This year is slowly but inevitably coming to an end, but I have managed to prepare one more article for you. Today we’re going to veer away from high-end and premium coolers the size of wardrobes to small coolers, which unfortunately I’ve never paid as much attention to as they probably deserve. So today we’re going to take a closer look at DeepCool’s AN600 low profile cooler, which is particularly suited to HTPC or SFF builds due to its size.
Conclusion and evaluation
The DeepCool AN600 is a really interesting cooler for all HTPC and SFF builds. With a height of under 70 mm, it fits comfortably into a large number of mITX cases except the smallest ones. Its design with six copper heatpipes provides sufficient performance even for powerful gaming processors such as the AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D or the new 9800X3D, unless of course you’re aiming for an inaudible semi-passive build.
Everything is underlined by the quality workmanship and neat design. I would have a small complaint about the slightly higher price, but the only real weakness of this cooler is the acoustic profile of the fan used, which makes a relatively disturbing rustling noise at higher speeds. Fortunately, after reducing the speed by about one third, this noise disappears and only the normal aerodynamic noise remains. Overall, however, this is a very good cooler and as such it certainly deserves the Approved editorial award.
With this review, I would like to say goodbye to my readers here at HWCooling.net. At the end of this year my time with this web magazine will come to an end, as I will not have the space or time to continue testing further coolers. I would like to thank especially Ľubo Samák, but also other editors for their support, guidance and help with testing coolers.
Over the past years, I have successfully expanded the database of tested coolers with their help and also cultivated the methodology to bring you the most objective tests possible. Finally, I wish you all a peaceful Christmas and a successful start to the year ahead.
English translation and edit by Jozef Dudáš
| DeepCool AN600 |
| + Solid cooling performance |
| + Cooler height under 70 mm |
| + Neat design |
| + High quality workmanship |
| - Slightly higher price |
| - Worse acoustic profile of the fan |
