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so guys today I'm going to be doing a quick unboxing of the enttec 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 radiator 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 airflow this is true it does give you more clearance around the CPU socket area for the mosfet coolers to receive airflow okay we've got intelligent noise at 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 so water block is more of a DIY term I guess and see if there's anything I'm missing here on the box yeah here we go so they're saying that the cooler h2o 620 has slightly better performance and the first generation of pre-done liquid cooling systems on the market and obviously 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 antix done created wait here see this is they have color-coded the mounting hardware so that if you're using AMD all you do is put in the green the green tats into your mounting system if you're using Intel you put the blue tabs in and that way you can't accidentally mix them up because with some of the other products that were based on a similar design the OEM is ASA TAC which is quite obvious it's as a Sutekh right on the radiator they were all black and it could have been quite confusing alright it comes with an installation guide 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 / 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 7 blade design ok there's 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 so I'm going to take off a little plastic baggie that covers the CPU block we're gonna 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 6:20 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 are the tubing approach the block from any angle without risking kinking it it's gonna zoom in a little bit here so 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 it's a three pin standard three-pin power and then the other one is for power to the fence so this is actually an output this allows the cooler software to to intelligently control the pump and the fan according to a 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 hole not 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 it to both of those things alright so ntek logo on the top okay finally we have the radiator so as I said before the radiator actually has the ASA tech branding right on it so it's not like 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 even for my own personal system I have a custom liquid cooling setup but if I was going to build a more basic 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 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 your bolting to your motherboard is a little pump unit so there's not a terrible 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 stressor on it so that is pretty much it for the cooler 620 thank you for checking out my unboxing don't forget to subscribe to this thing really not gonna work for me there we go Linus tech tips from our unboxings reviews and other computer videos