Ocypus Delta A62EX White Digital Review
In my last article, I took a look at Delta A40 EX White Digital from Ocypus. The main design element of that cooler is unified housing or enclosure, providing a neat, clean, and sleek look. The A40 EX is a single-tower, single-fan design. Now, the brand is planning to release a dual-fan, dual-tower configuration under the same design umbrella.
The new cooler is Delta A62 EX Digital White. It will come in black and white editions upon its launch. As mentioned, the A62 EX hasthe same foot print as the A40 EX, but the surface area is increased backed by a two fan design. It has one slim heatsink on the front and one regular tower or heatsink on the rear or you may say middle. The front 120mm fan is a regular design, whereas the rear fan has reverse blades.
Ocypus has designed the cooler trying to provide maximum RAM clearance, and is equipped with streamlined mounting hardware, making the overall installation process quite convenient. The solution comprises 40 fins with 6 heat pipes.
The pricing of this cooler is not yet updated. Ocypus offers a 2-year warranty on this cooler. The cooler is compatible with the Intel LGA1700/1200/115x and AMD AM4/AM5 sockets.
Specifications
Packaging
The shipping box has a standard Ocypus design theme on the packing box. Styrofoam pads surround the cooler. Accessories are provided in a separate white box.
The following are provided:
- 1x Cooler
- 1x Intel Backplate
- 1x Set of Intel Mounting Brackets
- 1x Set of AMD Mounting Brackets
- 4x Intel Screws
- 4x AMD Screws
- 1x Thermal Paste Container
- 1x User Manual
Closer Look
Let’s take a look at the cooler.
The overall dimension of the cooler is 139x134x160mm (LxWxH). A40 EX has a dimension of 133x71x157mm (LxWxH). This tells you the size comparison of both coolers. This cooler has a height of 160mm. Keep this in mind when working for PC Chassis. This unified design is 120mm in size. The net weight of the cooler is 1083 g.
A single housing covers the entire assembly, giving a neat, clean, and sleek look and feel to the cooler. This is further augmented with gray color contrast on the front. Although this is not a new design, as I have tested many such designs from DeepCool, ARCTIC, and PCCOOLER/CPS, Ocypus has clearly delivered the neatest design by far.
Heatsink
The gray and white color combination speaks for itself. The main area has a removable cover. This cover has Ocypus branding. It is magnetically attached. The white frame has a digital display showing the temperature of the CPU and GPU in ᵒC or ᵒF. You can’t customize it as such.
Taking off the top cover reveals the fans and heatsink. A gray color sticker is pasted on the heatsink and rear fan. I was not sure if it was to be peeled off or otherwise, hence I left it intact. AIR OUT indicates the direction of airflow, and it is important. Why? You need to pull the front fan to install the heatsink on the CPU. When installing this fan back inside, you need to know the direction of airflow so that fan can be correctly oriented.
A display screen can also be seen behind the front fan. Although this cooler has dual heatsinks or towers, both are slim in design, hence don’t expect this cooler to compete against the similar but high-specced coolers on the market.
I am showing the front side of the heatsink. The front side has gray color finish that sets it out. You can see the heatsink tower instead of the fan. The front fan is installed in a pull configuration behind this heatsink. It uses the same wave design/pattern that is on A40 EX. This generates maximum airflow while reducing the air drag. 40 fins and 6 heat pipes form a heatsink.
The back or rear side of the cooler has a 120mm reverse-blade fan installed. This is wise thinking, giving an overall impressive outlook to the cooler and even if the cooler is somehow needed to be installed with the rear side facing the DIMM slots (RAM clearance in question). The fan will not provide an ugly look (backside of the regular fans).
The rear fan is behind the cover on the main housing. Both fans are removable, though I would not suggest taking the rear fan out as its installation back inside the main frame is challenging due to the USB 2.0 cable.
I am showing the backside of the heatsink after removing the rear fan.
The left and right sides of the tower are identical in layout. No fin is visible on the sides since the main housing completely covers the heatsink. This also helps in focused air flow through the heatsink.
Also note the offset design that is done to provide maximum RAM clearance.
This cooler has 6x 6mm thick copper heat pipes, which are nickel-coated. Their placement provides maximum contact and coverage with the fins assembly. Although this cooler has 6x heat pipes, the slim heatsinks are not adequate for high-wattage cooling.
The mounting plate or cross-bar has fins on the top acting as a heat diffuser. Two spring-loaded screws come pre-installed on the crossbar.
The exposed copper of the heat pipes makes direct contact with the CPU, ensuring direct and efficient heat transfer from the CPU to the pipes to the fin assembly. However, this is not a continuous direct contact design.
Fans
Ocypus has bundled two non-RGB white fans in this cooler.
Both fans have 9x blades. One fan is an intake fan having a regular design, whereas the other is an exhaust fan having reverse-blade design. Ocypus branding is visible in the center. Neither fan have anti-vibration pads since these pads are provided over the heatsink.
Looking at the backside of the fans, you can see the stator design, which reminds me of Noctua NF-F12 fans. These forma particular direction or focused flow from the fan. The model of these fans is Delta F12. They use Hydraulic Bearings.
The arrow markers on the side frame of the fans show the direction of airflow through the fans and the direction in which the blades spin.
Each fan is PWM regulated, and Ocypus has provided a Y-Cable PWM cable as well to connect both fans to a single fan header.
