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Packaging

The Thermaltake PW850i is a complete do it yourself water-cooling kit that has all the necessary parts to use this type of cooling in almost any case with room for a 120mm fan, to mount the radiator. The PW850i is designed for beginning enthusiasts and people who like their kit to be simple in use and not too expensive. The PW850i ships in a retail style box with a clear see-through window in the front to see the parts.

Once you swivel the box to the back, it shows all the different components that are included with this kit and it also shows how it looks in one of their compatible cases. Thermaltake designed some of their cases with expansion options in mind for these type of water-cooling kits.

First Looks

I’ve had the chance of looking at many different water-cooling products and I’m pretty familiar with any type of water-cooling out there. The Thermaltake PW850i has a more commercial feel to it than similar products from Swiftech or Danger-Den, (which are aimed at higher end users btw) This is not necessarily a bad thing, but a real enthusiast would probably look elsewhere. But that’s not Thermaltake’s aim with a complete water-cooling kit that only costs around 100~120 euro’s.

What Comes Included

• 120mm Radiator with Blue LED fan
• Copper CPU waterblock
• P500 Pump
• Water reservoir
• Coolant flow meter
• 3/8 Tubing with iStripe to prevent deforming
• Mounting hardware
• Installation guide
• Pre-mixed fluid

The Thermaltake PW850i comes with all the bits and pieces to build your own water-cooling system from the ground up. It also has a flow meter to illustrate water flow through the system. The PW850i only has a CPU water block, but Thermaltake also offers a wide range of water blocks for your video card, your chipset and they also offer an even larger radiator to cool a higher end system.

In this picture you can see the different bags of mounting hardware, thermal compound and screws. On the left you’ll see the flow meter that tells you if there is water flowing through the system. On the top you’ll see the tubing, which is more than enough to get this system operating, even in a larger case!

The tubing kinks quite easily but included are tube wrapping which if I’m right, Swiftech launched first, a long time ago.

It helps prevent the tubing from kinking, but without the material the tubing kinks quite easily. Also included with the PW850i is a thick installation guide that goes into detail on every single bit of this water-cooling kit, which is very helpful if you’ve never used a cooling system like this before.