From virtually silent to comfortable audible noise levels
Our design objective for this product was to minimize the operating
noise while preserving high thermal performance characteristics. At its
lowest speed settings, the system is virtually inaudible. At its maximum
speed, the H320 remains within comfortable audible noise levels.
Plug-and-Play
The H320 is the easiest AIO liquid cooling kits to install bar none, and
is even easier to setup than many high-end air coolers.
Superior Thermal Performance
Thanks to its copper & brass triple 120mm radiator, high static pressure
Helix 120mm fans, more powerful DC pump than any other AIO on the
market, and because it shares the Award winning Apogee™ Drive II CPU
waterblock design, the H320 kit delivers the same level of superior
thermal performance that can be found in custom kits.
Expandability
The H320 differentiates differentiates
itself from other AIO's by its ability to support additional liquid
cooled components such as graphics cards, chipset, and/or additional
radiator(s).
From a practical standpoint, this is possible thanks to:
The presence of a reservoir including a fill-port built into
the radiator so that the system can be easily emptied or
refilled by the user at will,
Enthusiast grade 5/8” OD black PVC tubing fastened to swivel
fittings with an elegant clamping system that users can easily
remove and safely re-install.
From a thermal performance standpoint, this is made possible by:
The ultra-high thermal capacity of the triple 120mm copper
and brass radiator
The powerful high-pressure pump capable of driving
sufficient flow to cool multiple devices in the loop.
Automatic speed control or fine-tuning
right out of the box
Both the pump and the fans are PWM compliant devices, allowing the H320
to be recognized and speed-controlled by the motherboard depending on
CPU temperature just like any standard CPU cooler. As a bonus, the
system includes a PWM splitter allowing connection of up to 8 PWM
devices which can then be controlled as one by the motherboard.
Maintenance-free
As shipped from our factory and installed as directed (*), the H320 CPU
cooler requires no maintenance during its warranty period; a
system refill is recommend at the end of 3 years. Under extreme ambient
conditions, the system may need more frequent refills. If upgraded by
the user, the interval of time between refills will depend on how users
implement their customized loop.
(*) Default radiator installations are either horizontal with fill-port
facing upwards or vertical with reservoir facing upwards. If the
radiator is installed with its fill-port facing down, then more frequent
refills are recommended.
Reliability
Both fans and pump are rated for a 60,000 MTBF (Meantime Between
Failures)
Support
With over 10 years of experience designing, manufacturing and setting up
liquid cooling systems, Swiftech® customer service can assist you in
setting up and troubleshooting your system 6 days a week, 12 hours a
day.
From virtually silent to comfortable audible noise levels
Our design objective for this product was to minimize the operating
noise while preserving high thermal performance characteristics. At its
lowest speed settings, the system is virtually inaudible. At its maximum
speed, the H320 remains within comfortable audible noise levels.
Plug-and-Play
The H320 is the easiest AIO liquid cooling kits to install bar none, and
is even easier to setup than many high-end air coolers.
Superior Thermal Performance
Thanks to its copper & brass triple 120mm radiator, high static pressure
Helix 120mm fans, more powerful DC pump than any other AIO on the
market, and because it shares the Award winning Apogee™ Drive II CPU
waterblock design, the H320 kit delivers the same level of superior
thermal performance that can be found in custom kits.
Expandability
The H320 differentiates differentiates
itself from other AIO's by its ability to support additional liquid
cooled components such as graphics cards, chipset, and/or additional
radiator(s).
From a practical standpoint, this is possible thanks to:
The presence of a reservoir including a fill-port built into
the radiator so that the system can be easily emptied or
refilled by the user at will,
Enthusiast grade 5/8” OD black PVC tubing fastened to swivel
fittings with an elegant clamping system that users can easily
remove and safely re-install.
From a thermal performance standpoint, this is made possible by:
The ultra-high thermal capacity of the triple 120mm copper
and brass radiator
The powerful high-pressure pump capable of driving
sufficient flow to cool multiple devices in the loop.
Automatic speed control or fine-tuning
right out of the box
Both the pump and the fans are PWM compliant devices, allowing the H320
to be recognized and speed-controlled by the motherboard depending on
CPU temperature just like any standard CPU cooler. As a bonus, the
system includes a PWM splitter allowing connection of up to 8 PWM
devices which can then be controlled as one by the motherboard.
Maintenance-free
As shipped from our factory and installed as directed (*), the H320 CPU
cooler requires no maintenance during its warranty period; a
system refill is recommend at the end of 3 years. Under extreme ambient
conditions, the system may need more frequent refills. If upgraded by
the user, the interval of time between refills will depend on how users
implement their customized loop.
(*) Default radiator installations are either horizontal with fill-port
facing upwards or vertical with reservoir facing upwards. If the
radiator is installed with its fill-port facing down, then more frequent
refills are recommended.
Reliability
Both fans and pump are rated for a 60,000 MTBF (Meantime Between
Failures)
Support
With over 10 years of experience designing, manufacturing and setting up
liquid cooling systems, Swiftech® customer service can assist you in
setting up and troubleshooting your system 6 days a week, 12 hours a
day.
