Koolance Case vs. Coolmaster

[esabet]

Hello all;

I am putting a new system together and wanted to get some oppenion for cooling. I am faced with two options, using a Coolmaster case alog with your traditional cooling devices, ie. Swiftec and etc. or usinfg the Koolance Case whihc is water cooling. If you look at the whole picture Coolmaster casse will cost me more than Koolance. What do you guys recommend?

Thanks
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[ArgusII]

I went with the Koolance case for my new system.

If you plan to overclock then water cooling is the way to go. Yes, the are some more agressive approches, but for the price the Koolance case is hard to beat.

If you plan to run a system completely in spec then go with the Coolmaster. It will do a fine job.

just my $.02

[mrmingler]

I've seen the koolance case, but how much are they and where can I get one?

[ArgusII]

Here is where I ordered from

http://infotechnow.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?

[Jimstep]

If your budget permints, go with the Koolance.

[SEALTEAMTHREE]

I've been waiting for a post where I could vent my dislikes for the koolance system. My main problem with the system is the fact that they want you to cool everything in your system with the same circuit of water. The default order basically goes like this:

resivor>>pump>>CPU>>Northbridge>>AGP Card>>HDD>>Radiator>>resivor

The problem with this is after each sucessive component pass, the water becomes warmer for the next. The h2o will pick up the majority of its heat from the CPU, causing the northbridge to run hotter than it would if equipped with a small HSF. The northbridge would also add more heat, which would cause the GPU (videocard chipset) to run hotter than it would with a simple heatsink, the GPU would also add heat causing your HDD to run hotter as well. If you're going to go with the koolance system, be sure that you only run the CPU on the water circuit. The koolance would also greatly limit your ability to use a TEC (thermoelectric cooler, also known as a peltier) which can give you the ability to "supercool" your processor. The TEC is like a small heatpump; one side (the cold side) can be up to 70 degrees cooler (on the 156 watt models) than the hot side. Obviously, if you get the hot side down to about 40 degrees C (about 100 F), the cold side plunges down to a chilly -30 C! If you're seriously considering overclocking and using watercooling for heat management, you should look at www.dangerden.com. They have complete custom systems that start around $150. They include a 72 watt TEC, an all copper waterblock, a heat plate, neoprene gasket material (to keep condensation from dripping on your motherboard), a high-quality radiator and plastic tubing. The radiator works best when mounted externally, since air flows in one side and out the other, rather than in one side and then into your case, raising the ambient temperature from the heat removed from the water.