Experience with Innovatek?

Onyx · 02-23-2002, 07:54 PM

I was thinking about purchasing an Innovatek kit with the Enheim 1048 and was wondering if anyone here owns it already? Are they a solid company and does it peform well?

Brad · 02-23-2002, 08:36 PM

from what I've seen it does perform quite well, and they are a good company, but I think that their stuff isn't worth the shipping time and cost all the way from Germany to the US. If you live in England, or Europe in general, I'd look into buying one

Onyx · 02-23-2002, 08:51 PM

www.highspeedpc.com

They are in the US and carry their kits...

That is why I am still considering purchasing the kit.

Jonas · 02-23-2002, 08:59 PM

hmmmpf. small tubing, crappy rad, and odd mounting system. i say no. but hey i generally frown on "kits".

Brad · 02-23-2002, 10:22 PM

the mounting system is quite good, but yeah, apart from the block and their eheim resivoir, there is nothing they do that is good

AL666 · 02-24-2002, 05:55 PM

Come'n Brad $70 + shipping is too high for a block with 1/4" fittings.
You can almost buy two Swifty MCW372 or DD Maze1 blocks for that price .

and I checked out their kit for $250 which includes Eheim 1046 (not 1048, it's $15 extra) + res, that radiator with "I'm a bad performer and am bulky, too" written all over it and VINYL TUBING. READ = EXPENSIVE , NO CORRECTION = 250 for this kit is RIDICOLOUS

I saw a better performing kit for an amazing price over @ cooltechnica.com when I pre-ordered my BI Xtreme (finally and it's chrome plated, too ayayay

. It includes Maze 2, Black Ice prime, Eheim 1048, Arctic Silver 3, water wetter, 10ft silicone tubing and clamps and stuf for $174....
Now that's what I call a good kit...

Al

Brad · 02-25-2002, 12:16 AM

if it is german it is automatically expensive, look at their cars

as I've said before, their block may be good, but it is expensive, the rest of their stuff isn't too good

Onyx · 02-25-2002, 12:48 PM

Only real reason I was considering it was because of the resevoir and this being my first watercooling project... If I go for an inline system... how does the "t" work? Somone have any pictures of their system and how the t works to fill.

dacooltech · 02-25-2002, 01:25 PM

pro/staff Unaclocker has a good article on the subject.

http://www.procooling.com/articles/h...op_h2o_s.shtml

but i don't recommend F&B system and building yourself a res is much easier.

Here's a procooling style RC Tank:

more details here:
http://www.procooling.com/articles/h...-_page_3.shtml

AL666 · 02-26-2002, 09:24 PM

well f&b system is not all bad, but adding a res to the system is much easier...
and don't waste your money over the innovatek kit, just because of a stupid res.
if you don't want to build yourself a res, you can always purchase it seperately...

well it's your money and innovatek kit will be your loss, but just my 2 cents...

Onyx · 02-26-2002, 10:50 PM

thanks for the input, ya I am a bit scared about doing an inline system but then i figure isn't that what its all about? So i'm gonna take the challenge.

AL666 · 02-27-2002, 12:19 AM

NP;0)

in the beginning I was a bit scared, too but it's all fun...

what kind of a rig are you building?
are you going to run water in an SGI or what? that'll be fun

Onyx · 02-27-2002, 08:13 AM

Check the sig

AL666 · 02-27-2002, 07:13 PM

cool...
well your nick is onyx so I thought you're an SGI guy or something

Onyx · 02-27-2002, 08:03 PM

sorry... i still try

AL666 · 02-28-2002, 01:41 AM

sounds good

02-23-2002, 07:54 PM	#1
Onyx Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 12	Experience with Innovatek? I was thinking about purchasing an Innovatek kit with the Enheim 1048 and was wondering if anyone here owns it already? Are they a solid company and does it peform well?

02-23-2002, 08:36 PM	#2
Brad Thermophile Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Nuu Zeeelin Posts: 3,175	from what I've seen it does perform quite well, and they are a good company, but I think that their stuff isn't worth the shipping time and cost all the way from Germany to the US. If you live in England, or Europe in general, I'd look into buying one __________________ 2x P3 1100's at 1400, Abit VP6, 2x Corsair 256mb PC150 sticks, 20gb 'cuda ATA-III, 2x 40gb 'cuda ATA-IV in raid 0. 20" Trinitron. No fans 2x 2400+ at 2288mhz (16.0 x 143), Iwill MPX2, 2x Kingmax PC-3200 256mb sticks, 4x 20gb 60gxp in Raid 5 on a Promise SX6000. Asus Ti4200 320/630. Cooled by Water

02-23-2002, 08:59 PM	#4
Jonas Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Jackson, MI Posts: 94	hmmmpf. small tubing, crappy rad, and odd mounting system. i say no. but hey i generally frown on "kits". __________________ "...as soon as you're born you start dying; so you might as well have a good time..."

