aquarius III.....worth the cash?

[Prizmdrop]

Im pretty nervous about having liquid cooling inside my PC, and so Im thinking about this external set up. My question, is this unit worth its price? Ive read that it can be easily modified to increase its cooling. What do you guys think?

http://www.thermaltake.com/watercooling/a1681.htm

And this is the page with the mods....

http://www.a1-electronics.net/...take_AquIII_Mod5.shtml

 

[w00t]

eww get internal why not? and i bet its really expensive.

 

[drpootums]

i'm thinking about external too, my Tsunami is too small for an internal one, and i could just run the pipes out of a pci slot.

 

[FREEZrBURN]

Hello,

I've recently purchased the aquarius 3, so I hopeI can be of help. To start off, my CPU is reading 75F, and stays that way. (not overclocked.)
The setup is relatively easy, but takes a while, however I would say that it is no less dangerous then an internal watercooler. The parts appear as if they can be easily replaced. from recent reviews I've read, it would be good to get better parts for it, I have not, and am satisfied. It idoesn't really run quiet, as it has a veenus12 fan keeping the radiator cool. Overall I would say it is a good, but expensive investment. I am sorry I cannot elaborate further as I have not tried any other watercooler.

 

[drpootums]

is that reading 75F under load also? How warm is it in your room with the computer?

Looks pretty nice except for the price.

 

[FREEZrBURN]

well, it's peaked at 80 under load, but then goes back down in games. This is at standard room temp, so probably 70ish

 

[drpootums]

that's pretty good, even with watercooling. Is that a winchester proc or a newcastle cored processor? If it's newcastle (like my 3400+) then i'll have to look into one of those. My Zalman puts me to 48 C idle and 55-58 C load, which is awfully high.

Thanks for the info!