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Thermaltake Aquarius II Water-Cooler Kit Manufacturer: Thermaltake
Technology By Dean Barker (12/14/2002)
Introduction Water cooling used to be the line that separated the men from the boys in regards to aggressive cooling. And small wonder, some of the original water cooled kits were crude and came with fat disclaimers absolving their makers of any responsibility for damages incurred by their use. Several uses for super cooling are apparent, to cool a CPU Peltier (TEC unit), to get our processor temperatures down from insane overclocks, or simply as a quieter alternative so we could have our machines in the same room as the one we slept in AND be able to sleep with the machine on. As with everything else, progress in the development of water coolers has matured over time. Several water cooling kits are commercially available now that have benefited from this maturation. The last water cooler kit I played with two years ago, burning up two processors before I decided to cut my losses and put it back in the box. I can still smell the aroma of fried TBirds that when fried smell remarkably like the smell of toasted almonds. Today we have Thermaltake’s new Aquarius II Liquid Cooling kit. This is an all in one package. Tt seems to be marketing their system as a way to combat the annoying sound of high powered heatsink/fan combos the majority of folks currently employ. With markings tagging the Aquarius at 29dBA this seems obvious. Let's dive right in and take a look at the Aquarius II.
The box the kit comes in is no bigger than a woman's shoe box. As you can see, the system is rather compact. What kind of effect will this have on performance we will have to see.
Included in the kit you will find all the parts necessary to hook the Aquarius up to either your AMD Athlon or Intel P4 / P3 System, pretty much any modern socketed chip. Let's take a few minutes to look at the central three components, the water-block, radiator, and the pump. Water-Block Specifications
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