02-23-2002, 10:22 PM	#5
Brad Thermophile Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Nuu Zeeelin Posts: 3,175	the mounting system is quite good, but yeah, apart from the block and their eheim resivoir, there is nothing they do that is good __________________ 2x P3 1100's at 1400, Abit VP6, 2x Corsair 256mb PC150 sticks, 20gb 'cuda ATA-III, 2x 40gb 'cuda ATA-IV in raid 0. 20" Trinitron. No fans 2x 2400+ at 2288mhz (16.0 x 143), Iwill MPX2, 2x Kingmax PC-3200 256mb sticks, 4x 20gb 60gxp in Raid 5 on a Promise SX6000. Asus Ti4200 320/630. Cooled by Water

02-24-2002, 05:55 PM	#6
AL666 Cooling Savant Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: The City Posts: 104	Come'n Brad $70 + shipping is too high for a block with 1/4" fittings. You can almost buy two Swifty MCW372 or DD Maze1 blocks for that price . and I checked out their kit for $250 which includes Eheim 1046 (not 1048, it's $15 extra) + res, that radiator with "I'm a bad performer and am bulky, too" written all over it and VINYL TUBING. READ = EXPENSIVE , NO CORRECTION = 250 for this kit is RIDICOLOUS I saw a better performing kit for an amazing price over @ cooltechnica.com when I pre-ordered my BI Xtreme (finally and it's chrome plated, too ayayay . It includes Maze 2, Black Ice prime, Eheim 1048, Arctic Silver 3, water wetter, 10ft silicone tubing and clamps and stuf for $174.... Now that's what I call a good kit... Al Last edited by AL666; 02-24-2002 at 06:32 PM.

02-23-2002, 08:51 PM	#3
Onyx Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 12	www.highspeedpc.com They are in the US and carry their kits... That is why I am still considering purchasing the kit.

02-25-2002, 12:16 AM	#7
Brad Thermophile Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Nuu Zeeelin Posts: 3,175	if it is german it is automatically expensive, look at their cars as I've said before, their block may be good, but it is expensive, the rest of their stuff isn't too good __________________ 2x P3 1100's at 1400, Abit VP6, 2x Corsair 256mb PC150 sticks, 20gb 'cuda ATA-III, 2x 40gb 'cuda ATA-IV in raid 0. 20" Trinitron. No fans 2x 2400+ at 2288mhz (16.0 x 143), Iwill MPX2, 2x Kingmax PC-3200 256mb sticks, 4x 20gb 60gxp in Raid 5 on a Promise SX6000. Asus Ti4200 320/630. Cooled by Water

02-25-2002, 12:48 PM	#8
Onyx Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 12	Only real reason I was considering it was because of the resevoir and this being my first watercooling project... If I go for an inline system... how does the "t" work? Somone have any pictures of their system and how the t works to fill.

02-25-2002, 01:25 PM	#9
dacooltech Pro/Vendor Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: NYC Posts: 267	pro/staff Unaclocker has a good article on the subject. http://www.procooling.com/articles/h...op_h2o_s.shtml but i don't recommend F&B system and building yourself a res is much easier. Here's a procooling style RC Tank: more details here: http://www.procooling.com/articles/h...-_page_3.shtml

02-26-2002, 09:24 PM	#10
AL666 Cooling Savant Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: The City Posts: 104	well f&b system is not all bad, but adding a res to the system is much easier... and don't waste your money over the innovatek kit, just because of a stupid res. if you don't want to build yourself a res, you can always purchase it seperately... well it's your money and innovatek kit will be your loss, but just my 2 cents...

02-26-2002, 10:50 PM	#11
Onyx Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 12	thanks for the input, ya I am a bit scared about doing an inline system but then i figure isn't that what its all about? So i'm gonna take the challenge.

02-27-2002, 12:19 AM	#12
AL666 Cooling Savant Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: The City Posts: 104	NP;0) in the beginning I was a bit scared, too but it's all fun... what kind of a rig are you building? are you going to run water in an SGI or what? that'll be fun Last edited by AL666; 02-27-2002 at 12:21 AM.

02-27-2002, 08:13 AM	#13
Onyx Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 12	Check the sig __________________ 1.4 AHYJA @ 1.725(11.5*150) 29idle/32 load '+.025' Alpha PAL8045U w/Detla 46 cfm Frozen 360 case 512 mg Crucial 2100 @ cas 2 Soyo K7V Dragon+ 2ba1 SB Live! Onboard Lan Kicks Grass Gainward Geforce3 [250/575] IBM 60gxp 60 gig Windows 2k w/ sp 2 logitech z-560's

02-27-2002, 07:13 PM	#14
AL666 Cooling Savant Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: The City Posts: 104	cool... well your nick is onyx so I thought you're an SGI guy or something

02-27-2002, 08:03 PM	#15
Onyx Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 12	sorry... i still try __________________ 1.4 AHYJA @ 1.725(11.5*150) 29idle/32 load '+.025' Alpha PAL8045U w/Detla 46 cfm Frozen 360 case 512 mg Crucial 2100 @ cas 2 Soyo K7V Dragon+ 2ba1 SB Live! Onboard Lan Kicks Grass Gainward Geforce3 [250/575] IBM 60gxp 60 gig Windows 2k w/ sp 2 logitech z-560's

02-28-2002, 01:41 AM	#16
AL666 Cooling Savant Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: The City Posts: 104	sounds good

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