Thermaltake Big Water(water cooling)

[moonboy403]

i'm thinking of purchasing the thermaltake big water
since the radiator is small the cooling isn't that great which was shown by a couple of reviews
i just wanted to know if i can say.....purchase another radiator like the dangerden black ice xtreme II
would that increase the performance significantly?
please give me some feedback about this idea

 

[gotensan01]

I'd say no. The pump (which is pretty important) is probably pretty crappy. I just assumed because it is so small and built into a reservoir. I don't even know what the tube sizing is, is it even 3/8" ID? I'm just going to stop here.

If you keep it the way it is, don't expect to get temps much better than a good hsf. And don't expect to cool a gpu or nb. If you upgrade the lacking parts, you're looking at replacing the majority of the parts.

I don't intend to be mean, I'm just letting you know that this is intended for beginners that do not wish to overclock or do not want cool temps.

EDIT: I did find this review that says it's good. I was surprised to see it but I don't know about the results. Again, maybe I'm just being stubborn for no reason.

 

[iamtrout]

Go with something else. Like gotensan10 said, kits like this with thin tubing, small radiators, cheap pumps, and mediocre waterblock design are geared mainly towards people who want to make their computers look cool, but can't take the heat when overclocking. It's kinda like the new Kia Rio STI that looks like an Impreza but can be passed by a minivan, all looks but nothing under the hood. In other words, a waste of money.

The pump won't handle a bigger, more restrictive radiator. So if you're replacing the radiator, you're going to have to replace the pump and get bigger tubing to fit the pump, then get new waterblocks that will fit the tubing, and, well, you get the picture. Just go DIY and save money in the long run, or short run if you get a high overclock with the performance DIY.

 

[slurmsmackenzie]

review load results

conclusion

was thinking on getting one myself. i think opinions on it (here) are biased. probably the whole diy issue. meaning no diy = crappy set up

 

[iamtrout]

The main thing that I don't like about the review is that the block is only compared to Asetek. What about Swiftech, DD, D-tek, etc. I doubt it could keep up with these names.

 

[akira34]

Not a bad review of the product. I would have liked to have seen what the idle temps were for the systems though. That way, we can see how much of an increase there was between idle and load temps. I can get the big water unit for no more than $100, so it's something to consider. I also might opt to get a larger res for it, over the one that it comes with, so that I have more fluid to draw on and help cool things down.