confusing all right it comes with an installation
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guide so you can see here it shows you all the stuff that's included with the
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620 shows you how to mount the radiator and fan to your case as well as the CPU
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block SL pump unit to your
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motherboard next we have the fan it's a
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very beefy fan doesn't have much Flex to it well built overall it's got a seven
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blade design okay there's a little markings on it to show you which way the
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air moves oh it's not pwm this one is not
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pwm this is a three pin fan connector
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okay and then finally we have the cooler 620 itself
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I'm going to take off the little plastic baggie that covers the CPU block and
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we're going to have a look at that first so
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here we are you can see it has pre-applied thermal compound this is an
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extremely high quality thermal compound there will be no need to replace that
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unless for whatever reason you've installed it once and then you discover
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that you need to take it off well then you'll have to clean off your CPU clean
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off the bottom of the cooler 620 reapply
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thermal compound and put it back on okay you can see right here we've
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got rotary fittings so that allows you
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the flexibility to have the fittings or the tubing approach the block from any
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angle without risking kinking it just going to zoom in a little bit here so I
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don't have to reach so far forward there we go so now you can see that a little
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bit better there you go okay we've got two cables coming out of the pump one of
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them is for power to the pump right there so that's a three pin standard
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three pin power and then the other one is for power to the fan so this is
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actually an output this allows the cooler software to to intelligently
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control the pump and the fan according to liquid temperatures
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I believe at least the 920 does anyway
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hold on a second oh bummer okay it looks like I
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was wrong the 620 doesn't include the software so I would definitely recommend
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ponying up a little bit more for the 920
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but the advantages that the 620 still has are the extremely flexible tubing so
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I want you guys to check this out no matter what you do to this stuff pretty
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much I want you to look at that whole knot that I've tied in the tubing no
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kinking whatsoever that ensures that you're going to get good flow of the
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liquid no matter how you have to Route this to get to your CPU okay so this is
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just straight power for the pump and fan and then an extension to the fan so that
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you have power to both of those things all
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right little antech logo on the top okay
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finally we have the radiator so as I said before the radiator actually has
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the Tech branding right on it so it's not like uh it's not like it's any
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secret who makes this thing there you go hopefully you can read that now it is a
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thin profile radiator so not the thicker style that is used in the 920 so
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performance is going to be about on par with a pretty good aftermarket air
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cooler so why would you go with something like this and the answer is
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fairly simple for me the reason I would choose one of these pre-done liquid I
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mean for my own personal system I have a custom liquid cooling setup but if I was
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going to build a more basic system system I would go with one of these over
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a high-end air cooler in certain scenarios if I'm going to be moving the
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system around and if I'm worried about having all of that weight from a cooler
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hanging off of the CPU socket then I would definitely consider one of these
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because you're taking the heaviest part this is the radiator full of liquid and
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you are bolting it to your case instead of to your motherboard all you're
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bolting to your motherboard is a little pump unit so there's not a ter terrific
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amount of weight on the motherboard itself whereas with a lot of tower air
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coolers you're putting a huge amount of weight on the motherboard and that is a
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bit of a stresser on it so that is pretty much it for the cooler 620 thank
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