PCCOOLER RZ820

[crazyeyesreaper]

PCCOOLER aims to further establish its position as a top-tier manufacturer in the PC cooling industry with the launch of the RZ820. This impressive dual-tower cooler delivers outstanding performance, practical features, and an eye-catching design that sets it apart from the competition.

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[Chrispy_]

Oh, PCCOOLER = CPS

I was like, "who are PCCOOLER? I've never heard of them!" but CPS fans and heatsinks have been on Amazon for ages.

I've bought their ultra-cheap RGBLED fans before because they were the cheapest things on Amazon by a fair margin. They did the job and they claimed hydraulic bearings, which probably just means rifle bearings. Still, £8 for three RGBLED fans and standalone fan hub was hard to argue with....

 

[jak_2456]

I first thought that this cooler was going to be part of the dual-tower air cooler race to the bottom since it's from a brand I don't frequently see. An MSRP of $110 is far too steep for something like this, especially since a Dark Rock Pro 5 can be had for around $90.

 

[Octavean]

Nice bit of kit. However, since the CPU manufacturers themselves tend to recommended water cooling for the higher end processors I typically buy, I feel obligated to go with the water cooling,....

 

[Chrispy_]

Nice bit of kit. However, since the CPU manufacturers themselves tend to recommended water cooling for the higher end processors I typically buy, I feel obligated to go with the water cooling,....

I mean, if you're going to spend $109 on cooling, why would you NOT go with water cooling? All 10 of the top 10 coolers in TPUs noise-normalised charts at typical power levels are AIOs, and the best air cooler is in 13th place at 225W (AM5 default PPT for Ryzen 9 CPUs is 230W) and most air coolers can't handle Intel's "253W" (LOL) output without throttling at all.

 

[wheresmycar]

With the Phantom Spirit / Evo going for £35/~£45 and competing at the highest level it's a tough one to welcome any cooler which competes at a similar level with a much higher price.

BTW, is it just me, or do these shoe box plain looking coolers just look boring. I fancy some of that raw metal aesthetic with heatpipe studs, metal plates and some naughty fin-stack nudity. It's either that or i'm going AIO with some fancy looking pump + system memory visibility to add some character. I wouldn't mind if these shoe boxes came with a "full size" LCD screen to display monitoring stats, etc

 

[Dragokar]

Thanks for the review.

Are there plans to do a Freezer 36 review?

 

[GabrielLP14]

great job on the @crazyeyesreaper idk why but even though the cooler is beautiful it does look weird because its like a square LOL

 

[dj-electric]

110 dollars for this air cooler seems... a few dozen dollars away from "steep", from the wrong side of the equation.

 

[LTUGamer]

If they will decide to extend lineup with power supplies, their brand should look like this:

 

[JasBC]

I remember seeing this brand many years ago while browsing jd.com, they had a cooler which combined a tower air-cooler with an aio for sale back then which caught my eye. To me it seems like they're aping Deepcool with this cooler, looks way to similar to the Assassin IV to be a coincidence.

 

[wheresmycar]

I was knocking this cooler from an aesthetics point of view... i just don't like that plain box sort of appeal.

Just recently came across one of PCCOOLERs other variants, the RZ620. Thats better! Hopefully similar performance and would have liked to have seen this for around £50.

 

[DaveLT]

I was knocking this cooler from an aesthetics point of view... i just don't like that plain box sort of appeal.

Just recently came across one of PCCOOLERs other variants, the RZ620. Thats better! Hopefully similar performance and would have liked to have seen this for around £50.


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Performance is roughly about A620 Pro SE or worse at a higher price
Coincidentally they look pretty similar! Though its priced almost the same as the A720. Oops.
I thought of selling them in my shop but I stuck to ID Cooling and deepcool, Scythe, Montech for better or for worse

 

[wheresmycar]

Performance is roughly about A620 Pro SE or worse at a higher price
Coincidentally they look pretty similar! Though its priced almost the same as the A720. Oops.
I thought of selling them in my shop but I stuck to ID Cooling and deepcool, Scythe, Montech for better or for worse

Not bad! Seeing that I just viewed the A620 Pro SE performance charts again... so its right up there, closely trailing some of the top performing air coolers. A nice clean looking alternative at best with a hefty price tag... i can see the RZ620 being dropped to around ~$50 eventually.

 

[DaveLT]

Not bad! Seeing that I just viewed the A620 Pro SE performance charts again... so its right up there, closely trailing some of the top performing air coolers. A nice clean looking alternative at best with a hefty price tag... i can see the RZ620 being dropped to around ~$50 eventually.

It's not too shabby but I've never seen PCCooler change their prices. Ironically, they do make two of my favorite fans for a very low price

This LCP model for 10usd
And the Teucer T30

 

[wheresmycar]

It's not too shabby but I've never seen PCCooler change their prices. Ironically, they do make two of my favorite fans for a very low price
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This LCP model for 10usd
And the Teucer T30

I’m not too familiar with PCCOOLER products (actually zero experience), but I do remember a reviewer covering a super affordable 120mm 5-pack fan bundle that performed really well for budget fans. That was likely around five years ago. I was considering buying some spares, but they weren’t available in the UK, only on AliExpress.

So I take it, its a brand we can fully get behind in terms of build quality and performance (regardless of price)?

 

[DaveLT]

I’m not too familiar with PCCOOLER products (actually zero experience), but I do remember a reviewer covering a super affordable 120mm 5-pack fan bundle that performed really well for budget fans. That was likely around five years ago. I was considering buying some spares, but they weren’t available in the UK, only on AliExpress.

So I take it, its a brand we can fully get behind in terms of build quality and performance (regardless of price)?

I've been following PCCooler for the last... 11 years? (I'm very close to China but not Taiwan)

Yes we can get behind them indeed but consider performance to price that ID Cooling and TR is absolutely kicking butt
I've been selling the A620 Black for roughly the same price as the A620 Pro SE so it looks better for a few dollars more anyway

 

[wheresmycar]

Great, always nice to see more compo... perhaps the more the better to keep them TR/ID boys rolling out super affordable solutions. I just hope they don't start cutting corners in the quality-department to keep the compo competitive.

 

[DaveLT]

Great, always nice to see more compo... perhaps the more the better to keep them TR/ID boys rolling out super affordable solutions. I just hope they don't start cutting corners in the quality-department to keep the compo competitive.

No, at least not for ID, ID been increasing quality over the years
TR doesn't quite belong to the same company as they used to do but the quality is increasing as well, just that the box designs are sometimes very "uninspired" (cept for the PS EVO). Doesn't matter to most but some store wants to sell them and a uninspired brown box isn't going to do well in sales