Water cooling bargain

[SXRguyinMA]

just 'cause my pump died doesnt mean all their stuff is crap the rad, waterblocks, fans, etc all perform perfectly

[nevermind1534]

But once they're on, you cant get them off. Have you seen pics of motherboards that had thermaltake cpu blocks on them?

[SXRguyinMA]

that's BS. I had my waterblock on a mobo for 2 years, then put it on a new one, never had a single issue

[nevermind1534]

maybe it's just some of them. One of the members here had some trouble and uploaded pictures a few months back.

[Spawn-Inc]

their blocks have poor performance compared to most other blocks (Dtek, DD, Swiftech)

there rads are crap and use round tubes instead of flat so you loose performance as the heat cannot transfer as efficiently as flat tubes. it seems as though they changed to flat tubing on the new 850i junk BUT they use aluminum to build there radiator and use copper blocks... mixing metals is a big no no!


the top 3 water cooling parts retailers (Jabtech, petras, sidewinders) don't sell ANYTHING thermaltake water cooling wise.


this review shows that a air cooler is only 1F hotter then the new thermaltake big water 850i kit.

[The boy 4rm oz]

Yeah it's as Spawn says. Thermaltake have market respect for their many years of making quite good cases and air coolers but they know absolutely nothing about water cooling.

I have heard all too many stories of bad performance and even worse temps caused by Thermaltake kits.

If their stuff works for you then use it, I would never touch it.

[SXRguyinMA]

...BUT they use aluminum to build there radiator and use copper blocks... mixing metals is a big no no!

again my friend you're wrong, the rads are copper tubes, blocks are copper, even my HDD cooler is copper tubes. the fins on the rad are aluminum, but who cares? the coolant doesnt touch those

anyone who has forced hot water heating with baseboard style heaters has the identical setup...round copper tubes with aluminum fins that transfer heat just nicely to your room

[The boy 4rm oz]

The older Thermaltake rads were aluminium. He is right about the cappileries though, they are round, not flat meaning less heat transfer.

[Spawn-Inc]

again my friend you're wrong, the rads are copper tubes, blocks are copper, even my HDD cooler is copper tubes. the fins on the rad are aluminum, but who cares? the coolant doesnt touch those

anyone who has forced hot water heating with baseboard style heaters has the identical setup...round copper tubes with aluminum fins that transfer heat just nicely to your room

yes, but thats in a house with gobs of heat at the rads disposal so efficiency doesn't matter. also there usually cast iron and have little surface area. they don't use high flow pump so the water has time to give its heat away.

car rads are flat tubed because there isn't alot of room for the rad so they need more efficiency, hence flat tubes and a fan. same goes with the heater core, flat tubes with a fan.

here is there newest rad, yes it does have flat tubes but its ALL aluminum according to their specs...

http://www.thermaltakeusa.com/Produc...2&ID=1842#Tab1

and after looking at all there rad's on the site and water cooling kits they offer not one rad sold has any copper.


i'm just trying to show that there are much better options for new people wanting to get into water cooling. if they have a good first experience then they will have a second.
as TB4O said though,

If their stuff works for you then use it, I would never touch it.

[SXRguyinMA]

also there usually cast iron and have little surface area. they don't use high flow pump so the water has time to give its heat away.

I think you're thinking of this:

I was talking about this:

but I get your point