New Antec closed loop watercoolers

[AceModder]

Hey guys.

I'm Ace Modder, the UK rep for Antec.

Thought I would let you all know that our 3 new watercoolers; the Antec Kúhler 650, the Antec Kúhler 950 and the Antec Kúhler 1250 have all landed into the UK distribution network today, stock should start filtering onto various reseller sites over the next few days.

As you can see the 650 is a single 120mm standard radiator version.
The 950 is a thicker 120mm radiator version with a two 120mm fans
The 1250 is 240mm (120mm x 2) radiator version with four 120mm fans and dual pumps.

Antec 650 Kúhler Images







Antec 950 Kúhler Images










Antec 1250 Kúhler Images








If you check the pricing that retailers are listing these at, then you will be quite impressed I believe, especially if you compare to similiar products from other vendors.

 

[maniac]

I'm no engineer (yet! ) but don't the fans mounted like that push air everywhere except into the rad?

 

[AceModder]

Normal fans do have the potential to do that, but our engineers have designed the blades to ensure the air flow is directed into the radiator.

I tested a 950 myself a while back on a 3930K clocked to 4.6Ghz sat in an Antec Twelve Hundred case, when running prime was hitting about 65-70degrees after 20mins of prime. That was actually back in August too, so ambient temps could have been fairly high, it was the week before i49 LAN event.

 

[Feronix]

Not a fan that you can't change the fan as they are connected to the pump. Only really one way to mount it too.

The idea is nice, but it doesn't give you a whole lot of options and I honestly can't say that the design is ehm... 'stylish'

 

[AceModder]

There are a couple of reasons for the design being how it is.

You may have noticed that over the built in fan is a round raised part, this is actually the fan motor and the water pump. This how our units differ to any other brand on the market, all other brands put the pump on the CPU block head. This generates a small amount of heat, and our idea is to reduce as much heat as possible from the part you're trying to cool.

The other cool (excuse the pun!) design feature is that the CPU block head has a colour changing LED built into it, this is setup to change coloure based on the CPU block temp, blue for cool, red for hot, and inbetween. This is so at a glance you get an 'idea' of the CPU temps. You can custom the LED colours and thresholds using our included software.
The fans are also full PWM which can be controlled automatically by the motherboard, or manually again using our included software (USB interface).
The LED installed in none heat emitting, so doesn't affect the CPU block head temps.

 

[Feronix]

For me, personally, different is not always better. I'm curious to see how well it holds up against an H100i /H220 though. Any word on the price?

 

[looz]

Interesting idea with the pump indeed.

 

[AceModder]

well the first etailer to list them today have them at

650 - £44.99
950 - £64.99
1250 - £84.99

That same etailer has

H60 - £59.99
H80i - £78.95
H100i - £99.95

So our pricing I think is spot on.

 

[maniac]

Any word on real world performance cause tbh no one cares about the price if performance isn't even close to or better than the h100i?

 

[AceModder]

 

[Feronix]

You sure that's a review by a review site with the massive Antec image in the background?

 

[maniac]

You sure that's a review by a review site with the massive Antec image in the background?

That could be a thing where they show the product they're reviewing in the background, maybe, I don't know.

It got my attention but at this point I only believe Tom's reviews. I've seen way too many biased reviews :|

 

[Feronix]

That could be a thing where they show the product they're reviewing in the background, maybe, I don't know.

It got my attention but at this point I only believe Tom's reviews. I've seen way too many biased reviews :|

Yeah, I'll await some reviews before I decide wether I like it or not

 

[AceModder]

Are you allowed to post other review site reviews on here? I didn't because I wasn't sure.

 

[looz]

Let's just wait and see if I get slapped to the wrist.

 

[SuB]

So reading those graphics... (do tell me if I'm mistaken here)

At "extreme" mode, it gets 47.1 degrees stock, 64 OC While outputting 48.1db

While the Corsair H110 gets 49 / 65.2 on normal while outputting 35.9 db

that's quite a lot of extra noise for a degree or two ?

I'm curious as to how the motor being in a different place will affect the amount of heat it dumps into the loop as a whole, and on the dual fan unit am I correct in saying there are in-fact 2 pumps?

Are the fans/pump motors connected / the same thing ? Do they both change speed if you up/down the fan speed ?

I'd like to see a full review on these for sure, but from an aesthetic point of view, they aren't really doing it for me, never have been a 'fan' of the open-side approach with fans. Speaking of which, you say your engineers re-designed the fan blades, what kind of static pressure are they outputting there?

Don't take all that as negative, I'm just asking questions

 

[jamesriley94]

Are you allowed to post other review site reviews on here? I didn't because I wasn't sure.

No, you aren't.

I've removed links from this thread, and cleaned it up a bit.

 

[AceModder]

So reading those graphics... (do tell me if I'm mistaken here)

At "extreme" mode, it gets 47.1 degrees stock, 64 OC While outputting 48.1db

While the Corsair H110 gets 49 / 65.2 on normal while outputting 35.9 db

that's quite a lot of extra noise for a degree or two ?

I'm curious as to how the motor being in a different place will affect the amount of heat it dumps into the loop as a whole, and on the dual fan unit am I correct in saying there are in-fact 2 pumps?

Are the fans/pump motors connected / the same thing ? Do they both change speed if you up/down the fan speed ?

I'd like to see a full review on these for sure, but from an aesthetic point of view, they aren't really doing it for me, never have been a 'fan' of the open-side approach with fans. Speaking of which, you say your engineers re-designed the fan blades, what kind of static pressure are they outputting there?

Don't take all that as negative, I'm just asking questions

I will ask the question about the static pressure figures.

The 1250 does indeed have 2 pumps. AS for the pump and fan motor being combined so if the fans slows does the pump motor slow, I will also ask the question for you...

Also isn't the H110 a 280mm rad vs ours which is 240mm. I think comparing the H100i vs the 1250 is the better option both 240mm. As many more cases support 2 x 120mm rads, but not that many support 2 x 140mm rads.

Note that on the previous charts I posted the H100i is louder and has higher temps. I think comparing apples with apples is best.

Corsair H100i @ 67.8degrees @ 50.3dBA
Antec 1250 @ 64 degrees @ 48.1dBA
Combined with ours being around £15 less I think we are onto a winner (Thats if CL watercoolers are your thing)

 

[SuB]

Oh aye I did pick the 140mm one indeed. Fair enough Still interested to hear the other bits though. Thanks for the reply.

Personally no I'm not into CL coolers, but I do have some upcoming builds that may actually require one, or at least have the option for one.

Cheers

 

[AceModder]

Yeah, same here. Full watercooling all the way for me.

I know you have seen my project thread for my new PC.

Here is my current PC I've been running for 2 years (its had 2 motherboard upgrades, 1 CPU upgrade and 2 GPU upgrades since the pics were taken though.