CoolIT Omni A.L.C. GPU Cooler Review

Cooling/Water Cooling by stefan @ 2010-11-02

The OMNI A.L.C. is an interesting no-maintenance GPU cooling solution from CoolIT; it features an interposer, which can be changed depending on the video card we are using, without the need to replace the whole product.

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A Closer Look Continued, Installation

On the same side as the pump we can also see the tubes going in and out of the radiator, for coolant circulation:

 

 

The other side holds a CoolIT 120mm fan, which pulls air through the radiator and out of the case:

 

 

The wiring is done in such a way, so both the pump and 120mm fan are powered from the same 3-pin connector, which can be connected to a fan header on the motherboard. Before connecting the OMNI, make sure that any fan control features like “Smart Fan” in the motherboard BIOS are disabled; if the pump does not receive enough voltage, it will not start, but the fan will rotate:

 

 

On the radiator we can find another sticker with the CoolIT logo, a serial number and the name of the product:

 

 

Installation

 

To test out the OMNI A.L.C. we will mount it on a Sparkle GTX 470 video card, which already has custom air cooling from the factory and was reviewed previously here. This particular cooling does not use the standard screws and the only ones we can see are the 4 used to fix the heatsink on the GPU. Before ordering the product, make sure that you also have these screws available, because the OMNI only has screws to fix the radiator in the back of the case:

 

 

After the original heatsink removal, make sure that there are no residues left from the old thermal compound:

 

 

Right before mounting the plate, we have to remove the protective plastic from the thermal pads, but also the transparent plastic cap from the GPU copper plate:

 

 

After we have aligned the holes, we can start inserting the screws and tighten them one by one (a total of 12):

 

 

When the installation is completed, we can see that the interposer plate was designed carefully so the parts that feature solid capacitors are exposed, to allow more ventilation:

 

The radiator, with the pump on one side and the fan on the other side, can be mounted easily in the back of the case:

 

 

With the help of the OMNI A.L.C., the 2-slot original cooling was converted into a single slot, which is a very good thing because this way we can have more space to install other expansion cards and, why not, for more ventilation:

 

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