Vantec Stingray Watercooling Kit Review

Cooling/Water Cooling by easypanic @ 2005-09-29

Vantec surprises us with their first all-in-one water cooling solution. They are entering a rather upcoming popular segment of cooling aspects, as computers get faster and hotter. Can this kit keep our computer fast and cold? Let?s find out ,shall we?

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Presentation

Introduction:

Vantec offered us the possibility to take a look at their all-in-one water-cooling kit, the Stingray.

This company has come a long way offering various air cooling products. Water cooling is of course another step forward for cooling your computer; let's take a look at what they have to offer:

Let's start with the box of course, being perhaps the less important item of the kit:

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A nice ocean blue box, but we need what's inside:

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First thing you notice, the manual ( I'd suggest you read if you are new to water-cooling) and about 2 meters of tubing. What's hiding in the middle is a funnel, very helpful in case you have to fill up a reservoir with a tiny hole.

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The box at your right unveils a cooling lubricate, labeled as Vantec's home made coolant:

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Also inside are lots of clips and other material to mount the various water blocks and Vantec's own thermal paste. You'll also notice a PCI bracket which has 4 holes where you can nicely insert your tubing, no drilling necessary.

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Let’s take a closer look at all the ingredients of this kit ->
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