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Test system

Albatron PX875pro
Intel pentium 4 ” Northwood C ” 2.8 week 17 malay
Dual channel GEiL PC3500 Ultra
Hercules 9800XT

No case was used during the testing ! and no fans were blowing over the hardware.

Temperatures

CPU temperatures were measured using motherboard monitor 5 and chipset and gpu temperatures were measured using the aerogate II from coolermaster. All temperatures were measured twice and room temperature was steady with both tests. Remember these results could differ with other results from other sites, or at home usage. It all depends on the weather, the way I measured the temperatures and the different hardware or setup of water-cooling. The room temperature was quite hot as well, around 23 degrees celsius, the 9800xt is really really hot, the 2.8 cranks the heat up as well, and there are no fans blowing over the hardware which would help for several degrees. Here are the results.

System idle:

• CPU - 42
• Gpu - 34.0
• Chipset -30.5

System stressed:

• CPU - 46
• Gpu - 40.5
• Chipset - 37.5

Overclocking capability

The system I used is kind of high end to most users, which means that I should have really pushed this system with the use of swiftech’s watercooling kit, and I did and you know what ? I gained 100mhz above the normal overclock I had with the standard cooler from Intel, which was 3400mhz. I now reached 3500 MHz, rock stable ! Overall a really nice overclock with the use of this water-cooling kit

Conclusion

You’ve seen quite alot of pictures, and IM guessing your wondering what does the reviewer loves and hates about this kit?. IM going to say what any man would say when they see these Swiftech waterblocks, they ROCK. The swiftech gpu block is really nice, the bottom is so extremely shiny that I could do my hair in it, the new mcw20 is a nice addition to the line of blocks and the improved CPU block is extremely easy to install. The fill and bleed system should be gone and extra care should taken when you are trying to use the old radiators without the click on connections. My hardware was really cranking up the heat, these temperatures seem quite high, but Hardware these does consume more power, thus get way hotter ! I really liked this water-cooling kit, This kit tends to drop in the more experienced users groups. It’s quite difficult for some people to mod their case to make this water-cooling kit fit, the extra care that has to be taken is more than usual for other cheap kits, and water is water, if you get a leak, your toast.

Final Verdict

• Swiftech Waterblocks
• The looks
• Silent
• Fill and bleed system
• Dual radiator, rather pick one 120mm radiator which makes installation easier.