A professional level water-cooling kit that's a joy to install and use.
This kit is the quintessence of a do-it-yourself CPU water cooling kit, albeit everything is provided. In fact, all the components are very well organised and clearly labelled, so you no longer have to rummage around for the various bits and pieces. The interesting aspect is the size of all the components -- the radiator, reservoir and pump are all small enough to fit practically anywhere. Even a small form-factor system.Included is one of the most informative manuals we've come across and it isn't full of hyperbolic or superfluous information -- just real-world stuff that the reader needs to take-in prior to setting up. The only way it could have been improved would have been to include a finished-product diagram for easy reference, but this isn't necessary for most people who'll purchase this.As a fairly hardcore professional water cooling kit, everything needs to be pieced together -- such as the PVC tubing, of which you're provided with just over a metre's worth to play with.After piecing it together, it was primed with the provided coolant. Quietly pumping away with not a single leak in sight, we fired up Chernobyl at 80W and, astonishingly, this quiet little Chihuahua peaked at 35°C in 24°C ambient. Considering this performance, you could easily bung on a GPU water block and still have plenty of room to chill.This is what water cooling is all about. We recommend this unit for anyone even partially interested in high performance water cooling. Awesome.
Issue: 133 | February, 2012