Can anyone rate the primochill Typhoon III?

[millertime359]

Man Geno, this thing really is a breeze to fill and bleed. I've gotten the hang of it now seeing I have drained. filled . and bled this thing, I think like 8 times already. I found that if you slowly fill and pinch the tubes it seems to help. The only annoying part is getting the first initial amount of air out of the pump inlet. Once you do that, the thing bleeds nicely.

[BoxGods]

Sorry your getting put through the ringer wit that ASUS board...I have never had an issue with them so lucky so far.

[millertime359]

Sorry your getting put through the ringer wit that ASUS board...I have never had an issue with them so lucky so far.

Yea, I went out to MicroCenter this weekend and got the Gigabyte board. The more reviews I read, showed some of the same issues popping up with the Asus maximus board. I couldn't find anything bad about the Gigabyte board (outside of the color scheme). The board was a healthy clocker and even though it didn't perform as well as other P45 boards that cost more, it was still hanging with them. I'm just going to send that striker board back in and put it on Ebay when it comes back.

[TheGoofyOne]

I was using Feser 1. Not sure how I missed that when doing my research.

I have ordered another Typhoon III and will use distilled water only.

Thank you for bringing this to my attention.

I have also sent another email to Brian at Primochill advising him to disregard my complaint.

[BoxGods]

I was using Feser 1. Not sure how I missed that when doing my research.

I have ordered another Typhoon III and will use distilled water only.

Thank you for bringing this to my attention.

I have also sent another email to Brian at Primochill advising him to disregard my complaint.

That is funny (not that you used the feeser one) that Brian just emailed me saying he found your email in the spam folder of another email account so I popped in here to post that he found your email...and here is your post.

Don't feel bad about missing the fesser fluids thing, quite a few people are and at least you manned up and said my bad...a lot just swear they didn't and blame the T3. I hope Brian gives you a break on the price of the new one just for being an honest guy.

[millertime359]

can the primochill typhoon III be used with the old school mcp600 pumps? or is it strictly meant to be used with the d5?

It is designed for the D5 as a pump top with combined res. Yes you will need a D5 for this.

[millertime359]

So G,

When am I going to get my hands on one of those black faceplates.

[Chumbucket843]

Yea, I went out to MicroCenter this weekend and got the Gigabyte board. The more reviews I read, showed some of the same issues popping up with the Asus maximus board. I couldn't find anything bad about the Gigabyte board (outside of the color scheme). The board was a healthy clocker and even though it didn't perform as well as other P45 boards that cost more, it was still hanging with them. I'm just going to send that striker board back in and put it on Ebay when it comes back.

join me in quest to end asus put the asus image url in my sig in your sig and save people from deadly taiwanese engineering.

[millertime359]

join me in quest to end asus put the asus image url in my sig in your sig and save people from deadly taiwanese engineering.

I'm not mad at them. Their RMA department has treated me just fine and has been very helpful. (Once I got past the guy that didn't even know what a motherboard was and the other guy that really wasn't listening to me. )

I just wish that would put the same amount of time they put into making it look good into making it perform without issues, so I didn't have to RMA it twice.

[Meatpuppet]

Not to try and pull things somewhat back onto topic, but is there any news about the faceplate for the TIII?

[DarthBeavis]

join me in quest to end asus put the asus image url in my sig in your sig and save people from deadly taiwanese engineering.

Asus rocks IMHO. I proudly BUY their products for my personal rigs. I also had dinner and hung out with a couple of their people at QuakeCon.

[Jon K]

Is everyone happy with the T3? I didn't go with this product mostly due to timing and because I found another that did the same thing at least as good if not better for cheaper... but I wanted to know if anyone regrets not going with the XSPC dual bay ddc res

[millertime359]

Is everyone happy with the T3? I didn't go with this product mostly due to timing and because I found another that did the same thing at least as good if not better for cheaper... but I wanted to know if anyone regrets not going with the XSPC dual bay ddc res

Well, you can't call the XSPC cheaper. In order to run parallel loops with a XSPC, you need 2 pumps. The T3 only needs 1 pump to run parallel loops.

I'm plenty happy with mine. It was a great investment. it really cleaned up the inside of the rig and the temps have been solid.

Asus rocks IMHO. I proudly BUY their products for my personal rigs. I also had dinner and hung out with a couple of their people at QuakeCon.

My P5N-D works just fine. The Striker II Formula was the board I was having problems with. The main reason I just got the Gigabyte was that I started to read reviews about it and the Maximus II Formula and saw that the Gigabyte perform great and was half the cost. I also saw that people were having some of the same issues I was having with my Striker, so I decided to just get the Gigabyte. No ill feelings toward Asus, just felt more comfortable wtih the Gigabyte.

[rambler358]

Is everyone happy with the T3? I didn't go with this product mostly due to timing and because I found another that did the same thing at least as good if not better for cheaper... but I wanted to know if anyone regrets not going with the XSPC dual bay ddc res

I went with the XSPC dual bay res/dual pump top, so no experience with the T3. It was mainly about having dual pumps for a dual loop setup, and the T3 didn't offer it.

[mrcheeky]

Much of respect to BoxGods, for such an great and innovative product!

It is also great for confusing n00bs like me, when i first stumbled across this product, my mind was instantly trying to find innovative ways to use Typhoon III, and after bit of brainstorming i came up with this idea: single loop with two pumps, T3+D5 acting as two pumps instead of one! Like T3 -> CPU -> Rad -> T3 again -> GPU -> Rad -> T3..

After few minutes of planning the loop further, realization struck: my great plan was ultimately simple parallel loop and this thingy had been planned to do that all along, no big innovation hath been discovered, and i was left blushing at my own stubidity..

