blizzard water cooling???

[mawfia]

I am considering water cooling for the current system i am working on, and i was moderately impressed with Toms review of the senfu water cooler. I was wondering if anyone has any personal experience with the Blizzard CPU Intercooler.
Or possibly if you know someone who purchased it. Here is the link:

http://www.overclockershideout.com/blizzard.shtml

My question about this product concerns having plastic leads instead of metal alloy leads from coming out of the CPU waterblock. Will this prevent corrosion any better than normal aluminum or copper?
Also if anyone does infact own the Blizzard are the specs they advertise actually reached by normal consumers?

 

[SerArthurDayne]

I don't own the Blizzard, but here are some Blizzard reviews I came across during my waterkit review search.

<A HREF="http://www.cluboverclocker.com/reviews/water_cooling/blizzard/index.htm" target="_new">http://www.cluboverclocker.com/reviews/water_cooling/blizzard/index.htm</A>
<A HREF="http://www.overclockersonline.com/index.php?page=articles&num=69" target="_new">http://www.overclockersonline.com/index.php?page=articles&num=69</A>
<A HREF="http://www.neoseeker.com/resourcelink.html?rlid=36581" target="_new">http://www.neoseeker.com/resourcelink.html?rlid=36581</A>

The nylon fittings certainly won't corrode, which is a plus... but I believe Overclockers Hideout offers anodized waterblocks, which are completely corrosion resistant.

OH's kit looks pretty good to me, but you may also want to consider some more kits, such as:

Aquastealth II
DangerDen
Swiftech Liquid Cooling
AquaCool
Leufken

The Blizzard kit does look pretty cool to me, especially if you want to have a complete kit rather than fabricate several of the parts yourself. I'd also highly suggest taking a look at DangerDen, as they offer some of the best waterblocks you can buy commercially(although I don't think they offer anodized blocks). Hopefully in a week or two I'll have finished my watercooling resource index, and then you'll be able to find reviews to the materials you're looking for and the best location to buy them

 

[peteb]

I have just ordered this kit <A HREF="http://dtekcustoms.safeshopper.com/2/25.htm?442" target="_new">D-Tek Flowmaster Max</A> which claims to be the only 1/2" shipping kit. I'll let you know how it goes once I've built it up! (Can I see a TEC in my future too I ask myself...)

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email for application details<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by peteb on 07/15/01 07:54 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

 

[funkdog]

sweet keep us informed pete,

I thought really hard about ordering this kit too. Instead I went for the new Thermaltake 60mm fan, 31cfm at like 28db, and some round ATA cables.

Gonna need watercooling at some point though me thinks.

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