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Originally Posted by killernoodle

You could build a fanless setup much cheaper and have it perform better than that thing.

true, but ordering parts from different places, spending time on setting it up is not an option for me.

Originally Posted by killernoodle

Pressure drop really has nothing to do with the cooling ability of a waterblock. The internal structures and the design have an outcome on the pressure drop of the block, but if a block has a lower pressure drop it will be able to flow more water.

so you are saying the flow rate of the water doesn't effect performance?

Originally Posted by gone_fishin

To get it to perform up to acceptable standards, add a heatercore to the loop and then throw out the shitty little pump for a better one and all you got left is a fancy looking resevoir. But yeah, I would lay odds that the block isn't much either.
Have fun throwing your money away, seems to be a trend.....don't forget your golden water to put in there.

looking at the review @ bit-tech, the reserator is on par with the thermalright sp94 heatsink with a burning prescott cpu. the objective of the reserator is to cool silently, i do believe that with the same amount of money, better setups can be achieved. but the investments in terms of time and effort isn't worth it for me. and since it performs on par with the BEST fan cooling solution out there, i'd say it is an acceptable standard.

not to mention, there won't be any need to mod the casing to fit the heatercore/rad, drilling of holes to fit fans, barbs, tubes etc. and at the end of the day there won't be any noise.

for its intended usage it seems to perform very well to me. last i checked this is a forum to discuss watercooling, low or high end. if these forums are only limited to high end watercooling discussions then i believe i have come to the wrong forums.

Originally Posted by AngryAlpaca

Yeah Karma is right. What you can't get is performance and quiet in a case for a decent price. The Zalman reserator will get you a silent PC. It will be crap for performance, though. You know how I know it will be crap, without looking at a review or handling one myself? Because Zalman explicitly states "not for high performance cooling." If they don't state that, then the thing is probably crap. If they do state that, you've got a sure thing.

again, performance on par with the BEST air cooled heatsink is NOT crap. but compared to the best watercooling setups then it is pretty crappy.

you guys are saying a car is slow because planes can go 10x faster. thats a stupid remark if you asked me. the car is not slow, just that it has a different intended usage -- and for what it is intended for it is fast enough. but of course thats just me.

Originally Posted by Got KarmA?

I beg to disagree. It just doesn't come cheap, or small, or easy to maintain.

its not cheap, its not small. but i'd say its easy to setup and easy to maintain. do look through the review and its manual before coming to quick conclusions.