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impress with this watercooling kit. The build quality of all the
components included in the bundle is very good and also cooling
performance is where you expect it to be, when having a triple radiator
in the loop. The radiator is actually cream of the crop and together with the black and white
Noiseblocker fans, the looks are astonishing. Apart from that we liked
the compression fittings. If only there was a detailed manual for the reservoir, we would love to see
get that, since installing it on the Laing pump isn't self explanatory. |
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| The installation is quite
easy and almost self explanatory, apart from the reservoir, where we had to
check out some pictures on Aquatuning's website. Nevertheless you should take yourself some
time to route the tubes neatly. Regarding the fittings, we think that
Aquatuning made a great choice putting high quality compression fittings
in the delivery.
Thanks to their size you won't need a gripper to tighten them, you can
do it by hand easily. As we already mentioned, we would have loved to
find a manual in the box of the reservoir, since installing it on the
Laing pump isn't that easy. Last but not least you want to bleed the system, which is easy
thanks to the reservoir and the adequate, integrated pump. |
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To test this
Aquatuing kit we used the three fans, which were in the delivery. When driving the fans at 7 volt, they
were very silent and driven at 12 volt and 1300 rpm they were silent. The
temperatures are very good in all cases. It doens't really matter if you use a push or
a pull setup but still, pull will give you a slight advantage.
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Should
you be looking for a custom watercooling kit with a high-end radiator, then you won't do anything wrong,
chosing this kit from Aquatuning. Obviously it costs more than an all-in-one
solution and since there is a really great radiator included with excellent fans,
you shouldn't expect this kit to be cheap. At more than 310 Euro, you have to
spend quite some money but for that, an enthusiast gets an excellent looking and
well performing custom watercooling kit. |
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