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Static Lullaby · 7th Feb 2006, 19:50

Koolance's ATI Waterblock Has anyone checked out any of the Koolance Hydra-Pak setups yet? Looks good as an idea, but not certain if it is really that much more helpful or even worth the cost. This is just one of their Hydra-Pak blocks I have seen out... they also have them for HD cooling.

Opinions?

Mankz · 8th Feb 2006, 11:32

Looks good, but probubly gonna cost quite a bit-
i would still go either for a Danger Den one, or a Fatal1ty hsf and ram sinks.

MAnkz

Techno-Dann · 9th Feb 2006, 01:50

The hydra-pack cooler is only on the back of the video card. On the front, there's the usual ram and CPU blocks. If you've got a card with RAM on the back, or the Rage Theater chip, the hydra-pack system is great. Just make sure to leak test it before you put it on your card: Koolance had some trouble with quality control on their early ones.

As with most other Koolance gear, the hydra-pack cooler is designed for a low-flow, small-bore system. Don't expect to have one of them and a Swiftech Storm on the same loop and get decent performance from the Storm.

Static Lullaby · 11th Feb 2006, 16:12

Thanks for the input. I was curious mostly because of the clock on my ATI X800 Pro card right now... the GPU handles pretty well w/ the ATI Silencer that is on it now, but... the RAM still gets overly hot @ times... so I have to keep a few profiles in ATItool to keep it where it needs to be based on what I am doing.

I am familiar with other options, but really had not checked out the Koolance stuff much yet.

7th Feb 2006, 19:50	#1
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11th Feb 2006, 16:12	#4
Static Lullaby Multimodder Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Eau Claire, WI Posts: 202	Thanks for the input. I was curious mostly because of the clock on my ATI X800 Pro card right now... the GPU handles pretty well w/ the ATI Silencer that is on it now, but... the RAM still gets overly hot @ times... so I have to keep a few profiles in ATItool to keep it where it needs to be based on what I am doing. I am familiar with other options, but really had not checked out the Koolance stuff much yet. __________________ ACS Case Build-off Contest

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8th Feb 2006, 11:32	#2
Mankz ________ Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 13,522	Looks good, but probubly gonna cost quite a bit- i would still go either for a Danger Den one, or a Fatal1ty hsf and ram sinks. MAnkz

9th Feb 2006, 01:50	#3
Techno-Dann Disgruntled kumquat Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Pullman WA, USA Posts: 1,672	The hydra-pack cooler is only on the back of the video card. On the front, there's the usual ram and CPU blocks. If you've got a card with RAM on the back, or the Rage Theater chip, the hydra-pack system is great. Just make sure to leak test it before you put it on your card: Koolance had some trouble with quality control on their early ones. As with most other Koolance gear, the hydra-pack cooler is designed for a low-flow, small-bore system. Don't expect to have one of them and a Swiftech Storm on the same loop and get decent performance from the Storm.