Thermaltake Armor LCS

[ocnewb]

I was thinking of picking up the armor case with the bigwater 745 kit for my new build. Then i came across this:
http://www.platinummicro.com/product.asp?pf_id=CAITVE2000BWS

My question is, will that system work just as well as the bigwater with the armor case?

The LCS is roughly $50 cheaper tan buying the case and the kit seperately.

 

[ocnewb]

any1 know?

 

[Doughbuy]

Thermaltake has two LCS cases, the Armor LCS and the Kandalf LCS. I was looking at them for a while, but then I decided to not go with either of them. Here were my reasons.

1. The Bigwater 745 cooling system is just average. Swiftech, Alphacool, and XSPC were much better. Go here to see:

http://www.overclock3d.net/reviews.php?type=3&id=69&page=1&desc=battle_of_the_water_cooling_kits

2. There are some issues with it that I didn't find appealing. This review details some of them also:

http://www.moddin.net/review.asp?ReviewID=210

3. And I doubt the cooling works as well as the average BigWater 745 system anyways. Technic3d did a review on it and saw that the cooling was worse than the BigWater745, which was already only of average quality. Here is a Kandalf LCS review, albeit in German, but we have google translation for that.

http://www.technic3d.com/?site=article&action=article&a=287

My advice, if you want a serious watercooling system that can take you places and looks nice in your case, get the Swiftech H20-220 Apex. Gonna cost a bit more, but one of the best watercooling solutions money can buy.
The alphacool and XSPC kit also looks nice. Koolance Exos is good, but overpriced I would say. Depends on what you really want. The Bigwater's strong point is the price. If you just want a kit that looks good with average performance for a cheap price, get the Bigwater. Otherwise, don't waste your money.

 

[chuckshissle]

You should buy the Kandalf LCS for it has 360mm radiator or the size of 3-120mm fans, better cooling compare to the 240mm radiator of the Armor LCS. That way with the Kandalf LCS you can cool the cpu and two graphics cards.

 

[windego]

That case looks sweet. I wanted water cooling for new build, but always thought the preparation looked to complex. This one however looks much easier.

Would you guys say this is a good/easy to install case for a first time builder? Also, would that copper cpu block work with a 965 mobo + conroe E6600?

 

[nobrakes79]

Ok these are the parts that i have ordedand some that i have put in. I am just waiting for the rest of the parts so i just want to see what you thing. Latter i will put youtube video. Ho i will most likely be done after the 9 th of June.

Case with pump, radiator, CUP block and tubing.

Thermaltake Armor+LCS

Danger Den Black Ice GT Stealth 280 Radiator - Black
AeroCool 140mm Streamliner Fan

I added to the system chipset blocks
EK-NB/SB 5
EK-NB/SB ASUS 1
EK-Mosfet ASUS M4

GPU Cooling
Swiftech CALDERA-HS Heatsink for AMD HD4870X
2 WATER BLOCK SWIFTECH|MCW60-R R

So this is what im going to use and i will post latter how it worked out after i get back from Las Vegas on the 9th or 10th

Here are to pctures. But the computer is not done missing a few parts.

http://c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/98/l_98f4cd68bb3f43bf9d2e425577cf6bd5.jpg[/img
[img]http://c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/106/l_73945c4d8b8c40589bad0a6e6cfadea5.jpg

 

[Helloworld_98]

^ stop reviving threads.

and anyone who buys a thermaltake WCS should be shot for their idiocy.