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Unread 01-29-2005, 07:05 PM   #1
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Default Corsair using Swiftech parts?

http://www.corsairmemory.com/corsair/COOL_water.html

Looks like a relabeled Swiftech kit to me. Any reason why I shouldn't just buy my stuff straight from Swiftech?
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Unread 01-29-2005, 08:05 PM   #2
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Unread 01-29-2005, 08:50 PM   #3
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Ah. Didn't see that.
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Unread 01-29-2005, 11:42 PM   #4
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Looks like a relabeled Swiftech kit to me. Any reason why I shouldn't just buy my stuff straight from Swiftech?
Availability, price, support? Not sure on specifics yet, but I think that Corsair may do better on those aspects.
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Unread 01-30-2005, 02:17 PM   #5
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maybe we'll start seeing swiftech in compusa
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Unread 01-30-2005, 02:41 PM   #6
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Swiftech kits are still too complicated for the average Best Buy/CompUSA customer. Too much assembly required. I'm surprised Best Buy actually sells aftermarket heatsinks at all (they all really suck though). Maybe someday watercooling will find it's way to mainstream outlets, but in general the average Best Buy customer doesn't even want to open their PC up, no less put water near it. It amazes me that I can make $150 for assembling a computer for a coworker in under 4 hours, when an hour of it was installing and configuring XP and other applications and another 2 was screwing around with it.
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Unread 01-31-2005, 11:20 AM   #7
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It amazes me that I can make $150 for assembling a computer for a coworker in under 4 hours, when an hour of it was installing and configuring XP and other applications and another 2 was screwing around with it.
1+2=4 ?

Back to the topic, more exposure for watercooling is better for us - getting it closer to mainstream means lower prices.

My inlaws still look at me as if I am crazy by putting water in my computer. But they didn't mind when I built them a nice overclocked XP2500@2.2GHZ. Once the average Joe accepts W/C we will all benefit from it.
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Unread 01-31-2005, 06:01 PM   #8
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It took less than an hour to assemble it. The other 3 - 3.5 hours was spent installing XP and screwing around.
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Unread 01-31-2005, 06:18 PM   #9
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getting it closer to mainstream means lower prices.
lower prices for more mainstream products....

the only advantage i see is more r&d

high end cooling will always cost the same i think
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