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Exos 2 review

Ok, I cant Get the AIR out of my Exos2 unit, it sounds like some one takeing a pee all the time, you cant leave the cap open with it on, water goes every where, anyone got any idea in detail what I need to do ?
 
Like James said, add more water. Also after you do that and it's running, pick up the E2, and tilt it in all directions for a bit to help dislodge any bubbles.

The original Exos was designed to have a bit of an airpocket in the res, and the E2 is probably the same.

As a last resort, you may want to swap the hoses going into the E2 unit, and see if changing the direction of the water flow makes a difference.
 
ok, I have the Exos2 basically leaning to the right, I put a few manuals under it so its tilted to the right, and its super quiet, but once I remove them and its level its back to tall that noice, it appears to be full



thanks
 
as long as the air isnt flowing through the tubes then its not going to hurt performance, if you want to get rid of it for good then head to lowes or home depot and get a 3/8" t-line and make sure the tubing coming out of the top of the tline is at the highest point in the system. use a funnel to add some water and after a few minutes itll bleed the air bubbles out.this is essectially wha the resevior is supposed to do when you have the funnel in it but it doesnt always work so well.
 
Can you guys post some more pics? I'm very interested in the Exos 2!
 
I installed a Swiftech Fill and bleed kit, the pump doesnt have enough power to use it, I am at a lost what to do, Koolance said I have it to full, I am so tired of hearing the pee sound
 
I got an Exos 2 last week and installed it in my system and I have a question.

I have a Athlon 64 3000+ and the 300-V10 waterblock.

Previously I had an Alpha PAL8xxx (whichever one was made for the A64) with that and a moderate flow 80mm fan I got a 2.0Ghz idle temp of around 96F, now, with the Exos 2, which cost me a total of $425, right now, 2.0Ghz, its 98F and every bit as loud (if I set the fans to lvl 1 then it goes up to 101F).

Also under load it jump up right up to where the Alpha sat under load.

So I gotta ask, is this REALLY how its supposed to be?
I mean, $425 and it performs EXACTLY the same as a $35 HS and $10 fan????
And its just as loud as the setup too.

Am I just doing something wrong? By your numbers it doesnt look like I am but a friend has a koolance case and a AXP 2500+ overclocked 600Mhz and his temps are still lower than mine.

Anyway, not to jack your thread or anything just thought since you had one too maybe you would know what I should expect.
 
the first thing everyone is gonna say is "are you suing arctic silver 5?" that shouldnt make as much of a difference as ppl think it will but it wont hurt. if you are suing as5 it takes time to set and temps will drop over the next few days. you also need to re seat the block and make sure its getting good contact with the cpu and you arent using too much or to lil thermal paste. just enough to cover 50 percent of the cpu in the center should be fine. also depending on the board they always have heat sensors that are off. if the temp sensor is located under the socket like many are its not going to temps of the actual cpu because thats not what is getting cooled and it could actually be higher with watercooling since there isnt any air blowing on or near it. try draining the unit and refilling it also makingsure there are no obstructions inside the block or anywhere else. hope i could help
 
Thanks for the reply.

Yes I'm using AS5, I put the absolute minimum on it. I thought maybe it wasnt seated properly so I reseated it and in the process reversed the flow (inlet was on top after reseat it was on bottom), no change over several days so Sat. I ripped it ALL out, CPU waterblock and all the tubing, drained the whole thing, thought maybe I was over anxious and filled it wrong.

After I put it all back together I filled it in multiple stages letting the air filter out for at least 10 minutes a round, then when it was "full" (they said not to fill it above 1/2" from the top) I let it run again for 10-15 minutes, then I tipped the case on its side and let it run another 10-15 minutes.

No difference.

I mean, looking at the temps the OP posted it looks like my temps are pretty close. Except he has a 2500+ (1.83 or 1.8 correct? so thats at or near 600Mhz OC just like my friends setup, and I'm running 1.45vcore on the CPU at 2.0Ghz) overclocked QUITE a bit.

