The Coolit Freezone

HeavyH20 · 09-02-07, 10:26 AM

Well, there are more than a few of us who have tried out the Freezone. Some of us are still using it and others have abandoned the product altogether. It is a decent concept, but the Coolit, in stock form, is a little lacking.

I made some modifications to mine with the most important change being the 92 to 120 mm adaptor and high capacity, sub 20 db, 120 mm fan. Those two items, a $20 investment, really improve the system performance. I also used a spare CPU block I had laying around, but that part did not really do much aside from allowing me to use the stock 775 mounting apparatus.

Performance is now improved by about 10C at idle and load. So, a pretty good change. Details can be found here.

09-03-07, 06:06 AM

I've shied away from these due to problems folks have had, but this makes me reconsider. Nice work!

Slammin · 09-04-07, 02:40 AM

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Originally Posted by DarthBeavis

weaksauce. if you want to go sub-ambient then either really do it or not. I just got my rebuilt vapochill from my buddies at Team Next Gen (world class overclocking group). They completely overhauled it for quad level cooling performance (new condenser, new evap head and enclosure, R507). Hell, my phase unit is weaksauce compared to a cascase unit but at least it can pull down a quad to well below zero without kicking the bucket.

A cooling system that mounts like a regular HSF, silent, requires no insulation job, and cools better than good water is something I'd love to have.

Sounds like we are getting there.

09-04-07, 12:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Slammin

A cooling system that mounts like a regular HSF, silent, requires no insulation job, and cools better than good water is something I'd love to have.

Sounds like we are getting there.

+1
This would more than meet my needs. Hopefully Coolits next version will take something like this into consideration.

09-04-07, 01:11 PM

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Originally Posted by grey_1

+1
This would more than meet my needs. Hopefully Coolits next version will take something like this into consideration.

+2. I am not a big overclocker but I would be interested in that as well.

09-04-07, 01:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Bearclaw

+2. I am not a big overclocker but I would be interested in that as well.

I wanted one pretty badly til reports started filtering in. But Heavy is the first I've seen that posted a good solid fix and results. I'm sure others have, I just never looked.

I may reconsider now....

haloeighty8 · 09-19-07, 12:27 PM

Well I came across this thread right now, and thought I'd add my 2cents to this. After running a freezone on my quad cpu for roughly 4 months here are the results!. I had originally been running it on a x6800 with no problems, then upgraded to a qx6700, that's when the freezone told me.. uh no!, And decided to wash my system with coolant.

I've been in contact with coolit's tech support and after many back and forth call's and emails "most calls not returned I might add!', they have sent me one of there newer units fitted with norprene tubing. Now will I use it? I dunno.. it's still sitting here in the box. In fact once I recieved the new unit I called tech support to ask a question. Left my number and once again.. no call back. Tempted to but unsure after that mess it left me with. So well see..

Some damage shots for your viewing enjoyment!.

**DiscipleDOC** · 09-19-07, 01:28 PM

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Originally Posted by grey_1

I've shied away from these due to problems folks have had, but this makes me reconsider. Nice work!

I've used mine for a long time and have not had one problem with it.

haloeighty8 · 09-19-07, 01:47 PM

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Originally Posted by DiscipleDOC

I've used mine for a long time and have not had one problem with it.

Doc,

I think dual core is fine, this thing just can't handle the heat output of a quad core cpu basically is what it comes down to.

**DiscipleDOC** · 09-19-07, 02:10 PM

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Originally Posted by haloeighty8

Doc,

I think dual core is fine, this thing just can't handle the heat output of a quad core cpu basically is what it comes down to.

Gotcha. Before I go quad, I will need to find a good cooling solution.

shabby · 09-19-07, 05:06 PM

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Originally Posted by haloeighty8

Well I came across this thread right now, and thought I'd add my 2cents to this. After running a freezone on my quad cpu for roughly 4 months here are the results!. I had originally been running it on a x6800 with no problems, then upgraded to a qx6700, that's when the freezone told me.. uh no!, And decided to wash my system with coolant.

Ouch, did it fry anything?

haloeighty8 · 09-19-07, 06:34 PM

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Originally Posted by shabby

Ouch, did it fry anything?

You know what suprisingly it didn't.. I mean it was a mess to clean up but everything was fine aside from a few blue stains!

09-02-07, 10:26 AM	#1
HeavyH20 Hardware Addict Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 477	The Coolit Freezone Well, there are more than a few of us who have tried out the Freezone. Some of us are still using it and others have abandoned the product altogether. It is a decent concept, but the Coolit, in stock form, is a little lacking. I made some modifications to mine with the most important change being the 92 to 120 mm adaptor and high capacity, sub 20 db, 120 mm fan. Those two items, a $20 investment, really improve the system performance. I also used a spare CPU block I had laying around, but that part did not really do much aside from allowing me to use the stock 775 mounting apparatus. Performance is now improved by about 10C at idle and load. So, a pretty good change. Details can be found here. __________________ QX9650 \| EVGA 790i Ultra \| 4 GB DDR3-1600 \| EVGA GTX 260 Core 216 Tri SLI \| CoolMax 1200 Watt PSU \| stuffed in a CM Stacker 832 NV Edition with a Dell 3007-HC

09-03-07, 06:06 AM	#2
grey_1 Guest Posts: n/a	Re: The Coolit Freezone I've shied away from these due to problems folks have had, but this makes me reconsider. Nice work!

09-19-07, 12:27 PM	#7
haloeighty8 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Los Angeles, California Posts: 129	Re: The Coolit Freezone Well I came across this thread right now, and thought I'd add my 2cents to this. After running a freezone on my quad cpu for roughly 4 months here are the results!. I had originally been running it on a x6800 with no problems, then upgraded to a qx6700, that's when the freezone told me.. uh no!, And decided to wash my system with coolant. I've been in contact with coolit's tech support and after many back and forth call's and emails "most calls not returned I might add!', they have sent me one of there newer units fitted with norprene tubing. Now will I use it? I dunno.. it's still sitting here in the box. In fact once I recieved the new unit I called tech support to ask a question. Left my number and once again.. no call back. Tempted to but unsure after that mess it left me with. So well see.. Some damage shots for your viewing enjoyment!. __________________ My Heatware Intel Core i7-980X Extreme @ 4.33 \| ASUS Rampage III Black Edition \| Corsair Vengeance 24GB DDR3 1600 \| Galaxy GeForce GTX 680 SLI \| Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium HD \| Corsair H100 - Push /Pull Config. \| Corsair Obsidian Series 800D \| PC Antec TruePower Quattro TPQ1200 \| LG Blu-ray Burner \| Corsair Gaming Audio Series SP2500 \| Das Keyboard Pro \| Logitech G9x \| Intel X25-M 80GB \| Western Digital VelociRaptor 300GB \| Dell 3007 WFP 30" LCD \| Win7 Ultimate x64 \| Sennheiser HD-595 Premier Headphone