Can anyone rate the primochill Typhoon III?

[Utnorris]

Here is mine, maybe this will give you an idea of why say bleeding was a pain for me. My system is nowhere near being done, probably never will be.

[BoxGods]

Which T is the red one above? Cause that looks like a Spread Eagle Y to me

I might be in the market for some fill port type Ts soon....and being transparent would be a huge plus.

Call the leg with no tube on it 9 o'clock. If the waters main path were from the 9 o'clock leg to the 3 o'clock leg with the 6 leg being just a fill port leg...well not so good obviously, Now if the 6 leg was feeding the 3 and 0 o'clock leg then you get very clean lower restriction flow. The better choice for a fill port type T would ba a pass through or straight T.

Ok, so since we are all still waiting for Skinnee to release his official review I thought I would share my observations now that I have it setup and running with my system up and running also. Now, first this is by no means scientific and may or may not reflect your results or even Skinnee's. That being said, here is a list of my components:

Hardware:

Rampage Extreme II
I7 920 @ 4.2Ghz with 1.28v Vcore
6Gb Dominator GT 2000Mhz @ 8-8-8-24 2t Timings
3 x GTX280 Asus Top
Intel X25-M 80Gb SSD

Cooling:

CPU Sub-loop
Heat Killer Cu 3.0
Thermochill PA120.3 with 3 x San Ace Fans at 5v

GPU Sub-loop
3 x EVGA Hydro Copper Full Cover water blocks in parrallel
Thermochill PA120.3 with 3 x San Ace Fans at 5v

RES/Pump:
Typhoon III with D5 Vario

3/8" ID, 1/2" OD Masterkleer tubing with Koolance QD's and BP Compression fittings.

Ok, so now we have the hardware listed, here is what I have observed so far and again this is in no way scientific.

The Good:

1 - Much better flow than my two MCP355's with XSPC tops, specifically on the CPU loop.

2 - Cleaner setup due to one res/pump combo.

3 - Temps on my GPU loop have gone down by a couple degrees.

4 - Looks sweet even with the stripe across the res.

5 - Less expensive than running two separate loops with separate res' and pumps.

The not so good:

1 - CPU temps didn't go down. This is probably due to the limitations of water cooling. I think I have hit my max without either doing a push/pull configuration or shrouds, both of which would be a tight fit.

2 - It's a B**ch to bleed. This is mainly due to me having such a large case and a lot of heavy equipment in the case that makes it hard to turn on it's back. Also, I think the remaining air bubbles are having baby bubbles since I can't seem to bleed it completely, close, but I still have a couple of bubbles.

3 - Fat base fittings require a new o-ring to make a proper seal.

So in conclusion, while my CPU temps did not improve my GPU temps did. This is probably due to the I7 being a very hot processor, however my GPU temps did improve probably due to the increase in Rad space being shared by the CPU loop that the CPU was not using. While there were a few things that I was disappointed in such as the white stripe, after I got it setup those things were easily forgotten by the overall performance of the unit. Remember, I am getting at least the same results and in the case of my GPU's, better results than I did with to separate loops. Up until now I would have called BS on this, but seeing is believing. I think the Typhoon III sets new standards in what we can expect from water cooling especially from a single loop divided into to two loops. Before doing this I would have stated that a dual loop would be the best option where isolating the CPU by itself would be ideal. After setting this up I am now convinced that is not the case and this single pump/res combo is equal too, if not slightly better than two individual loops. If I had to put a rating on the Typhoon III it would be:

Performance: 10 out of 10
Cosmetics: 7 out of 10 due to the white stripe and it not having LED holes.
Ease of setup: This is one is complicated since it cleans up the loop, but I found it a PITA to bleed compared to other pump/res combos I have used such as the XSPC res top, however I would still give it a 8.5 out of 10 in this category.

Overall: 9 out of 10 in my book because I value performance more than anything else and it definitely lives up to the performance expectation considering it is a single loop at heart and easily keeps up with a separate dual loop configuration.

So there you have it. Again, this is not scientific, nor will it necessarily reflect results from anyone else. I hope that this helps those that were sitting on the fence decide as I am very happy with my setup.

Thank you very much for taking the time to post.

Sorry that bleeding the loops is harder on your big rig. My goal was for it to be a VERY easy to use setup for novices and casual water coolers with typical cases. If it is easier then more guys will take make the jump into liquid cooling--more people liquid cooling is good for us for obvious reasons. Having never built a case that large/heavy I have no experience that direction. I do have a lot in a normal case size though and front fill ports will always be easier IMHO.

The fatter O ring is for the bitspower fittings you are using right? Just wanted to make it clear the supplied compression fittings work fine =)

Do you know the size of the O ring you used so I can add the information to the directions?

Again, I know you took a good deal of your time to write/share you impressions, thanks. Rigs killer btw...now I want to do a fat cuber lol.

But once it is bled it looks so good.

NICE!!!

Wait till you see the billet aluminum face plate machined from a solid 1/2" thick plate.

[Vapor]

Call the leg with no tube on it 9 o'clock. If the waters main path were from the 9 o'clock leg to the 3 o'clock leg with the 6 leg being just a fill port leg...well not so good obviously, Now if the 6 leg was feeding the 3 and 0 o'clock leg then you get very clean lower restriction flow. The better choice for a fill port type T would ba a pass through or straight T.

Yeah, I get that's not the fill port T, but is that the "high flow true T" or a third kind? Just never seen one like that before, hence I called it a Spread Eagle Y

[BoxGods]

Yeah, I get that's not the fill port T, but is that the "high flow true T" or a third kind? Just never seen one like that before, hence I called it a Spread Eagle Y

I am betting you just like saying "spread eagle"

The straight tee just doesn't have that central splitter that gives you the Y impression your getting I think.

[millertime359]

The fatter O ring is for the bitspower fittings you are using right? Just wanted to make it clear the supplied compression fittings work fine =)

Do you know the size of the O ring you used so I can add the information to the directions?

Only problem is you are limited to 2 sizes of tubing and he wasn't using one of those. I may be redoing my loop and seeing I already have compression fittings for the 7/16" 5/8", I hate to get rid of them. When I get this, I will be in the same boat as Utnorris in not being able to use the ghost fittings.