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02-28-2011
 Perfect
These things work great! They are bright and just one will light up your entire case nicely with UV light. Everything is a-glow in my case and I''m using two of these. |
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02-25-2011
 Almost perfect
I like how these are great for the 25mm fans, but they are just a thread or two too long. On the Blackice Stealth 360, they hit the protective tab on the opposite side of the radiator flange. Had I not put a single flat-washer on each screw before mounting the fan, it would have slightly crushed the veins of the radiator even with the protective tab there. Outside of that, they work great. |
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02-25-2011
Superb!
I really like this rad. It''s very low profile and does a fantastic job of cooling my CPU and both ATI cards. The guy saying the threads stripped out must have tightened it up far too much. It doesn''t need to be and I never had a problem with the threads on these. I''m cooling an AMD 965 Black OCed and 2x ATI 5870s. As you all know ATI cards get VERY hot. Temps on these air cooled was 72 celsius. Now with the water blocks on and this rad, they never go over 35 celsius under load. Amazing temps!!! |
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02-25-2011
 Awseom reservoir!
This res works like a champ. It has the perfect # of ports. I use the top for the fill port tube coming in from the top of my case. I use the side port coming in from the rad and one bottom port straight down to the pump. That left the remaining port on the bottom for an LED light and it looks really cool. I put the tube inside on the bottom port from the rad and it looks like I''m brewing witches brew in it. Gives a nice indication of coolant flow without dumping tons of bubbles/foam back into the coolant. The brackets for this are nice looking, but the jury is still out on those. I have them tightened up, and it''s holding, but I have this on a vertical mount and I''m not sure, after time, if they''ll hold up. It does look really good though and I''m 100% happy with this res. I drilled a tiny hole in one of the mounting brackets to insert the allen wrench they give you because you know you''re gonna lose that thing. Wish they''d made some sort of holder for it already, but it''s working nice. |
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02-25-2011
Nice!
I used to use two elbow fitting and shape a piece of tubing in a "C" pattern to hook up both my video cards. With these it is a breeze. Each fitting has two rubber O-rings in them. Screw one into the top card, put the crystal tube into the bottom one (seat it all the way in through both O-rings for a double-seal) and screw it into the bottom card. Then install the top card into the motherboard and then gently separating the two cards as you insert the second card, lining up the tube with the top cards fitting. Then gently squeeze the two cards together pushing the tube into the top card fitting. Again, seat it all the way in. The instructions say to use the 14mm tube for water blocks that have ports facing up and down. It was too short for mine so I used the 19mm, but I also pushed the tube in all the way into both O-rings. No leaks, looks awesome and now I don''t have the huge "C" shape tube wraping around both cards. |
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02-18-2011
 Could have been better
First, I really like the design of the case, the solid Acetel materials and the overall look. I also liked the intended design and the additional lighting options that were provided. However, there are a few things wrong that need correcting. #1) The fill ports are not the ones you see in the picture. It''s not necessarily a bad thing, but they give you these tiny clear plastic plugs that you can put LEDs into and give you an even smaller cap for the plug that has a dual purpose to tighten the hex-drive plug in addition to holding the LED in. As I said, not bad, but could be better. The bad thing about this reservoir are the rear ports. They are counter sunk into the Acetel, and the opening is far too small. There are a great many fittings that do not fit, most of which I had and failed to work, including Bitspower 90 degree elbows, straights, an assortment of barbs, and so on. The only one that is going to fit in the back of this reservoir are those fittings with very narrow shanks, have a flat surface rubber seal and a raised hex for tightening. None of any brand compression fittings work, including any with nurled edges. Don''t even try them.
So for such and oversight in the manufacturing of this reservoir, and the headache it has given me, I only give it a 2 due to the large restriction of fittings.
This is the only fitting I can tell that will work with this reservoir.
http://www.frozencpu.com/products/7612/ex-tub-315/Bitspower_Black_Sparkle_G14_Barb_Fitting_-_12_ID.html?tl=g30c407s1030&id=szHWrXyc&mv_pc=1448#blank |
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02-18-2011
In addition
I should also mention that I still like this reservoir, and have chosen to keep it. But I did have to take my dremel tool and hollow out those port resesses in the back in order to accept the fittings I am working with, which now fit those 90 swivels by Bitspower in addition to a couple standard straight barbs. It was a bit of work though and I don''t recommend the average user doing this as you must keep the seat completely flat and level, otherwise you''re going to have leaks. Otherwise I like the look, the design and the ability to light it up with LEDs. |
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02-18-2011
And further
Let me add that the image that shows all the parts is not correct. You do not get 4 clear plugs, you get 2. So if you''re not using all 4 ports in the back, you need two plugs, and make sure they will fit due to the resessed openings as you''ll find most all fittings will hit the wall of the resessed port seat. |
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08-18-2010
 Update
As others have said, the impeller bushings wear out. This cost me 2 4890 ATI video cards. The impeller stalled, blocking the water coolant and overheating both video cards. |
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08-31-2009
Works Great!
This is actually a great product. I know some say the light didn''t work for long, but maybe they got an older version? Mine works perfectly. I can set the light to on/off or what they call "syn", which means the light will strobe to the pulse of the rotating turbine inside. But, make sure (if you don''t have it already) you get the adaptor board for it as well. It is not sold with this flow sensor. This plugs into that adapter board which converts the turbine pulse into a readable signal by a motherboard fan plug. I''ve set mine up on the CPU Fan plug and I can now set an alarm on the RPMs for this cool little lighted flow sensor. I believe the reason it is not sold together is so that if you ever had a problem with the flow sensor and had to replace it, you don''t have to buy the adaptor board again, which makes perfect sense. Great product...I love it. I can now rest easy that if anything happened to my water-cooling pump, this little gadget will trigger an alarm to let me know something is wrong. |
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