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Originally Posted by HAL-9000
The Alphacool kit you linked to here looks fine to me Pug. I don't know what all the fuss is about. Swiftech has a dual 120mm radiator as well in their kits. And any deficiency between the rads I think is somewhat made up by the fact it looks like a MCP600 pump looks to be a more capable and robust unit than that pump in the Alphacool kit.
One thing that I find kind of strange though, that kit costs 270 Euros...in Europe. Currency conversion tells me same price without shipping and import costs would be $330 in dollars factory direct from Alphacool. For $350, I can get a MC5002-PT and Meanwell power-supply with the Swiftech kit again factory direct. In other words, for very near the same money, the Swiftech kit will crush that Alphacool in temps. Now I know that going off into pelt world is in no way part of this, but that Alphacool kit is really expensive for the parts! Why so much moolah for that thing, even at local Europe prices? Ouch! |
that price includes VAT at 16% (the rate in germany...) so the pre-tax price (which would apply to an exported kit) would be just under 233Euro... just under $288...
sadly watercooling stuff is more expensive this side of the pond
a meanwell alone goes for about £85 plus VAT here - nearly $158.....
these are the prices of swiftech kits in the UK...
http://www.overclock.co.uk/customer/home.php?cat=540