Thermaltake Symphony Mini Water Cooling Kit

Test Bed #2: (P4 Prescott)

• Intel P4 2.8GHz Prescott

• Chaintech Zenith V915P mainboard

• Albatron GeForce 7800 GTX

• (2) 1024 MB DIMM of OCZ EL PC4000 Gold

• Western Digital 200gb SATA HDD

• Generic DVD-RW drive

• Silverstone Lascala LC10 HTPC Case

• Windows XP Pro SP2

Conclusion

Shortening the Symphony went a long way in making it more manageable while keeping it big enough that it will always be a topic of conversation should you have guests.  It was quite nice to see that the reduction of fans and radiator size didn't hurt the phenomenal performance of the Symphony Mini either.  The full size five fan Symphony was already ultra quiet; what do you call 3/5 of ultra quiet?  Double secret ultra quiet?  You get the point though.  The Thermaltake Symphony Mini brings great performance in raw cooling power and silent operation to market and couples it with attention grabbing looks.  The quick connect hoses, traditional 'H' water block bracket with near universal application, high radiator capacity; the list goes on and on.  One last that bears repeating; don't forget that Thermaltake feels so confident in their quick connect hose lines that they ship the Symphony Mini already full of coolant.

The only real downside of the Mini will be price.  The MSRP of the Tt Symphony Mini has yet to be released but I wouldn't expect it to be cheap.  That and what will shipping costs will be if Joe User buys this online?  Keep in mind however that top shelf performance never comes at bargain basement prices.  However, taking these two variables out of the equation leaves absolutely no reason why if you want to get into some big league pre-packaged uber cooling, the Symphony Mini is it.  Don't forget that the Symphony has an aesthetic style that blends into an entertainment center (a la HTPC) that its competitors can only dream of.  Thermaltake... two thumbs way way up on this one.

Pros

• Great performance

• Silent operation

• Near universal Intel and AMD application

• 'H' bracket mounting rocks!

• Triple 120mm cooling fans

• High coolant capacity

• Gorgeous water block base finish

• Quick connect hose lines

• Dual 12v pumps

• Radiator, cooling fans, reservoir and pump all tucked nicely away in cooling tower

Cons

• Shipping costs will be scary

• Price and availability questionable at present

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