A Closer Look

The AK2000 looks pretty good, and will fit into most gaming setups, which is exactly where its meant to be used, so a thumbs up to Jetart. The front control knob feels pretty tacky however, and it’s obviously not intended as a high-end water cooling solution.

Filling the unit is easy as you just pour water in through the front port just below the LCD screen. Speaking of the screen, it has a blue backlight and tells you important statistics of the unit, including temperature that the probe is reading, and the speed of the fan. It also allows you to set the temperature which you would like the unit to start shouting at you for being too hot, and when to alert you when the fan speed drops too low.

The unit is quite light considering as what’s enclosed in its aluminium body. The main weight is due to the copper heatsink that the AK2000 uses to dissipate heat quickly. It’s also pretty small and compact considering what it does.

Looking at the back of the unit, we see the two cooling pipes; one red, one blue. The red one is for incoming hot water (from your rig) and the outgoing cooled water (to your rig). Also there is the pass-through kettle plug cable, the temperature probe connector and the on/off signal cable connector.

The water blocks look dirty as they were exposed temporarily to water and corroded slightly.

The water blocks that are included are pretty basic. Consisting of a plastic top, rubber grommet and a full copper bottom, they aren’t going to win any awards. However, Jetart have improved on the previous design and now there are more channels in the lower metal part meaning that the water has a longer path to follow before being taken back to the cooling unit. This means that more heat is carried away from your valuable silicon. This combined with a more powerful pump should yield better results. The CPU block comes with several outer metal shrouds which are used to hold the block in place above your processor.