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post #41 of 59
3/6/05 at 11:31am
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Thanks Brews, yeah I read all the online reviews and looked at all the photos. Everyone just looped the tubing all over inside the case and such. Now Alienware goes out of their way to put all the wiring and cables neatly away so I figured thats how I should approach the water cooling project. I opened up the case several times and just starred in there figuring how it should go. Of course until you get the actual pieces you're not sure how it'll fit. I wrote Thermaltake and asked if they had fit one in the Alienware Predator case. One of the chief engineer/owners wrote back stating that hadn't but were very interested. They asked for photos of my installation if I did attempt it. I sent them out and they were very pleased with my success. I'm very pleased with the performance.
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post #42 of 59
3/6/05 at 6:14pm
They going to give you a little kick back for the pics? You know "publishing rights"???
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post #43 of 59
3/7/05 at 6:44am
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Now I'm a professional...........noob with a few people on my side
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post #44 of 59
3/7/05 at 6:59am
I'm sure you might get a little sum sum you know what I'm sayin.
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post #45 of 59
3/7/05 at 4:33pm
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TL, I'm keepin' my fingers crossed and maybe AW will consider putting a water cooling system as an option for us non ALX folks
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post #46 of 59
3/7/05 at 4:37pm
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Originally Posted by mjdart
TL, I'm keepin' my fingers crossed and maybe AW will consider putting a water cooling system as an option for us non ALX folks

but isn't that ALX? lol, the whole idea of water cooling is the ALX line. Or am I missing something here?
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post #47 of 59
3/7/05 at 8:33pm
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ALX is a whole customer service experience with top of the line components.

I'm saying they should offer a cooling system as an option on their other product lines. Example: lets say the ALX comes with the Geforce 6800 Ultra or the X850PE Vid cards, but the others in AW lineup could only get 6800 GT's or X800's. As a potential customer I might look elsewhere.

Before I got my Area 51 I was looking hard at Dell's XPS Gen 4 it was only optioned with the 6800 GTo version of Nvidias product. That was a major stumbling block for me. Now that I have water cooling, no way will I ever ever again have fans as a primary cpu cooling system. Now you could install water cooling in your AW as I have but not everyone is so inclined to do so. Obviously they have accepted the warranty issue for the ALX line (if there is increased liabilities), why not offer a system option for the Auroras and Area 51's
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post #48 of 59
3/8/05 at 12:22am
The ALX line uses the same crap as the other lines. You just spend 2 grand more for a 300 dollar kit. (that I have) and a name tag....

They wouldn't offer it to any other line, because thats the whole selling point of ALX. I dont think people spend the extra cash for a "customer service experience "....
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post #49 of 59
3/8/05 at 1:09am
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Originally Posted by GBrilliantQ
The ALX line uses the same crap as the other lines. You just spend 2 grand more for a 300 dollar kit. (that I have) and a name tag....

They wouldn't offer it to any other line, because thats the whole selling point of ALX. I dont think people spend the extra cash for a "customer service experience "....

You spent $300 for a Koolance kit? Ouch.... Also I bet you see H20 on more of their systems in the future, once they prove it I am sure they will sell it. After all it just add's to their profit margian.
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post #50 of 59
3/8/05 at 1:27am
well I rounded up, it's 179 for the kooler plus 60 dollars for the cpu block. No where near the 2,000 dollars it costs, if you let alienware do it for you...
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post #51 of 59
3/22/05 at 1:53am
Hey MJ is this what you got? http://store.pcpowerzone.com/thclbigwa12l.html
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post #52 of 59
3/22/05 at 10:18pm
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That's it you can't beat that price. I specified the slowest shipping method (busy at work) and it came in 2 1/2 days Very good company to deal with.
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post #53 of 59
3/27/05 at 12:04pm
you didnt do an overnight test run outside your case to test for leaks?
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post #54 of 59
3/27/05 at 6:21pm
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Originally Posted by mjdart
That's it you can't beat that price. I specified the slowest shipping method (busy at work) and it came in 2 1/2 days Very good company to deal with.
Ok thanks
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post #55 of 59
3/28/05 at 12:16am
I'm wondering if someone can do it for me. I'm scared to mess around with it. Is it pretty easy to install it mjdart?
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post #56 of 59
3/28/05 at 11:41pm
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Really easy, just open the case and look things over closely. Make notes or take pics of wiring connections and such. Always remove static electricity before touching components. Unplug power cord and touch power supply, this will disipate static charge if present. Remove video card and unplug everything from mobo including the heatsink fan off the processor. Motherboard is just screwed to the case. Carefullully remove and watch this video.

http://www.3dgameman.com/vr/thermalt...review_03.html
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post #57 of 59
4/9/05 at 4:54am
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Posted all my install pics at the beginning of this thread.

also included many new pics of the kit and components:
http://photobucket.com/albums/y25/mj..._Packaging.jpg
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post #58 of 59
4/15/05 at 3:14am
this thermaltake, can it be hooked up to an AMD FX 53?
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post #59 of 59
4/15/05 at 9:14pm
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The Thermaltake Big Water amazed me in that it fits every processor and every motherboard I know of. Watch this video all it works with are stated. Socket 939 is the motherboard that works with the FX-53

http://www.3dgameman.com/vr/thermalt...review_03.html
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