Koolance PC2-601 case

[khyron]

I've been considering buying this case; a URL to the case specs is <A HREF="http://koolance.com/products/product.html?code=CCS-A07" target="_new">http://koolance.com/products/product.html?code=CCS-A07</A> .

I'm a newbie to watercooling, so I was thinking this case may be a good idea to use to begin with. Is this a wise investment for someone new to watercooling to try out? Are there any big problems to using this case I should be aware of?

Thanks

 

[jiffy]

The only thing I don’t like is the 3 fans on top bringing a lot of dust, unless they have dust stopper on there, which would stop some air and I think to reason would make it run warmer. So if you have to clean it would have to take the darn thing. That means if there’s rivets in the back you’ll have to drill them out, so you will be able to take the top, the front and two sides off, it’s a lot more work then just blowing off a fan.

I had a mid size case, and converted the water cooler over to the case in the pic you link to. So I know how much a pain it is to clean, which for me can be once every few months. I also have a dog that sheds, so that contributes to the dust. I could put foam on to stop the dust, but like I said that would restrict the air.

The heat sink I have has were the hose come from the side, that can be a pain since the conductors on the mobo can be in the way, so you’ll have to turn it side ways or up and down, which every way to avoid the conductors. Maybe the heat sink you get will have the hose connecters on top. All the hose might not be connected, so you want to make sure your lines are long enough. If you have a big a$$ video card you have to make sure your hose is long enough to get around that. What you could do is place the mobo with a couple screws and put the video card in and just hold the heat sink about where it’s got to be and make sure no conductors are in your way and figure how much hose you need, because you want a little extra, but not to much. Then after you figure that take out all your hard ware and connect and add the water and coolant fill. Put the little wire they give you into the P1 and prime the system to get the air out, and put all your hardware back in.

Out side of that they seem to have some heat sinks out there that cool just as well. I’m almost tired of the koolance case I have now, I think the fans are a little noisy, being 3 compared to just one cooling the CPU. But chance are I may continual to use it when I switch over to Intel, but I’ll have to pay $50 bucks for the heat sink. I’m not sure as of yet just how I’m going to cool the P4. Oh, on second thought the 3 fans on top aren’t making that much noise, it’s the 4 other fans I have on the case. Yeah I have water cool, but still need fans on the case to cool GF4 inside. But it does keep my computer 10C cooler then my other computer with a stock HSF, and if I got some new coolant maybe cooler yet. Right now I’m at 41C which isn’t are that great at all, and the room temp plays a big part in keeping it cool, which if it was winter I would be 36C and less.


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[jiffy]

PS, how much are you going to pay for it. Also if you have to buy a PSU it add's up. And if you have to pay over 250 for all this, I would double check some reviews on HSF, since there getting better all the time, because you might get something for much less that does just as well, if not better. Might be more noise though. Again my case has been hack, converting the cooler over to a new case, also I need coolant because I’m running watery, so a new one might do better, then what I'm reporting on mine.

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