Koolance Case...? Good or bad
 

Custom building a water cooling system isnt for me, what do you think about the koolance cases, or the new koolance exos???

sure those are OK cases, but where's the fun?

You must want a quiet system :D

As overclocking I don't believe is the Koolance strong point.

Build it yourself for much better results and lower cost. It isn't hard to do, trust me. The hardest part is attaching the damn block to your CPU correctly, and the Koolance cases don't help with that. If you can turn a screwdriver, you can make a decent system.

I have to disagree :)

Hardest part for me was routing the tubing so it won't kink or get in my way...since I went with vinyl tubing.

And for reference, my system is homebuilt running a D-Tek Sprial block and idle temps are 38-39, a quick game of Quake 3 Arena is 41-42 degrees.

Noted. I forgot about that part. Getting the mobo in my case around the tubing is also a real biotch.

"Silence" is only marketing hype in this case. Instead try a flowmaster kit from DTek or any other kit (BeCooling, DangerDen etc..). They usually come in a Antex SX1030 case, pre-mounted. All you have is to add a mobo and PC components. Koolance cases are not performers, and they are not silent either.

The water cooling components went in last in my system...but if I upgrade...oh boy. Out comes everything...and possibly a redesign.

Also, you may want to look into the CoolTechnica AquaXtreme setup. There is a review here: http://www.procooling.com/reviews/ht...e_review.shtml

don't understand how everyone that just gets into watercooling wants koolance, now its that exos... i mean like gmat and others point out, there are a lot of good kits, alot of prebuilt ones even. of all those mentioned, swiftechs kit hasn't even been mentioned. don't think they cost alot more than koolance. is a bit like Bose on the hifi speaker front. lots of marketing hype.


(btw, didn't want to sound cocky, i wanted koolance too, when i started, luckily i they were never in stock in the shop i wanted to buy it, so i had to go homemade. nothing but kool experiences since then)

the AquaXtreme case that I mentioned is based off of Swiftech parts. So it was not forgotten :D

thanks for the info, i think i'll try custom...