Review DeepCool AK620 Review: More Affordable Excellence

[Admin]

The DeepCool AK620 provides excellent CPU cooling at low noise levels, making it a great premium large air cooling option on the cheap.

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[rubix_1011]

I really liked this cooler - almost Noctua NH-D15 and DeepCool Assassin III performance (within a couple degrees C) but for $30 cheaper.

And that's for 10-core overclock on i9-10850k. For most other CPUs, the gap would likely be even smaller.

 

[2Be_or_Not2Be]

I'd like to get an air cooler that is <= 150mm. I like ITX cases, and while they often are space-constrained, some do allow for decently sized air coolers (like the NR200). It seems that 155mm is often the limit, though, and most of the top air coolers seem to be >= 155mm. The Noctua NH-D15 is 160mm & 165mm with the fan. So just a few mm shorter would really help with these style of ITX cases.

 

[rubix_1011]

For those, you're looking at 2 specific restrictions:

1. lower height means much less memory DIMM clearance, making it difficult to fit anything but low-profile RAM
2. down-draft style coolers, something like this: https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/be-quiet-dark-rock-tf-2-review

 

[RodroX]

DeepCool may not be as high-end like Noctua or beQuiet, but I could not be more happy with my budget Gammaxx GTE.

 

[TheDane]

almost Noctua NH-D15

The NH-D15 is 6 degrees cooler at 50% and has lower fan speed and is about 1/2 as noisy. Not close.

 

[vinay2070]

Whats the difference between Core Delta T and PWM Delta T? Thanks. I wish a there was a master chart with all entries to see where my noctua U14S sits at.

 

[rubix_1011]

The NH-D15 is 6 degrees cooler at 50% and has lower fan speed and is about 1/2 as noisy. Not close.

Less than 4C at 100%. Also, its $30 cheaper than everything else in the same performance bracket and performs nearly as well.

So, yes, if this is about semantics of a few degrees Celsius and that discrepancy is a big issue to overcome, as a buyer, you're likely not looking at this cooler anyway and have already decided on something 'better'.

 

[drlava]

Great, thorough review. I picked up one of these for my new AM5 system this 'Black Friday' for $42. A smashing deal compared to the NH-D15 at $140 (Both newegg prices).