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This is the radiator. This fits IN your case, so if you don’t have your side panel off or a windowed case, nobody would even notice it. This is made out of 100% of aluminum once again, which I would assume were another cost cutting measure.
This is the Radiator cut in half. Pretty cool, huh? : ) Anyway, as you can clearly see the water has to travel through quite a lot of metal, allowing lots of time to cool down before re-entering the CPU Block. If I'm correct, water has to pass through 256 inches (or 10 feet 8 inches) of aluminum tubing. I'd say that's pretty effective cooling, although these holes are tiny, but we'll get how it performs soon enough.
Ahanix states that, and I quote: "The water tank is constructed from virtually-indestructible polycarbonate." Well, to tell you the truth, it's not really that "indestructible," hence the word "virtually," but I noticed my "leak proof" reservoir actually did leak, and even cracked. I saw water trickling (by trickle, I mean extremely minimal amount of water) from around where the cap of the reservoir seals. I thought maybe condensation, but that was virtually impossible at room temperature. A couple days later I noticed that the level of water in the tank had decreased and I immediately cleaned up the excess water on the table.
Next I grabbed my screwdriver and tightened each of the four screws on top, and I suddenly heard a *crack*. I didn't know where exactly the crack originated, I didn't even see one after I heard it, but it was surely there, as the water in the tank leaked faster and faster. I disassembled the kit and drained all the water. The utter crappiness of the reservoir really disappointed me, but I guess $99 is just too good to be true. And it was. I didn’t even get past the testing stages and it broke on me. However, the review must go on.
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