Installation
We are not covering installation steps anymore. Consult user manual for that. We only provide observations noted during the installation process. You need to remove the top cover and front fan from the assembly to install the cooler. Since the bulk portion of the cooler sits toward the rear of the motherboard, the high-profile or taller heatsink covers of the motherboard might provide resistance to this installation.
Clearance
We need to look at the clearance from multiple angles. Let’s start with the RAM.
This cooler has a universal RAM clearance in terms of the default layout. In case you want to reverse the direction of the cooler, RAM of 42mm or less are compatible with this cooler.
There is no issue with respect to the first PCIe x16 slot on ASRock X870E NOVA WiFi.
The height of the motherboard heatsink should be ≤40mm, and the width should be ≤55mm. As you can see, this cooler almost touches the heatsink of the motherboard, but still, it was a comfortable fit.
The height of the cooler is 160mm. Keep this in mind while planning your build with respect to the PC Chassis.
Digital Display
This cooler displays CPU or GPU temperature in ᵒC or ᵒF for which you can download the software from the Ocypus website. The display is in white color. Ocypus has provided a 9-pin USB 2.0 connector cable. Somehow, the length of this cable is not enough to reach the USB 2.0 header on the base of the motherboard if routed from the backside of the case.
Above are a few build pics.
Testing
The following configuration is used for thermal testing:
- AMD Ryzen 9 9900X [243W, 200W]
- ASRock X870E NOVA WiFi
- GSkill TridentZ NEO RGB 32GB 6400MHz CL30 DDR5 kit
- ASRock Phantom Gaming RX 7600 Graphics Card for Display
- Biwin X570 Pro 4TB PCIe Gen5 NVMe SSD
- Fractal Design ION+2 860W Platinum PSU
- Thermaltake Core P6 TG Snow Edition in an open frame layout
Here is the settings table for testing:
| Settings | PBO Enabled [243W] 200W for this cooler |
| Clock (MHz) | Auto |
| Voltage (V) | Auto |
| Thermal Paste | Noctua NT-H2 |
| Thermal Paste Application | Dots Method |
| Test Run Time | 30 minutes |
| Idling Time | 10 minutes |
| All Fans Speed | 100% PWM Duty Cycle |
| Pump Speed | |
| Stress Software | CINEBENCH R23.2 |
| Monitoring Software | HWINFO64 |
I am reporting absolute temperature in the graph because the room temperature was at 22°C throughout the day. The testing is done on an open-air bench system. Once inside the chassis, the temperatures are expected to rise and would largely depend upon the optimal airflow inside the chassis.
Result
Despite being a dual tower and dual fan configuration, this cooler could not handle the 243W torturous task, which is not surprising. The cooler has handled the 200W load test gracefully.
Conclusion
After testing the Delta A40 EX White Digital, I have had the opportunity to test the Delta A62 EX White Digital, which is the bigger brother of the Delta A40 EX White Digital. This cooler is available in two colors. Main feature is a unified housing for the complete assembly providing a clean, sleek, and neat outlook that anyone can admire, alike the A40 EX design.
This cooler is compatible with Intel LGA115x/1200/1700/1851 and AMD AM4/AM5 sockets. This cooler uses streamlined mounting hardware, making the installation process convenient. The fans come pre-installed and is a part of the assembled unit fromthe factory. Ocypus has installed a display LED on the top that can show the CPU or GPU temperature in Celsius or Fahrenheit.
The cooler has two heatsinks (slim design). The fin stack comprises 40 fins. Ocypus has used 6x heat pipes. These have a thickness of 6mm each. The base has a direct contact (non-continuous) method in which the exposed copper portion of the heat pipes makes a direct contact with the CPU, providing efficient heat transfer.
Both fans can be taken out from the main assembly, though I would advise not taking the rear one out. The front fan needs to be pulled out to install the cooler. The top cover is magnetic. The front of the cooler has gray accented finish, and you can seethe wave pattern heatsink face. The fan is behind this heatsink.
The 120mm ARGB fan is rated for up to 600 to 1800 ±10% RPM, generating airflow of 70 CFM at an air pressure of 1.7mmH₂O. The noise rating is ≤31 dB(A). The fans are PWM regulated, and Ocypus has provided a 2-way extension cable for the fans.
The overall installation of this cooler on AMD AM5 is simple and requires 6 items for the mounting kit. Since the bulk of the cooler sits towards the motherboard rear, the length and depth of the motherboard heatsink have been considered here. Cooler has no issue with the RAM in the default layout. However, reversing the cooler would not be compatible with RAM over 42mm in height. The height is 160mm, which needs to be kept in mind for case clearance.
The pricing of the cooler is not updated as it is not yet released at the time of this writing. This cooler is not designed for Intel Core i9 or Ryzen 9 series SKUs either. Ocypus’ rating of 250W TDP seems inadequate. The cooler could not handle 9900X operating at 243W under all core stress load. However, it handled the 200W load comfortably.
Pros
- Adequate Thermal Performance
- Unified Design
- Reverse Blade Design on Rear Fan
- Dual Slim Towers
- Magnetic Top Cover
- 6x Heat Pipes
- Unified Housing
- Digital Temperature Display
- Wave Fins Layout
- Universal RAM Clearance
- Noise
Cons:
- Motherboard clearance
- Front Fan is loose