The only things I can think of right now are mechanical failure, something in there isnt doing its job. Poor CPU contact, which I dont see how it could be, plus the sensor attached to the waterblock isnt running that cold either. I have about 4" too much tubing in the system but considering some of the setups I've seen I have NOWHERE near as much tubing as they have and I cant imagine it makes that much difference anyway.

I emailed koolance tech support Sat. so if I dont get a reply sometime tomorrow I guess I will call him.

I am pretty frustrated with this setup, I mean $425 is a LOT of money for the same amount of cooling and the same amount of noise....and I know its not really that much cooler and the sensor is just off (have an MSI K8N Neo Plat. btw) because it wont do 2.2Ghz watercooled and it did 2.1Ghz air cooled, so....

Hopefully someone out there can help me, I am so very disappointed with this so far. :(
 
James Earl Ray said:
My mantra: Its not too hot, if it dont lock up. :D
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I second that mantra..plus its not too high, if over volt not kick in......until I can pass 700 on core :D
 
Mike EFix said:
If your temps were already below 100F, why did you deceide you needed water cooling ?
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Well for starters the air cooler was kinda noisy (about as noisy as the koolance is at fan speed 6) and it didnt scale all that well, plus its nowhere near the temps I should see with a watercooler.

I know the Alpha was a very good cooler, and it afforded me a reasonable amount of overclocking but it was loud and topped out quickly. This koolance SHOULD perform better that it is, thats just plain and simple. Everyone I know who has this setup has slightly lower temps than me....but they are running 600-700Mhz overclocks....theres no way my STOCK speed temps should be this poor.
 
I just got an exos al and can't hook it up yet due to the move, but I was wondering if now will i be able to OC with less voltage or will it require the same 1.6V as it did before? Thanks.
 
normally if you have better cooling and the processor is at a lower temp, then it will require a lil bit less voltage, but usually thats only the case with phase change. with the exos its not really lowering your temps much but more lowering the amount of heat you can take away from that cpu and how it scales from there. enabling you to add more voltage and keep it at a stable temperature. for example you may be able to run at 2.8ghz with 2v on air but your temps would be really high like prolly in the high 50s to 60s depending on the hsf, but with the exos you might be able to keep that same overclock around 40-45 degrees celcius.
 
For what its worth the people I know personally who run Exos/Koolance systems find something other than that to be the case (obviously I havent because the POS doesnt seem to be working right lol).

My old roomate has one of the case, a 420 I think, and his 1.83Ghz AthlonXP wouldnt do much over 2Ghz, 2.1Ghz was pushing it and it ran hotter than holy hell.

With watercooling he still has the VCore jacked way up but its running 2.45 and about 96F at idle, thats WAY better than air cooling could have afforded him. Even at stock his 1.83 ran around 100F with a fairly decent air cooler.

At stock clock with water cooling in runs like 81F.

So basically it will very possibly afford you the same level of overclock at a lover core voltage and cooler temps, but if you bump the core voltage up and are ok with temps approaching what your system would normally run then you can, YMMV aside, get higher speeds.

Maybe I just didnt read the previous post correctly though. Got a headache thats driving me nuts so my reading comprehension may be making me look stupid ;)
 
I am REALLY looking into this Exos-2 system. I've had a Swiftech H80 system, but i want something more quiet, reliable (leakage, etc) and something that doesn't take the entire room up in my case.

Any info on the dB of these things? Water running noise? etc? Thanks!

-Shaun
 
DogChainX said:
Any info on the dB of these things? Water running noise? etc? Thanks!
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I second this. I would like to build a recording/gaming PC and so i dont plan to overclock, but i wonder how quite i can get with the Exos-2
 
It's pretty quiet.....My loudest part is the psu and HDD. I have found that mode 3 is the highest i need to go!

M
 
Well, I finally got my Exos 2 running flawlessly after I got all the air leaks out.

It's great because it's VERY quiet, if you have the resovoir filled, there is almost no water noise and the fans are deadly quiet. My power supply fan is MUCH louder, and it's drown out by the HDD noise. The only problem is the darn blue LED's. I got the system because I couldn't sleep from the fan noise from my air cooled setup. now I can't sleep because of the damn bright blue LED's on the resovoir and display.
 
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