I often recommend this unit to others, particularly the overclocking crowd. It's the only AIO liquid cooler that gives significantly lower temps than the best air coolers.
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ross_w 04/19/14
very well made and cools great.easy installation
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Joon_L 03/14/14
I've been using this for 3 months now on my 3570k OC'd to 4.4Ghz. Probably an overkill for just CPU cooling but it perfectly fits to what I intended to do.
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Cons Lasts about a year and then the grinding noises start and the pump goes
Summary I'm on my 2nd one now (after RMA) and I have a feeling this one won't last much longer than the last one either. When it works, it works well, but, for this price, expected things to be a bit more reliable.
Summary So the Swiftech H320 seemed to be one of the few triple-rad AIO liquid coolers, and were fairly highly recommended at the time (March 2014). Wish I would've posted my review sooner, might have stopped one or two of you from buying it and in the same boat as me.
My first H320 arrived DOA, so I contacted Swiftech and they told me that I would have to go through NCIX for RMA services, as they don't deal with Canadian customers directly. So I went through that process with NCIX (getting stuck with a $50 sipping bill in the process) and got my second H320 delivered and installed.
About 6 months later (Sept 2014) the pump started making grinding noises and failed. Went through the RMA process with NCIX again, this time they covered the shipping costs. I got my third H320 delivered and installed.
About 6 months later (Feb 2015) the pump has just now started to fail again. I've reopened my ticket with NCIX to see if I can just exchange it out-right for something else.
In summary, I do NOT recommend the H320. 3 failures in 1 year.
Pros Cools significantly better than AIO units that have a two fan radiator. Pump quiet. Large diameter hoses. Fans quiet but move a lot of air. Heat plate has mirror finish. Mounting mechanism exerts good pressure.
Cons Can be difficult to get the pump mounting screws to line up with their threaded sockets in the installation process. They flop around and you will want a second pair of hands. I wound up customizing the mount with some long screws, washers and nuts from the hardware store in such away as to make the screws stick up through the motherboard in a rigid way. Now there's no moving target. But this is a problem with all the AIO liquid coolers I have tried. The mounting of the pump to the motherboard is always awkward.
Summary I often recommend this unit to others, particularly the overclocking crowd. It's the only AIO liquid cooler that gives significantly lower temps than the best air coolers.
Pros Easy to install, looks good, has a very strong mounting system that works with original back plate. It's also expandable.
Cons Pump died after only 4 months of use. The mounting hardware for the AMD socket its bulky. On an ASUS Crosshair V Forumla-Z Mobo I had to remove a DIMM of RAM to make it fit.
Summary All in all when it worked it was great; kept my 8320 OC'ed to 4.2GHz cool even under load tests. Never saw it spike above 51C. I also replaced stock fans with Noctua NF-F12's. However the reliability of the pump is quite bad to fail only after 4 months of use. It had not been expanded to support the GPU.
Summary I installed this cooler into a Fractal Design Arc MIDI black case without a hitch. So far it appears to be working fine. I haven't had any problems with the pump as reported in the other reviews. The only thing that bugs me a bit is the fan noise which is a little louder that I had hoped. I might try to swap out the supplied fans with other low noise fans.
Cons the little plastic decoration on top of the water block/pump came unglued and the system only lasted me around 6 month before the pump died
Summary I've never really had any luck with these water cooling all in one system. Once this h320 died I replaced it with and extra Zalman cooler I had which was cheaper, quieter and keeps my cpu just as cool but it was on a different cpu. In all I am unsatisfied and would not recommend it to anyone.
Pros Product Works flawlessly and better than expected.
Cons Bad experience with shipping
Summary The product itself exceeded my expectations. Had a few problems with shipping but it got here at last. Beware of the products size, not only will you need a case that supports a 360mm rad but you must also accommodate all of the extra tubing that comes pre attached. More tubing than necessary but i will probably switch it for some clear tubing i have lying around.
Summary I've been using this for 3 months now on my 3570k OC'd to 4.4Ghz. Probably an overkill for just CPU cooling but it perfectly fits to what I intended to do.
I wanted a large radiator so that I can cool my cpu at very low fan speed for very silent PC and it does perfectly that.
The temps never goes higher than 70, idles in low 30s. This is with very low RPM on Pull setup. Pump noise is barely audible.
I was initially cooling same cpu/OC with Kuhler 60 (push/pull) and was experiencing same temp but with much higher fan speed/noise at load.
If I run max speed on fans, temps stays in mid to high 50s during load.
Cons Warranty from manufacture not available outside US
Summary Purchased this for a new build, 1 fan was noisy from start, just ordered replacement, no big deal. Computer crashed 90 days later, CPU overheating, realized there was no heat in tubes and the pump was not running, pump on cooler shorted out and completely took down computer. Realized only 30 day warranty from NCIX unless you purchased the extended warranty.
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