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Introduction:::...
Although I've tinkered with setting
up water cooling for other people's systems on lots
of occasions I have to be honest here and admit that
so far as my own system is concerned I'm pretty much
an H2O virgin. The reasons for my not having adopted
water cooling before now have nothing to do with me
not realising the benefits, there's no doubt at all
that a properly configured system is quieter and more
efficient than air, it was more to do with the fact
that even the most lovingly assembled parts installed
with all the care in the world can, if you're unlucky,
fail, leak, split or corrode and unlike air you rarely
get a second chance when water and electronics get
too friendly. That's always assuming you remembered
to switch the pump on in the first place of course!
So what made me decide to bother with
this particular kit from alternative cooling connoisseurs
Asetek? Well, in addition to addressing some the causes
for my concerns head on, it's also very compact, easy
to assemble and looks great, and that alone stands
it apart from many of the kits and components currently
available on the market.
The kit we're trying out today is their
all inclusive KT12 Plug and Chill kit which comes
with all the parts you require to cool your CPU, North
Bridge and GPU on a single circuit. Before we press
on with the review though, here's what Asetek themselves
have to say about it.
High
end water-based processor cooling
The
WaterChill product line consists of a number of components,
which in combination offers the demanding PC end user
a state-of-the-art processor cooling system. Utilizing
the effective heat transfer capacity of fluid
cooling the WaterChill system allows the end user
to realize two value objectives normally mutually
exclusive: Maximum PC performance AND an extremely
low noise level.
Components and Complete Kits
The WaterChill™ product line complies with the highest
needs also when it comes to flexibility in application. All
the components in the WaterChill™ product line is
obtainable as separate components and as complete kits. Also,
the WaterChill product program can be easily integrated in
the VapoChill® CPU cooling system - as components
or complete upgrade kits.
Enthusiasts & Professional end users
Anyone holding an ambition to exceed the performance
and stability levels of standard air-cooled PC systems
can get absolute fulfillment by utilizing the
world-class WaterChill™ technology.
Core benefits
The WaterChill™ product line offers superior
value on ALL of the below product characteristics:
- Maximum
cooling capacity
- Assembly
ease
- Unmatched
price competitiveness
- Reliability
& operational security
- Broadest
possible hardware support
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- Component
superiority & build quality
- Unique
safety & noise control features
- Complete
application flexibility
- VapoChill®
integration opportunities
- Sharp
design & strong visual impact
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About Asetek:::...
You've probably heard the Asetek name
before, they're the company behind the effective and
popular VapoChill range of vapor phase change coolers.
The company was founded back in 1997 which makes it
sound like they've only just got going but in PC terms
six years is verging on veteran status. To put it
in perspective, the Voodoo 2 was still shipping by
the barrow load and the Pentium 266 with MMX was setting
the standards.
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