Antec Kühler H2O 620 CPU Cooler Review

Cooling/Water Cooling by stefan @ 2011-03-18

The Kühler H2O 620 from Antec is another all-in-one water cooler which does not need any maintenance during its lifetime, and it is recommended for people who want a very easy installation, without the hassle of building a complete water cooling loop from scratch.

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A Closer Look Continued

When looking at the radiator, we can see that it comes with mounting holes for both sides, for a push-pull configuration, even if only one fan is supplied inside the box; the appearance of the radiator is a lot like the other no-maintenance cooling systems present on the market from Corsair or CoolIT:

 

 

 

 

On the top of the radiator we can find the product serial number, along with the name of the product:

 

 

 

The pump/plate combo has a nice Antec and product logo drawn on it; we can observe a small cap which is supposedly used to fill up the installation with coolant:

 

 

 

On the bottom we can see a plastic cap, that is used to protect the pre-applied thermal compound; this one can be removed by rotating it a little and then by pulling it:

 

 

 

After the removal of the included paste, we can see the copper base with a very smooth finish, along with the 10 screws that keep it fixed:

 

 

 

The tubing is much less rigid compared to the one we could find on the CoolIT or Corsair units:

 

 

 

The 120mm fan has no fancy logos on it and comes with only two wires; it is regulated directly by the cooler itself, by plugging it into the appropriate fan connector:

 

 

 

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