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I thought I'd write a quick post in the last of the BigWater saga. Unfortunately, it does not have a happy ending. I received a replacement water pump on Wednesday for the broken one. It was a completely different pump, so they must be changing the design based on the issues they're having...

I thought I'd write a quick post in the last of the BigWater saga. Unfortunately, it does not have a happy ending. I received a replacement water pump on Wednesday for the broken one. It was a completely different pump, so they must be changing the design based on the issues they're having...

I thought I'd write a quick post in the last of the BigWater saga. Unfortunately, it does not have a happy ending. I received a replacement water pump on Wednesday for the broken one. It was a completely different pump, so they must be changing the design based on the issues they're having...

I thought I'd write a quick post in the last of the BigWater saga. Unfortunately, it does not have a happy ending. I received a replacement water pump on Wednesday for the broken one. It was a completely different pump, so they must be changing the design based on the issues they're having...

akira34 - Totally understand. FYI, the tubing is 1/4" ID, which is hard to find in most cooling systems because it's so small. Most of the cooling systems out there are 3/8" or 1/2" tubing.

I just RMA'd the pump unit with Thermaltake. In all fairness, they were very friendly and courteous. They are cross shipping a new pump to me. Apparently, this is not the first they've heard of the same issue. Hopefully, they will fix this shortly in the next revision of the water pump.

I'm having a big problem with the Thermaltake BigWater liquid cooling system... http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=37&threadid=1509762&enterthread=y

I wanted to give you an update. I have received and installed a Koolance chipset cooler. The orientation and making it fit with the PCI Express video card was not easy, but it is finally installed. However, I have another problem. As I was trying to fill the BigWater pump and reservoir...

:| I am installing a Thermaltake BigWater kit, after reading the great reviews on the web. However, I haven't seen this mentioned in any review, and it is a significant design flaw. The plastic on the BigWater's pump/reservoir unit is too thin and cheap. Thermaltake's instructions say to...

akira34: I didn't buy a retail or other HSF with this CPU, so it's the Big Water. I will post a report here as soon as I have it all hooked up and charged. However, I'm working with Sidewinder Computers on adding a chipset cooler to this setup. Unfortunately, the tubing that comes with...

OK, duh, I figured it out. I pulled the waterblock back off and rotated it 180 degrees. Everything fits perfectly now, it's centered, firm and level. The copper base of the water block covers the entire core cover. The LED wire comes awfully close to a row of capacitors on one side, but I...

I think it's level...it just sits a little inside one of the edges of the aluminum CPU thermal core cover. I don't know if that's going to be an issue or not. It's probably less than a millimeter.

OK. Here's what I did: 1. Went out to Home Depot and bought a package of qty 4 #6-32 x 1-1/2" stainless machine screws. 2. Removed the plastic retaining clip and the 2 screws. 3. Slathered on the Arctic Silver 5 - thin layer on both the water block underside and CPU core (AMD Athlon 64...

Rickter, thanks for the ideas. I'm going to play around a little more today. It might be as simple as buying new machine screws to the right length, and using the stock plate without the plastic frame. drpootums: I sent an e-mail to them today (Sunday). I'll try calling them tomorrow...

This HSF is so good, that even at low speed it keeps the CPU cool. The Fanmate2 ensures that you have control over the speed, and keeps it at that speed. Unless you're overclocking, I'd use the Fanmate. By the way, I just built a quiet PC with an Antec Sonata case, a SeaSonic 350W PSU, a...