Koolance Exos, a newbie system?

[DazzXP]

Anyone using one? How well does it cope with overclocking w/ G200 GOLD waterblock. More so for Athlons. Is it also easy to setup, i mean from a newbies point of view, i have heard on the first run is to power on the system without the water block attached to the CPU, while leaving the HSF on of course and let the water pupm around the system first to check for leaks and removal of air bubles.

Some insight would be helpful thanks.

[AngryAlpaca]

Overclocking or easy? That's for you to decide. The Koolance IS easy, but it's not great. It's not very upgradeable, it's expensive, it's only as good as an SLK900A.

[DazzXP]

Hmm, it's just my board doesn't have mount holes which makes decent HSF hard to get.

[sandman]

Look at it this way, you can get a new motherboard, and a top of the line heatsink or low end watercooling and have it be the same price.

[Techmasta]

Swiftech MCW5000-A doesn't need mounting holes. It uses clips.

[DazzXP]

This review shows it doing quite well and on a Koolance EXOS system :) http://www.cooltechzone.com/reviews/cooling/mcw5000_1.php so long as my load temp is 55C or under i am happy :)

[texuspete00]

You'll spend over a bill on 55C?

wanna buy an AX7?

[AngryAlpaca]

Hmm... What can get 55C or under... Hmm... ANYTHING?

[mdzcpa]

I've personally seen a number of Exos and Koolance cases in action, and they actually do quite nicely. My buddy has his 3Ghz P4C running at 3750 24/7...and it's VERY quiet. Even if a big hairy, high cfm HSF unit could match the cooling....it would be waaay to loud. Noisy air cooling is just not cool anymore.

Another thing is simplicity and ease of use...also very good on the Koolance units.

Now, you could probably build a better system yourself for the money. It's up to you if your time is worth the money you might save, or the performance you might gain. It's all about what you intend to do with the system, and what your expectations are.

[Cole]

Originally posted by AngryAlpaca
It's not very upgradeable - SLK900A.

How so ?
The Koolance waterblock can fit on any CPU ie Intel/Intel Xeon/AMD and Athlon64 just gotta change the bracket. They also bring out new blocks all the time to go with new technology. For example their new one to fit Radeon 9800 and FX5900 cards. I got to 23K using one so I'm happy even if it's not the best. Looks better than a SLK900A though.

[AngryAlpaca]

I was referring to the 1/4" tubing. Once you get it, you're stuck with the components, or you're replacing everything.

[DazzXP]

I managed to find this thread again :) Well i got it and it's a pretty decent peformer. Athlon XP 2500+(1.83) @ 2.45GHz 1.85v

44C idle 48C heavy load.

Alot better the what i thought i would get :) ANd i can boot up at 2.5GHz but will need more voltage after all my board only gives 1.8v but overvolts to 1.85 :) I don't mind overvolting i just hate undervolting which my P4 setp by huge amounts, 1.8v = 1.7v :mad:

Also it only took a couple of hours to install including stripping the computer :) It was sooo easy to set up i never even had to read the instructions much :)