Zalman Reserator1 V2 Fanless Watercooling Kit Review - Page 2

OCNoob · January 4th, 2007

Excellent tip on the AS 5! :

RangerXLT8 · January 5th, 2007

That is so true that Prescotts will heat up a room by removing the side panel.

**One4yu2c** · January 5th, 2007

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Originally Posted by stinger608

So I suppose there really wouldn't be one damn reason in the world to spend over 200 bucks for something that really isn't going to give me better temps!

Keep in mind that the Reserator comes with a GPU block for cooling your videocard (minus the RAM sinks), is compatible with a GPU RAM block, and can cool your chipset with the optional chipset block. Inclusion of the optional blocks would really make a stronger case for the price, but even as-is, there's still some added value because of it.

I'd also throw into the mix the cross platform support (Intel and AMD), and if a future upgrade/socket proves to be incompatible, it's very likely you'd only be a water block away from still being able to use it.

Is it worth it over air cooling? I'll leave that to you folks to answer...

**stinger608** · January 5th, 2007

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Originally Posted by One4yu2c

Keep in mind that the Reserator comes with a GPU block for cooling your videocard (minus the RAM sinks), is compatible with a GPU RAM block, and can cool your chipset with the optional chipset block. Inclusion of the optional blocks would really make a stronger case for the price, but even as-is, there's still some added value because of it.

I'd also throw into the mix the cross platform support (Intel and AMD), and if a future upgrade/socket proves to be incompatible, it's very likely you'd only be a water block away from still being able to use it.

Is it worth it over air cooling? I'll leave that to you folks to answer...

You do have a good point, I mean the GPU block!!! That is by far the fan that makes the most racket in my case!!! On and off, on and off, jeez the speed up and slow down noise is worse that a constant hum.

**gvblake22** · January 7th, 2007

True, it would probably do great passively cooling a GPU, even with an overclock. But again, that would be an incredibly expensive GPU cooling solution!

fps justin · January 7th, 2007

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Originally Posted by stinger608

You do have a good point, I mean the GPU block!!! That is by far the fan that makes the most racket in my case!!! On and off, on and off, jeez the speed up and slow down noise is worse that a constant hum.

Keep your gpu fan at 100%?

Nice Review Paul!

polobunny · January 7th, 2007

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Originally Posted by fps justin

Keep your gpu fan at 100%?

Nice Review Paul!

Bad idea. It will wear it down quickly at that pace. You could however check if you set it at a certain speed while you're doing desktop work and pump it up when you want to game. That's how I manage my X1900. 35% desktop, 20% sleep, 85% 3D, 60% 2D and not too demending 3D games.

Quakindude · January 8th, 2007

Very nice review that can also be used as a How-To for installing it. Nicely done Paul.

January 4th, 2007	#11
OCNoob Yo soy tu papa Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 204	Re: Zalman Reserator1 V2 Fanless Watercooling Kit Review Excellent tip on the AS 5! : Opty 165 @ 2746 MHz (305x9, 1.32V) Stock cooler \| DFI nF4 LanParty Ultra-D \| G.Skill DDR500 3-3-2-7 2x1GB \| NEC 3540A \| MSI X800 XL (Stock) \| Antec Super LanBoy \| Antec SmartPower 2.0 500W \| WDC 800JB + Seagate 7200.9 400GB (IDE) \| Logitech MX510 \| In need of upgrading: Samsung SyncMaster 955DF

January 5th, 2007	#12
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January 7th, 2007	#15
gvblake22 Modder-ator Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Tempe Desert Posts: 6,416 Blog Entries: 1	Re: Zalman Reserator1 V2 Fanless Watercooling Kit Review True, it would probably do great passively cooling a GPU, even with an overclock. But again, that would be an incredibly expensive GPU cooling solution!

January 8th, 2007	#18
Quakindude I'm Diggin it! Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Fort Rucker, AL. Posts: 2,754 Blog Entries: 7	Re: Zalman Reserator1 V2 Fanless Watercooling Kit Review Very nice review that can also be used as a How-To for installing it. Nicely done Paul. Q6600@ 3.2GHz w/ CNPS9700 \| EVGA 780i \| 2Gb Corsair DDR2-800 \| EVGA GTX 280 1Gb Video \| 1x WD 640Gb HDD, 2x Seagate 400Gb HDD, 1x250Gb WD \| 2x Samsung SH-203B Opticals \| Antec 900 \| ABS/Tagan BZ700 700W PSU

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