Hailea HC-500 or HC-1000 Any Good For Water Chilling?

[Rodriguez]

Answer is ........HC1000 will cool everything in my sig to below 12 degrees C. Beyond that point, condensation raises it's ugly head. HC500 will only bring it down to 20 degrees under full load.

It actually works much better if you turn off all your radiator fans. I now run normal watercooling when doing mundane stuff, CPU temp is 40 degrees C @ 4.2GHz, but turn on the HC1000 when I start gaming and raise the QX9650 to 4.4GHz with temps at 17degrees C.

Hailea thermostat is set to 17 degrees to get this. Whatever you set at the thermostat is what the water chills to.

It's a big sucker though and very load. needs to be in another room or put into an acoustically damped and well ventilated enclosure.

Hope this helps

Putting the same Chiller into a Rampage 2 Extreme, Core I7 extreme, Tri GTX280 ( all watercooled ) system next week and confidently expect to see the same results. Dual 4870X2's actually produce more heat then Tri GTX280's

Edit:- I tried the HC150 and it cooled the water down only 5 degrees, so do not waste your money on anything less that the HC500. This is a minimum standard if you are cooling big Graphics horsepower.

I previously used phasechange cooling but wanted a system that does not play up every second day due to condensation issues. this setup lets your precisely adjust temps to suit your heat load without the hassle of worrying about condensation screwing up your hardware.

Hi there

Finally found someone using Hailea chiller & I've got some questions.

I've bought the HC500 after returning the HC1000 unit (initially purchased)after I almost got divorced from my wife after she saw the size of that thing & totally refused to have that in our apartment.

I haven't installed it yet cause I'm waiting for some fittings. After seeing the flow requirements (2000l/h) for the HC500 chiller & checking pump options + flow restrictions, etc. I still have some doubts:

I'll be cooling my actual parts which are:

Core i7 965 : Swiftech GTZ
Rampage II : Swiftech NB MAX
SLI BFG GTX280HC2O: DD Tieton

For the pump:

The shop which I purchased the chiller from, recommended the following pumps for the chiller instead of my original choice of 2x D5 Brasstop in series:

2x DDC 1+(4.7m 600l/h) assembled in EK Dual Turbo Top

The shop confirmed that their testing with the chiller showed much higher flow with Dual DDC 1plus than with double D5

Other: 1/2 ID Tygon tubing


I've been watercooling for years but this chiller is something new for me so my questions are:

What pump combination have you found to be ehough to push the water through various blocks but mantaining the minimum chiller flow rates to prevent ice formation on the chiller outlet?

Is there any issue in using a normal size res (Koolance 200mm)? I know some people recommend to use a 30 litre res in order to have enough cool water to be able to switch off the chiller for some time, but at this moment I'm not ready to convince my wife to add yet another huge ugly piece of plastic in our house.

Is it necessary to insulate the tubes to/from the chiller? At what temperature delta have you seen condensation?

Any quality problems with the Hailea chiller during your use period?


Thanks