Joined on 12/28/03
Great first experience with a water cooling system
Pros: I’ve wanted a water cooling system ever since I built my first system back in 2007. As you know, they were ridiculously expensive at $300+ and required an external system with tubing going into the case for the most part. This is undoubtedly revolutionary thus why I jumped on it when I found out about a closed loop, zero maintenance water cooling solution; and its by Corsair. It’s a system and it keeps my system running very cool. I have the i7 4770k OC’s to 4.5GHz @ 1.145v and during gaming and CPU intensive programs, temperatures don’t break 55°C ±. the CPU idles at 32°C ±. Plus it looks very attractive with the tubing.
Cons: The only cons I have with this system are the fans. They are extremely loud when cranked under full load. I don’t know if I got defective ones or if they are supposed to be like that. They have a very high pitch noise and the vibration ripples through the case thus amplifying the noise. This is an easy fix as I simply replaced mine. Can’t say I was happy to spend an additional $20 on fans, but it’s no big deal; though it does warrant docking an egg just for the fans.