Koolance pc2-601BW and a Swiftech waterblock...any problems here?

discipledoc · § #1 05-07-2003, 05:06 PM

Fellow water coolers,
I have a Koolance PC2-601BW case and I'm just not satisfied with the way it's cooling my system. I came up with a plan for this though. I am buying a Swiftech MCW5000-A and a 1/2" Stem to 3/8" Tube OD Quick-Connect for the tubing that I have with the Koolance case.

Do any of you gurus out there see a problem with this?

Tummy · § #2 05-07-2003, 08:43 PM

I don't know how this would work but could you let me know the before and after temps? Thx...

jaydee116 · § #3 05-08-2003, 12:53 AM

Probably will not help much.

vw671 · § #4 05-08-2003, 12:17 PM

Seems to work pretty well.

http://www.ipkonfig.com/Reviews/Liqu...ech-MCW5000-A/

FrizzleFried · § #5 05-08-2003, 01:11 PM

Well...I can't say if the above link addressed what I am about to say or not, as I am at work ...and I am forced to use a piece of crap IMAC here at work and it seems the 2nd page of the link above crashes IE for the MAC (I tried 3 times). It does seem to be a review of the waterblock in question, but I am doubting that it will address hooking it to a KOOLANCE system (but I may be wrong as I can't access the damn pages)...

OK...the KOOLANCE system uses 1/4" tubing....the barbs comming off of the reservior are very small indeed (in relationship to the size of the "input" and "output" of the Swiftech waterblock). I question if the Koolance system (which was designed for small diameter tubing) would be able to pump enough liquid to benefit from the Swiftech's larger diameter openings. You may actually realize WORSE performance as the velocity of the water going through the block would be severly hindered by the small sized tubing/barbs that the Koolance system uses. You certainly will not realize a DRAMATIC performance increase...perhaps a couple degrees I would imagine (pure speculation here as I have not tried to do this before). The Koolance waterpumps / radiator / etc are designed specifically for the size of tubing it uses and size of pumps it uses. I was considering upgrading my Koolance system a little bit and came to realize that the cost to do what was necessary to REALLY improve the system was the same as to just go out and build another system. To truely convert to a large size tubing/WB, you would need to replace: Pump - Tubing - Radiator (the Koolance rad also has small diamter barbs) and the WB...in other words...the entire cooling solution would need to be replaced.

The Koolance solution is very good for moderate cooling. It is quieter than air cooling solutions and provides performance that bests even the best of air cooling HSF's...though it surely isn't an "EXTREME" overclockers solution. If you want that, go 1/2" tubing with a high quality 2 120mm RAD, high flow pump, and a high quality WB...

vw671 · § #6 05-08-2003, 01:13 PM

In this review they are using a Koolance Exos w/ 1/4" tubing. If you are able to get to page 3 or 4 they explain the setup system.

jaydee116 · § #7 05-08-2003, 01:28 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by vw671
Seems to work pretty well.

http://www.ipkonfig.com/Reviews/Liqu...ech-MCW5000-A/

That review is BS much like everything they do there. If they are going to make up numbers at least they can make up numbers that are realistic. 17C over room temp under load is not realistically acheived by any of the best systems out there. You would be lucky to get that with a White Water and good setup. And then they say it is only a 4C difference between Idle and load. Whatever....

I guess the laws of physics do not apply at IPkonfig.

Blackeagle · § #8 05-09-2003, 08:00 PM

Hi jaydee116,

I rather enjoyed the article at IPkonfig, ROTFLMAO !

FOOLS ! ! ! ! ! HOPELESS ! ! !

What sort of IDIOT tests a high flow open design like that Swifty with a low flow set up like a Koollance? OH!

I forgot, that kind of idiot can be found at IPkonfig.

I don't know systems as well as you do Jaydee, but I sure know them better than that.

FrizzleFried · § #9 05-09-2003, 08:32 PM

...yah...at the end he wonders why he didn't get the performance he expected....dumbarce...

bigdawginva · § #10 05-09-2003, 11:04 PM

I'd be very surprised if you see any improvement with the Koolance's super weak pump using a WB that performs better with pretty decent head/flow.

I haven't heard of anyone that just swapped the Koolance WB for a better one that resulted in improvement. The Koolance parts are matched pretty well all things considered. Some have reported worse results.

If you're going to swap WBs, I'd swap out the pump too but then you'd be better off just replacing the entire thing.