ThermalTake CL-W0065 Silent Water Cooling System

This thing really works

Strengths: Price is awesome for what it does, cools really well. Very quiet on the low to mid speed settings. Comes pretty much ready to go, no extra parts to buy. Looks very cool.

Weakness: Maybe the black tubes, kinda ugly. No water flow or level indicators. Other than that none really.

I was having a real hard time keeping my mobile athlon 2800+ OC'd at 2.3Ghz cool, temps were 48C idle and 62C load. Fast but way too hot. I even tried a Gigabyte Rocket 3D cooler(air) and an MSI mobile pad, but didn't get to acceptable levels. I threw this on(had a little struggle with backing plate but not too bad), fired up the computer and my temps have dropped to 38C idle and 49C under max...

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Awesome performance at an unbeatable price!

Strengths: Low price for entry level watercooling. Can outperform most air cooling solutions. Very long cables, should reach in any case. Most of the work is done for you out of the box, great for beginners.

Weakness: Loud fan! On the highest setting the fan for the radiator becomes fairly loud. Won’t fit in many cases when mounted to the back 120mm fan slot. Pump seems a little flimsy.

The price on this little water cooler simply cannot be beat, and the performance it delivers is top notch. On the low-to-medium setting (which can be controlled by the included fan control dongle) the fan’s noise is low but on its highest setting the fan becomes louder than most of the higher end air-cooling products out there so if you need whisper-quiet look elsewhere. Also the pump seems a...

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LIQUID COOLING at a GREAT PRICE!!!

Strengths: looks very nice in the case. can't be beat for the price. Perfect start into Liquid Cooling.

Weakness: the black tubes. have to remove motherboard for installation in some cases.

Great product for the price. Easy to install, the directions provided are pretty clear. Can lower your temperatures by 10 degrees. Decently quiet on low setting but is loud on high fan setting. Recommended for intro to liquid cooling and no serious overclocking.

Good cheap cooling solution

Strengths: Cheap, quiet on low fan speeds.

Weakness: Fan gets loud on high speeds. Radiator is big.

Brought this product looking for a cheap liquid solution. Easy to install, and radiator was big so had to lay it on the side. Very quiet on low speeds. Very loud on high. Wish I can see the water level. This is a good product for beginners to liquid cooling, and was able to keep my oced athlon cooler than the stock fan by about 5c. If you want something quieter look elsewhere.

Thermaltake is tops!

Strengths: Great for 478 socket processors! Thermaltake brazing is the best. No leaks.

Weakness: Insufficient alone for 775 socket and AMD.

I have extensive experience building liquid cooled PCs. I have built around 25 liquid cooled PCs so far. Gotta go brazing. Other coolers with seals are gonna leak. Thermaltake makes another cooler that has an acrylic top on top of copper. It is a leaker. I have used many other brands of coolers and Thermaltake is tops! As I mentioned in the Strengths and Weaknesses, This will not be sufficient...

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Thermaltake Silent Water

Strengths: Easy setup for first time user, bronze looks good, mirror finish lapping on hsf block, dropped core temperature

Weakness: seems loud for water system

Easy setup for first time user of water cooling system. Check case and motherboard dimensions. I had to install graphics card in second slot due to depth of unit when mounted on back 120 mm fan slot. Motherboard may have to be removed to install. Dropped temperature of core 5-8C. This is the best improvement I have gotten over stock hsf.

CL-W0065 Thermaltake Silent Water

Strengths: Good Cooling kit for the price. Cools better than my SP-90 + vantect tornado fan cooling. A lot quieter than fan cooling systems. The waterblock is all copper. Components are good.

Weakness: Ok, major problem I had was fitting the radiator in my computer case. Instructions are summarized.

This cooling kit cools better than my vantec tornado + thermalright sp90 heat sink combo and it is way quieter! The 90mm vantec tornado gives around 55 decibels! Ok the performance was good i get like 45 degree celsius at idle on the bios temp reader. I have another temp reader that says 43 degree celsius my gigabyte software temp reader. I also have another temp sensor that says 30 degree...

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Good system for the price!

Strengths: Price, ease of installation,good cooling!

Weakness: No water flow indication,black hoses,radiator does not fit rear of many cases,instuction or lack of them.

Overall for the price this sytem can't be beat! I am very pleased with the results, a max temp of 29D for my CPU. I wanted to try water cooling to see if I liked it and this was a cheap way to do it.So far I am very pleased with the results but it could use instructions on air bleeding as it will eventually need that done after an extended time.

Owned two, both had dead pumps within 6 months.

Strengths: Liquid cooling -- taking the heat out through a radiator rather than the ambient case air... When the pump works.

Weakness: Like the title says, owend two, both died. The radiator/pump combo is a little unwieldy, two year warranty, horrible instructions.

Everything below the line was written in the first two months of ownership of both units, then both died (under totally diffeent field conditions) within a month of each other. Maybe I just bought from a bad batch, but I will never use one of these agian in any rig I build. _______________________________________... I bought this when prices came down to the point that it was as cheap as a good...

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TT Silent Water Review

Strengths: -Easy to install. -Good price. -Good cooling for the price.

Weakness: -Radiator is huge and may not fit in smaller cases. -Tubes are soldered to the waterblock. -Some Socket 939 still requires removal of the motherboard. -Fan is loud at max speed.

I have overclocked my FX-55 cpu to 2.9GHz, the cooling is overall good but not as good as more expensive watercooling kits. I wasn't able to keep the temperature low enough for 3.0GHz; during load the temperature would go up to 60C. One thing to point out is you will need to remove the motherboard for DFI Lanparty UT Ultra-D Socket 939 motherobard. Most socket 939 motherboards will let you mount...

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