How does the Antec H20 rad work?

spikerules · 24 May 2011 at 23:29

I bought this recently but have yet to install it. I notice that the fins on the rad are very thin... does the water pass through the fins or just along the long strips between the fins? I'm a bit worried as the fins seem very fragile and look like they can bend easily!

Cheers
Spike

RJC · 25 May 2011 at 06:58

The water passes through the strips, the fins are to help with heat dissipation.

iBSOD · 25 May 2011 at 07:13

Phew, I accidently whacked my rad on something recently and it bent a few fins :S

spikerules · 25 May 2011 at 08:02

RJC said:
The water passes through the strips, the fins are to help with heat dissipation.

Thanks cool! One of the fins look bent already, so I was a bit worried! So the water passes through the strips ONLY? Just to make sure and to be safe?

Scon · 25 May 2011 at 08:03

spikerules said:
Thanks cool! One of the fins look bent already, so I was a bit worried! So the water passes through the strips ONLY? Just to make sure and to be safe?

Yes.

Randall8686 · 25 May 2011 at 11:33

yup only the long straight thicker "cores" of the Rad carry the collant the fins just take heat from the Cores and dispurse the heat into the air, you could take all the fins of but it would not cool as well. dont worry about bent fins

spikerules · 25 May 2011 at 12:25

Cheers guys! One more question, I promise

I have a lanboy case that states that the fans should all blow inward but the antec h20 states the fan should blow outward! What should I do? I guess I could put another fan on the cooler blowing inwards? So one blowing warm air out and one blowing in??

Scon · 25 May 2011 at 12:30

spikerules said:
Cheers guys! One more question, I promise I have a lanboy case that states that the fans should all blow inward but the antec h20 states the fan should blow outward! What should I do? I guess I could put another fan on the cooler blowing inwards? So one blowing warm air out and one blowing in??

It doesn't really matter which way you put it, if you have more in than out normally then make it push air out, keeps it balanced.

spikerules · 26 May 2011 at 20:04

Thanks all. I've placed the rad in my case with the hoses facing upward (i.e at tue top of rad). The reason for this is that this is the only place the hoses would fit due to my smaller case and giant sized GPU. I'm guessing the orientation is ok?

Randall8686 · 26 May 2011 at 22:08

yes it is you can install either way how ever i installed it the other way so that the air does not go round the system as they are not completely air free how ever its no issue. yours will be fine as is

spikerules · 28 May 2011 at 18:27

Ok so I got my RMA'd overclocked 2600k back and installed the Antec H2O 620. Under prime 95 full load temps reach 77c. I think this is a bit high? Is there something I am doing wrong?

Edit: Do I have the fan blowing into the rad or away from it??

23JMZ07 · 28 May 2011 at 22:40

For the coolest temperatures I would have the fan blowing in to the rad from outside the case.

Orient the fan like this.

Case>Fan>Rad

Air blowing in from the outside

What is your clockspeed and voltage?

spikerules · 28 May 2011 at 22:45

23JMZ07 said:
For the coolest temperatures I would have the fan blowing in to the rad from outside the case.

Orient the fan like this.

Case>Fan>Rad

Air blowing in from the outside

What is your clockspeed and voltage?

Thanks my clockspeed is 4.6GHz @ around 1.3xx volts... Think it's 1.346v

23JMZ07 · 28 May 2011 at 22:54

Temps are fine then

spikerules · 29 May 2011 at 00:09

23JMZ07 said:
Temps are fine then

Wow they really go that high? The voltage is actually 1.360!