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quite the unit and by a reputable manufacturer for once. If this works well it will quickly become a popular alternative for overclockers and heavy gamers

It is good. Buy it. Buy it now! Ehem...

While Corsair is a good brand, I would never trust a prefab unit to move water through my sensitive electronics.

If you're not willing to go through the effort to set up your own water cooling system, then you probably shouldn't be putting water in your computer.

Leave it to the guys at HardOCP and OCN to decide if this is safe to use, or even if it boasts any real gains. (Lower end water cooling components often don't really give an advantage over a cheaper and safer third party air cooling alternative)

#3 is right. I was just kidding. I bought a noctua myself. I'm a bad person.

this unit is actually quite good from the reviews that i've read. uses minimal power for the pump and fan combo since the fan is low rpm. it was tested against a full tower cooler with a much faster fan and this one came quite close. but price wise, i'd stick to air cooling unless of course you have no room for a full tower cooler.

Can I mount this thing on top of my Corolla 1981 engine head? Cool down a little bit, perhaps...

I'd trust this alot more than any hand-made crap that #3 hacks together

Good reviews on this product
for many people that worry about the leakage, this one is a sealed enclosure, which means no need for DIY coolant, so you just screw onto the motherboard and a 120mm case fan slot, then off you go.
one more thing about this cooler is it meant to be compete with some high end heatpipe cooler, not the REAL complete water-cooled system.
So i personally think, for $75, great cooling ability and off-load the weight on the motherboard is a great buy

Actually, it looks like this is $70 with free shipping.

#7, that's the point: You shouldn't trust somebody else to make your water cooling system for you. If you don't trust yourself to do it, you'd be wise to avoid water cooling.

I know a number of people who have bought pre-packaged complete water cooling kits and had other people do it... who had it leak eventually. There's a small chance, granted, but there's still a chance.

Less of a chance if you do it yourself.

Also, water cooling is higher maintenance than air cooling. For the most part, air cooling is just getting the dust out every now and then. Water cooling you need to make sure your tubes aren't getting brittle or worn, nothing is getting loose, drain the system to clean it, etc. etc.


Water cooling is great - if you want to put the time and effort into it. If you want instant gratification water cooling for a couple degrees drop at full load (which you won't be pushing unless you like folding, most likely) for the ePeen factor, then you can use this. You most likely won't fry anything, but it's riskier than doing it yourself.

if it's pre-filled and closed-loop, wouldn't it get hot over time? just my 2 cents.

these things tend to have nearly the same performance as a good ir setup

http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1025/1/

There is a review by a worthwhile site.

You can make your own decisions from that.

tnok85, based upon your convoluted logic, you must have built your own CPU, and built your own RAM, and built your own PS, and everything else. Yeah, right. This unit was built because of the success of other no-mess, no-fuss (sealed) CPU water cooling units just like it on the market that have proven to cool as well (and usually better) than enourmous, noisy air coolers. It's easy to install, quiet, very effective, and cheaper than the latest-and-greatest behemoth air coolers. Once the GPU version becomes available, the massive air cooler fad will finally die. You should too.

I'd be very interested to see a GPU version of this. I'd probably pick that up. I'm quite happy with my air cooled CPU but I worry sometimes about overheating my GPU since they don't get quite as much attention on the cooling side of things. You frequently find underrated fans on graphics cards for a part of the system that is doing a serious amount of work. Good idea #14

Sealed or not, I'd rather use a bigger/faster/better fan than put water inside my electronics and I would NEVER cobble together a DIY solution and expect it to last for four years.

Coolers like these have been produced for OEMs for sometime now. Their performance is on par with the better air coolers in the same price range.

The risk of a leak is greatly exaggerated by some on this forum. The units are self-contained, you do not need to clean them or change the coolant etc. There is no maintenance except to blow dust out of the radiator out.

Because these have small radiators you do not get the performance that you get from a more expensive home built water coolers. What you do get are: quieter operation, less weight on the motherboard, better access to the motherboard (behemoth air coolers tend to obstruct ram slots), and lower case temps because CPU heat is moved outside the case instead of blown inside and then vented.

They build cars everyday with water cooling (motorcycles too) and you deem they can't build a decently compact water cooling system for computer that doesn't it get jarred by potholes operate or in extreme environments. Not too often, when properly cared for modern cooling systems on vehicles don't have problems. So I see the whole leaking issue mute, pump life/noise that's where I might have long term concerns, then the whole thing is junk.

Well, except that ‘94 Camry I had, one day at 60K found it with a facture in the plastic top tank on the radiator. I or no one else had that hood open for good 6-8 weeks; I do all my own repairs, and nothing touched that radiator. It just had a split and that was it. I have to say that was the worst car I've ever owned. The weirdest crap just failed and it was always expensive (even with friendly discounts). I'm digressing…

As to this water system it's a novelty, that bestrides what the right air cooler can accomplish for the give application. I'd like it in a media center enclosure where a nice quite system that gets the CPU heat out of the case would have merit, but it's something you might not easily make fit. While you wouldn't need it as you'd have a low watt CPU. It's not a system that will have you attaining OC'n stratosphere either. So it's just a neat little system that can supplant a quality cooler and fan, and it might provide a slightly lower dBA against most standard “lower cost” air/fan coolers.

Geez #14, that's a little hostile.

CPU, RAM, GPU, etc. etc. all come with warranties if they malfunction thanks to the creators.

The premade water systems.. if they spring a leak and wipe out your system, they're not going to replace anything.

Take it if you want it, but it's a risk. Wishing death upon somebody for having a conflicting opinion... you must be a politician.

I found a few other reviews, and they seemed to like it pretty well. I have an Aspire X-Qpack 2 case and I 'think' it will fit in there fine... it has a 120mm fan in the same place as the reviewer's system did. I think I would be paranoid as hell for awhile about leaks, but probably forget about it within a week or 2.