[Spinzaku]

by reading this whole thread i got a little bit confused in the middle xD as there was so many drama's and trolling... a quick question :x

If i wanted to cool my gpu for example 2x 285's normally we would do 2 loops, 1 for cpu alone and 1 for gpu alone, so we have to buy 2 pumps, 2 rads, more fittings, etc.

with the T3+Mp655 we don't need to buy 2 reservoirs nor pumps anymore ? less spending would be yay!

T3a -> Rad -> CPU -> NB -> Reservoir
T3b -> Rad -> 2x GPU -> Reservoir ?

[nypunkgeek]

by reading this whole thread i got a little bit confused in the middle xD as there was so many drama's and trolling... a quick question :x

If i wanted to cool my gpu for example 2x 285's normally we would do 2 loops, 1 for cpu alone and 1 for gpu alone, so we have to buy 2 pumps, 2 rads, more fittings, etc.

with the T3+Mp655 we don't need to buy 2 reservoirs nor pumps anymore ? less spending would be yay!

T3a -> Rad -> CPU -> NB -> Reservoir
T3b -> Rad -> 2x GPU -> Reservoir ?

Basically correct. It would be more like:

T3a -> Rad -> CPU -> NB -> T3a
T3b -> Rad -> 2x GPU -> T3b

[Spinzaku]

Basically correct. It would be more like:

T3a -> Rad -> CPU -> NB -> T3a
T3b -> Rad -> 2x GPU -> T3b

100% sure ? oh my... this is very tempting xD

basically just need to buy a radiator now.. don't need to buy anymore pumps, reservoirs, fittings etc.. O-o brilliant!

I assume using 1 triple rad for both gpu and cpu even with Primo won't be enough ? hehe

T3a -> Rad(1) -> CPU -> NB -> T3a
T3b -> Rad(2) -> 2x GPU -> T3b

[mrcheeky]

I assume using 1 triple rad for both gpu and cpu even with Primo won't be enough ? hehe

Could be, depends on radiator, fans, cpu/gpu/overclock etc.

[nypunkgeek]

100% sure ? oh my... this is very tempting xD

basically just need to buy a radiator now.. don't need to buy anymore pumps, reservoirs, fittings etc.. O-o brilliant!

I assume using 1 triple rad for both gpu and cpu even with Primo won't be enough ? hehe

T3a -> Rad(1) -> CPU -> NB -> T3a
T3b -> Rad(2) -> 2x GPU -> T3b

I would feel safe with two triples total for the system. I am currently running a triple and a double and have great temps with a 920, full classified block, and a single 285GTX all very overclocked.

[millertime359]

100% sure ? oh my... this is very tempting xD

basically just need to buy a radiator now.. don't need to buy anymore pumps, reservoirs, fittings etc.. O-o brilliant!

I assume using 1 triple rad for both gpu and cpu even with Primo won't be enough ? hehe

T3a -> Rad(1) -> CPU -> NB -> T3a
T3b -> Rad(2) -> 2x GPU -> T3b

Where are your temps right now? i forgot to ask you in your other thread. You might be ok with 1 360 for the CPU and NB and a 240 or 360 for the GPUs.

It is a nice piece. I enjoy mine.

Just waiting for BoxGods to stop slacking and get those faceplates done.

[BoxGods]

Face plate pics tonight. They fit awesome and look killer so PrimoChill is placing the order for at least a hundred shortly. The only issue I saw with the samples is that they got the brushed pattern going the wrong way...I was sure they would on the sample anyway lol so no big shock there.

My plotter is FINALLY back from the repair shop and I hope to have it back up and running today or tomorrow...so I should have the little paint masks ready to send out by the end of the week "ish" for those wanting to paint their T3's

[coolmiester]

Good job i pointed the brushed effect issue out last week in this thread otherwise Brian would have at least a hundred $30 paper weights on his hands and that would be an expensive faux pas in anyones book

[BoxGods]

Good job i pointed the brushed effect issue out last week in this thread otherwise Brian would have at least a hundred $30 paper weights on his hands and that would be an expensive faux pas in anyones book

Right, cause none of the rest of us would have noticed...

That's why we get SAMPLES though. The image your referring too was a render. Can't have too may eyes checking for mistakes before the money is spent. Always feel free to point stuff out as it's MUCH better to catch things before the chips start flying.

[BoxGods]

OK. Picture time woot. These are the first actual production samples. As CoolerMeister pointed out, the "grain" or brushed pattern in the silver and the black anodized versions is running left to right, but it will run up and down in the final ones--these were just to verify the fit etc before the production run.

What you can almost start to get from the pictures is that the machined aluminum face plates have about a half inch of depth...it just looks amazing in person because you see that depth in the basins...it is not the typical flat faced acrylic reservoir with a thin "2D" face plate screwed on.

The finishes to start will be brushed and anodized silver and black and a polished aluminum.

The silver colors looked awesome with a blue fluid but no pics as the batteries in Brian's camera died =(

Also, the clear polycarbonate plugs that ship with the T3 are smaller and less obvious and look better IMHO. Brian has also asked me to design a custom metal plug that is smaller and uses a smaller wrench. Will post pics of those when they show up.


































The white line you see on the edge is light coming through from the T3 and obviously would not be there when installed in your case.

Also, I forgot to mention but it looks like the price will be under $30 USD which for a faceplate machined from a solid 1/2" thick chunk of aluminum is very reasonable in my book.

And yes Shazza...if you REALLY REALLY want one anodized pink, I will see if they can make one just for you.