DeepCool AK620 Air CPU Cooler Review

A Closer Look

Out of the box, the DeepCool AK620 is certain an eye-catching design and even despite the apparent lack of ARGB lighting, it still looks like a fantastic cooler with a lot of neat tricks up its sleeves. However, how it looks is one thing, but being a CPU cooler, this clearly has a lot of components that go into the overall design. Let us, therefore, take a closer look at some of them and see if we can find any hints as to how well this will perform.

Contact Plate

The contact plate has six coated copper heat pipes leading from each side to each radiator section (making for 12 in total). This quantity is what we usually expect to see from a high-performance air cooler, and as such, things are definitely off to a good start here!

The contact plate is nice and large, making this more than suitable for both Intel and AMD processors (except HEDT models like the TR4). In addition, it is also supremely polished meaning that, all going well, this will provide a perfect surface to move that all-important heat away from the processor.

Radiator

As noted earlier, the DeepCool AK620 comes with a twin-stack radiator allowing for, at least in theory, better heat dissipation from the fans without compromising too much on the overall coverage provided. While the radiator is usually one of the more bland aspects of CPU cooler design, the ones provided with the DeepCool AK620 are actually quite nice looking.

A key example of this is the pattern that has been worked into the design of the fins. I have absolutely no idea why this pattern is there, but from a close examination, I think this is more to do with aesthetics than any kind of performance enhancement.

As you can perhaps see better in the image below, however, these are sections that are significantly more open than others. Could this be a clever means of promoting a stronger overall airflow pressure? We have no idea. On a visual level though, I could stare at this all day long! Well, for a good 15 minutes at least!

On top of the radiator, we have this exceptionally sleek black cover with the DeepCool logo to the corners. With its patterned design, this really caps the aesthetics off and, with the fans fitted, this should look fantastic. As noted above, for as boring as radiators can be, this one is anything but!

Fan

The fans for the DeepCool AK620 are quite interesting designs as they are somewhat chunkier and more sturdy than you’d usually expect for a 120mm design on a CPU cooler. They’re quite substantial and feel of exceptionally high quality.

It is no surprise to see that these fans have been manufactured by DeepCool and we fully expect that these have been specifically created for the AK620. We’ve seen a lot of similar coolers to this in the past, and they’ve often tried to get away with standard 120mm fans you might use, just for example, as airflow on your case. These effectively custom designs do, therefore, give us hope that they will provide a nice solid airflow keeping the temperatures low and the acoustic output down!

In terms of antivibration, both fans come with notably thick padding to each corner. A factor that, for a cooler of this type, is highly important as ‘sandwiched’ fans (placed in between two radiator stacks) can often be quite susceptible to a light’ rattling’ due to their tight location, and more often than not, the difficulty in fitting the fan nice and tight (more on this in the installation aspect of this review).

Overall

As a completed unit, I really like the overall aesthetics of the DeepCool AK620. This is clearly a design that has had a lot of work put into it, and, on the whole, and from what we can see from the components, if this all comes together then it might truly and legitimate be a high-performance cooling solution.

Admittedly, some options on the design may differ, and particularly so when looking at it from the top. Personally, I wish the gap for that ‘sandwiched’ fan was a little tighter between the two radiator stacks. Additionally, although an attempt to make it work has clearly been made, I’m not sure that the transition between the top radiator cover and the fans is as sleek as it could’ve been. Something about it just doesn’t quite work for me. – That is, however, just a personal aesthetic opinion. What matters more to me is how easy it is to install, and more so, just how well this performs!