What do you think about Koolance cases?

[Manoj]

Are the Koolance cases good for overclocking?

PC2-601BW

http://www.koolance.com/products/product.html?code=CCS-A04

or

PC2-901BW

http://www.koolance.com/products/product.html?code=CCS-A08

Or is it better to get the Koolance Exos Al and use my existing tower case?

http://www.koolance.com/products/product.html?code=EXT-A03

I want to cool my Athlon 64, Northbridge Chipset and my Radeon 9800XT.

What do you guys suggest?

[Dajo]

dont get koolance.. If you want to get a complete case get at Swiftech

[Major]

Koolance are fine for use as an everyday PC with mild OC, but don't expcet to do too much better than "good" air cooling with it.

If your looking for a good water setup you should consider just buying the parts you need and DIY

BTW you don't need to cool the chipset on the A64 ;)

[Manoj]

Originally posted by Dajo
dont get koolance.. If you want to get a complete case get at Swiftech

You mean the Quiet Power barebone?

http://www.swiftnets.com/products/liquid.asp

I thought it was discontinued.

I know a few sites where I could order one anyway.

Is it really better than the Koolance cases?

[Manoj]

Originally posted by Major Slaughter
Koolance are fine for use as an everyday PC with mild OC, but don't expcet to do too much better than "good" air cooling with it.

If your looking for a good water setup you should consider just buying the parts you need and DIY

BTW you don't need to cool the chipset on the A64 ;)

I have a Vapochill PE but since there is no kit for Athlon 64 and I have no skills to build my own Kit, I am left with just the Zalman CPU heatsink.

I want something better.

So I was considering a water cooling case for overclocking.

I prefer to have a built case with water cooling as it is easier for me to setup. I don't have much experience with water cooling.

[Manoj]

Is this any good?

AquariusIII External Liquid Cooling System

http://www.thermaltake.com/coolers/aquarius/a1681.htm

I can use this for cooling my Radeon 9800XT only.

What do you think? Is it any good?

[Marci]

Another factory pre-fab job... they rarely offer the performance of a good DIY kit...

[Manoj]

Originally posted by Marci
Another factory pre-fab job... they rarely offer the performance of a good DIY kit...

I prefer to have it done easy for myself.

I am a nut and I have no confidence in building my own water cooling case.

What do you honestly think is better?

The Koolance Exos AL or the Thermaltake AquariusIII External Liquid Cooling System for cooling my Radeon 9800XT?

I have the Swiftech MCW50-T GPU water block already. A friend sold it to me.


So now I want to use the Swiftech MCW50-T and I want a good water cooling kit.

Will the Koolance Exos AL or the Thermaltake AquariusIII External Liquid Cooling System do a good job for the Radeon 9800XT and MCW50-T?

[Kosmic]

If you want easy, stay with swiftech. You already have the water block, so you can get a swiftech kit to go with it and everything will match. This way you save yourself the headaches of parts not matching up, etc. and you'll still get "better than air" performance with low noise.

[Cole]

I am using a Koolance. Sure it's not meant for overclocking, but my 2.4C already does 3.6 on air so the water just gives me a bit more peace of mind plus I added their new GPU block to the system and got higher than with stock cooler. If I had Vapochill money I would have gone for that though or Mach1. It is really easy to setup though if your a noobie.

[Teus]

a friend of me had a PC2-C. he could overclock a bit, but that not much. he gave me the PC2-C case (for free!) but kept the top unit and blocks offcourse

it's a nice case. a bit heavy, but nice. too bad I can't put a fan in the front

[solo]

koolance is severely underpowered

the block doesn't work well, and the tubing restricts flow

if you want a kit get a dtek, they actually have good parts there