Can anyone rate the primochill Typhoon III?

[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.

[viper2004]

Those look absolutely amazing. I will for sure be buying a black one. That first picture with the polished aluminum makes it look like an entirely different reservoir.

[Tsaroth]

Very very nice geno.

They look great. I can't wait to get mine up and running with the black face and the red.

Those are so gorgeous.......

The depth is like the difference between an attractive flat chested woman and a hottie with a FAT rack =)

[BoxGods]

Those look absolutely amazing. I will for sure be buying a black one. That first picture with the polished aluminum makes it look like an entirely different reservoir.

Yeah...in person, the polished one has a very strong Cylon Centurion like feel/look. thanks for the comment =)

Very very nice geno.

They look great. I can't wait to get mine up and running with the black face and the red.

Those are so gorgeous.......

The depth is like the difference between an attractive flat chested woman and a hottie with a FAT rack =)

Um...not to objectify women or anything...cause I would never do that but oh yeah!

[surfhick]

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

While you're at it. Would you mind asking if they can do bright yellow? Not gold but yellow. My case has a black/yellow theme. Black will work but yellow would be, well, just awsesome.

[millertime359]

While you're at it. Would you mind asking if they can do bright yellow? Not gold but yellow. My case has a black/yellow theme. Black will work but yellow would be, well, just awsesome.

Shazza got you in trouble it seems Geno.

[Waterlogged]

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

Hm, I seem to recall pointing that out a bit sooner.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...&postcount=222

[BoxGods]

ok box, you seem to be using alot of primochill things, i have most of my tubing as tygon which goes fro 3-4$ a foot, how does it compare to the primochill stuff for 2-2.5$ a foot?

Brian from Primochill actually took those pictures and mixed that dye bomb. I have never ordered their red before though based on those pictures I might

Their tubing on the other hand is very popular and I have used a lot of it. I used the tygon for years and I would go with the PrimoFlex LRT over it every time because it really DOES turn tighter radius's without squashing or kinking.

If it is good enough for $20K murder boxes...

Hm, I seem to recall pointing that out a bit sooner.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...&postcount=222

The incorrect brush direction was not really the point of his post Bai Fei so it doesn't matter who pointed it out first as long as it gets fixed =)

CoolerMeister has made it known he is not very fond of the T3 (which is his right) and he was being a gentleman by linking to his thread rather then making comments in this thread, which I appreciate and shows a lot of class.

As a product designer himself he holds me and the T3 to a different standard and anyone not sure about buying the T3 should absolutely read his thread before buying so they can make a decision based on as many views as possible.

I have added or corrected as many of the features and fixes he mentioned as I can. There is now a version of the T3 with a top port available, though many people who have actually had a chance to try the front ports are now saying they love them. He thought the pump mounting plate should be thicker and new T3's will be shipping with a 3/8" mounting plate instead of a 1/4". He also thought there should be a notch in the side for cases with the optical drive installation training wheel tabs so users didn't have to bend the tabs back. Missing that notch was a mistake on my part no bones about it. The down side of injection molding is that once you have spent 25K on the molds what you have is what you get. For the foreseeable future people with those cases will just have to bend the tabs back or get the XSPC Dual bay (which I have been told he prefers or is pleased with).

The Phillips/cross point screws are being changed out also for the socket head hex which I wanted originally also.