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Aguatec Blue Ice CP-102 aka Water-X

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Having read nothing but bad things about this cooler, I was bound to find out if it was true. My local HW store informed me they had them in stock. So out I went and got this gruesome duo. Water/Aircooled Heatsink Action ahead...

http://www.madshrimps.be/gotoartik.php?articID=63

this kind of watercooling isn't really good at all... if you want some decent performance, at least a 80mm heatsink/fan and a cupper base are needed

this low-quality unit already costs quite much (60$ in US) so the price of a decent one would go up real quickly

rofl
suckiest cooler ever :)

the idea is good, but the lack of real life expience of the designers drowned the cat.

they need a copper base, a larger radiator and a bigger fan (some of those outer-ring mechanism thingies)

TMD fans like the one I had on the Swiftech :)

water-x aka crap.
I can't beleave I wasted my money on this.. my bad should of read the reviews first.

the main problem with this is the lack of air flow and water circulation. you can add a 2nd fan on top this helps out.
i'm working on finding a way to add more water and a 2nd reservoir.
http://webslut.net/water_x_cpu_water_cooler.html

If I were you I would try to sell the unit & get yourself a small working watercooling kit :)

thermaltake / poseidon or other. We have a roundup @ [M] with 3 of those kits, should be finished this week!

1 addition: alu + cu doesn't give corrosion as long as alu and cu don't touch eatchother. So, when there is something like a pvc or silicone tube in between, there will be no corrosion.

when the 2 do touch eatchother, problems will arrise.

(i discussed this with a professional "sanitair-guy" and my father in law who knows almost everything about installing water/heat/airco systems).

I thought the water transports ions, and so it starts breaking down the softest material of them?

i thought so as well, but it seems it doesn't when there is no fysical contact between two sorts of metal.

hmm seen enough forumthreads of people using water in a alu/cu watercooling setup where there was corrosion :-/

=)

strange, cause i didn't have any corrosion on my system at all (had it for about a year).

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Use distilled water. If you are mixing types of metals (copper block with aluminium rad, etc...) then you should add Water Wetter, or Purple Ice, or some other such corrosion inhibitor. If it's all copper, then you can use pure distilled water.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...ht=corrosio n

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For normal H20 cooling (no pelts, etc.) the best liquid is water. Antifreeze will actually raise your temps - very bad at heat transfer. Anyway, I would only use antifreeze for corrosion protection (if you have copper and aluminum) but if you run all copper, water and water wetter or purple ice or Hy-per Lube would be best.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...ht=corrosio n

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Water wetter is mainly to stop corrosion and bacteria. I have run plain distilled water and noticed corrosion on my metal components. Everyone has their favorite mix but I would strongly suggest some kind of additive....even soap as stated above for bacteria.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...ht=corrosio n

yah, ok true, i thought there was at least some kind of additive in that cooler as well.

what i was trying to say is that a lot of people think that even with a coolingfluid or waterwetter your CU will be eaten away when you mix metals in a H20 setup, and that's not true.

mmm, even if you don't mix metals you should use an additive, cause destilled water ain't 100% bugfree eather, nor are your cables, nor are any of the other parts in ur H20 setup.