Thermaltake BigWater Water Cooling Kit

The base was smooth to the touch and showed no obvious imperfections warranting a lap job.  The factory lap job, while not a "shaver" was more than acceptable.

Hooking it all up

One thing that I have always liked about Thermaltake is the ease of installation for most of their products.  The only gripe is that the motherboard needs to be removed for installation on all but AMD XP applications.  As far as water cooling kits are concerned, motherboard removal is the norm so I'm not detracting points for this.  A large 'H' plate with multiple holes in it is attached to the underside of the mainboard.  A similarly cut 'H' shaped piece of Mylar and a piece of insulation (included) separates the metal mounting bracket from the board itself.  Four screws are fished through the back plate and secured via reciprocal nuts on the face of the board. 

Once this is complete, the water block is placed on your processor with a second 'H' plate on top of it.  This second plate is attached to the four screws by way of two nuts per screw. 

Here is a good shot to give you a better idea of how the hoses mate.  As we already noted, the lines are pushed on then a screw cap is tightened down around them to keep a firm seat.

This was just too fun not to include.  I'd say the included coolant and tubing is UV reactive.  Filling the system used only about 1/4 of the coolant Tt included in the kit.

Under Power

With the Thermaltake BigWater filled and powered up, let's get a few shots of the LED components.  A green LED graces the pump while a blue LED is in one corner of the water block.

Lastly, we have a shot of everything hooked up and powered on.

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Pg 1 - Introduction
Pg 2 - Components
Pg 3 - Installation
Pg 4 - Performance
Pg 5 - Conclusion