Thermaltake Bigwater Kit $112!!!

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I was searching for reviews of this kit, being a noob to water cooling, and came accross this price $112 alot cheaper then any other place I have seen. I ordered it but somone else brought something to my attention, if you look below there is a link where you can order it for $105 Shipped!!! Great Price for this kit. Great starter kit plus has great reviews (see below).

This sucks. THey removed it from ewiz and the price was bumped on space website.

http://www.spacecentersystems.com/c...68854?osCsid=3668dcd1471577cbff963f8b3c000a24
 
I really want to get this kit and a antec 120mm case. On the other hand the cpu market has been in the shits for the last 18months. So anthing new isnt gona be faster, different, but not faster.
 
I just ordered one so only 8 left at this price. 199 reviews on pricegrabber.com for this e vendor.
 
PS, from now on I'm going to PM you before I order something... lol :)
 
You can most probably cancel.

I doubt the company will ship befre tomorrow.
 
Dont bother.
From everything I have read/heard, thermaltakes water cooling kits are MARGINALLY better, if any than a good hs/fan unit.
 
Davenow said:
Dont bother.
From everything I have read/heard, thermaltakes water cooling kits are MARGINALLY better, if any than a good hs/fan unit.
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I've heard that this is true for the Aquarius 2, but I haven't read any reviews on the BigWater.

Personally, I'd build my own kit for around $75-100 (although there is probably more work involved).
 
Jawadali said:
I've heard that this is true for the Aquarius 2, but I haven't read any reviews on the BigWater.

Personally, I'd build my own kit for around $75-100 (although there is probably more work involved).
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I tried to build a custom kit using parts and keep it really cheap but the cheapest I could get was 180 (TDX DangerDen CPU Block, Frozen CPU Resivore and Radiator + Panaflow fan, and a Hydor waterpump (not 12V so have to plug it into strip))

Here is a review I found so far... I'll keep looking http://www.overclockercafe.com/Reviews/cooling/Tt_Bigwater/

More:

http://www.xtremecomputing.co.uk/review.php?id=41&page=3

http://www.corelimits.com/reviews.php?review=10

http://gruntville.com/reviews/wc/thermaltake_bigwater/

http://www.bjorn3d.com/read.php?cID=725&pageID=1155

Accessories:

http://www.overclockercafe.com/Reviews/other_misc/Bigwater_Accessories/
 
TehQuick said:
Ewww, aluminum rad and copper block... The worst combination ever!
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Um they make something else? Never seen an all copper rad before, alum block would suck. Is brass any better?
 
Thanks, Ive been looking for this unit. The rad and block are cooper not aluminum. I've read alot of reviews on this kit, and they were all favorable. Not for extreme clocks but better than most HSF and very quiet according to most reviews.
 
Tempting... I've traditionally never been interested in water cooling and always saw it as over the top. More recently, however, I've been humoring the idea, and want to set up an old rig with water just to see what I can do with it, and get a guage for later experiments...

Someone said that this rig will only marginally out perform air cooling, but I don't have a cooling problem. What about noise? As of now, my main rig runs frigid, but it's expected with the ammount of copper and the rediculous number of fans I've got. Sounds like a helecopter most of the time. I'd like to go to water to reduce noise, help with cooling, and hopefully reduce the dust, since there won't be anything to draw it into the case in the first place. That, and without the need for good airflow, I'd likely opt for a smaller case for this rig. It's currently in this, with some modding for additional airflow.

Can anyone comment on this rig, or any other for that matter, with respect to those things?
 
SilenceEchoed:

I have the BigWater, infact that Bjorn3D link above is my review. :D As far as out performing air cooling, I had a Swiftech MCX6400-V that was performing great and keeping very quiet, but the BigWater is even quieter, if not silent, and cools a few degrees C more than the Swiftech. As far as dust, I can't really comment since I am running the Thermaltake Shark case at the moment, and its side is virtually wide open. All in all, I am very happy with the kit.
 
I have nothing but awesome things to say about spacecentersystems. They cancelled my order and no damage was done. Not one dime. Really really happy that they were able to do it so fast.

I will order from them in the future.
 
For those who are trashing this I think you missed to original post. Its a good starter kit. May may or may not have detailed knowledge about the ins and outs of WC'in. At this price its a great deal. You cant put together a kit cheaper than this.
 
blk95civicex said:
SilenceEchoed:

I have the BigWater, infact that Bjorn3D link above is my review. :D As far as out performing air cooling, I had a Swiftech MCX6400-V that was performing great and keeping very quiet, but the BigWater is even quieter, if not silent, and cools a few degrees C more than the Swiftech. As far as dust, I can't really comment since I am running the Thermaltake Shark case at the moment, and its side is virtually wide open. All in all, I am very happy with the kit.
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I read that review and I was wondering what fan you had on your Swiftech that yielded those temps.
 
I have this kit as well and have been pretty satisfied. very quiet, my A64 is running between 27 and 31 degrees celsius. It was very easy to assemble for a watercooling novice like me. A couple things to note -

- the radiator/ fan housing is BIG. it just fits in my Lian Li PC61,and i had to move some stuff around.

- if you want to test it, you will have to have a way to power it up (a working molex connector) AND a motherboard-style fan header. Fry's and the like sell molex - to - 3 pin header adapters, one is NOT included in the kit.

- you may get better cooling performance if you flip the radiator fan over from the stock position, and shift the order of flow through the components to be pump>radiator>block.

It was pretty easy to install (A64 3000, Asus A8N SLI Deluxe) and is pretty easy to maintain. I dont think i would use it if i was seriously overclocking or running fluid through more than one waterblock as the hose diameter is kind of skinny, and the pump is not super powerful.

But if you just want to keep your machine cool and quiet, it seems quite serviceable. Also i paid more than $105 plus tax or shipping or whatever.
 
ST|FFY said:
I read that review and I was wondering what fan you had on your Swiftech that yielded those temps.
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I used an AeroCool 8025 aluminum housing fan spinning at 2750 RPM according to Winbond's Hardware Doctor. This was really quiet, but worked like a charm.
 
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