Thermaltake BigWater 12cm Liquid Cooling System Review

[MikeC]

Brian Cochran has completed a review of Thermaltake's BigWater 12cm Liquid Cooling System. The BigWater kit is a complete solution and contains a radiator and fan, water pump, waterblock, refill water tank, universal clips for the Pentium 4 LGA 775, Pentium 4 Prescott, AMD K8 and AMD K7, UV sensitive water tubing and UV sensitive high performance coolant.

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[Clay]

Nicely done Brian. :thumbsup: I've been looking forward to reading your thoughts about this particular kit.

[Rytr]

Again Brian, you have me repeating myself. A very good, concise, and informative review with a touch of humor. A good read!

[Akrita]

:rolleyes: I have been using the bigwater on my system since christmas and I am glad with my choice.
It is cheap, looks cool, and it's pretty safe. Performance is a Big Plus too, specially when the radiator is placed outside of the case.
I am runnig a 3.2Ghz Prescot not overclocked, @ 35C with ambient temp @ 26C and the fun at mid speed, With the stock air cooling use to be 51C-55C and not at full load :eek:
I would recoment to anybody who wants to try a cheap water cooling solution

PS. My English are not that good but you can get my point (kngt)

[Rytr]

Your English is perfect to me...35C on a Prescott got my attention! :cool:

[MikeC]

Got my attention too. Nice job Brian. :)

[V. Slayer]

Thanks for the feedback, everybody. I can proudly say I'm no longer intimidated by putting wet things next to electricity. ;) This system was just really easy to install, and it cooled everything down. I'd recommend it for a casual modder. More advanced modders might want to take a look at Clay's article here (http://www.nvnews.net/reviews/watercooling_polarflo/).

[Clay]

Yeah neither one of us knew squat about water cooling a month ago. :D Proof positive that anyone can do it and have a lot of fun and cooler/quieter systems in the process. :cool:

[SLippe]

Great review! I too, have never used watercooling and have always been somewhat afraid to install one. I mean, come on, water and electricity that close together? Anyways, I would love to do something like this in the near future.

One question about this particular kit. Does the water block have to screw onto the mobo? I ask because my MSI K7N2 Delta-L has no holes around the cpu area. I have to use clips, like the stock kind, to install any kind of hsf.

[V. Slayer]

I ask because my MSI K7N2 Delta-L has no holes around the cpu area. I have to use clips, like the stock kind, to install any kind of hsf.

This kit does include a clip for the K7 motherboards. The manual has all the instructions necessary to install the kit in K7, K8, P4, and LGA775 systems. It even shows how to mount the radiator and fan outside the case if you don't have room inside, like in most mid-tower cases. Good luck, let us know how it goes.

[SLippe]

This kit does include a clip for the K7 motherboards. The manual has all the instructions necessary to install the kit in K7, K8, P4, and LGA775 systems. It even shows how to mount the radiator and fan outside the case if you don't have room inside, like in most mid-tower cases. Good luck, let us know how it goes.

Sweet! I'm not sure how much cooler I would run using this, but one thing is for sure, it would be a lot quieter! :D 5x80mm 1x90mm 1x90mmHSF 2x??mmPSUFs and 1x??mmGPUF