Externally water cooled HTPC with alot of juice in it.

This is the final build (around 95% at least) and here are some pictures of it (i'm getting better at that damned camera haha):

The complete picture so to speak.

Those two EKWB nickel plated fittings will be replaced with Monsoon 13/10 black ones.

 I do dig the gold theme.

 I'm pretty pleased with the solution, it's extremely tight in this Silverstone Crown case.

 A.C. Ryan 80mm. LED-fans.

 Two more, blowing air out the back.

 It is pretty difficult to get a good view for a great picture of the graphics cards.

 Too bad the UV doesn't show in these pictures.

 The tubing to the external cooler comes out the back where i drilled two holes and places two Bitspower fittings.

 Out in the back the water flows.

 The external cooler.

 Three EKWB 360 XTX radiators are in that housing from Phobya.

 Not sure if it shows but there is more work to do regarding the cable management.

An overview.

Review: Intel Thermal Solution RTS2011AC (Socket 2011)

The Intel Thermal Solution for the 2011 socket may not look like a big deal when it comes to cooling a processor, a pretty cheap air cooler sharing looks with older air solutions from Intel it does what it's supposed to do, cool the processor to sweet temperatures, let's have a closer look.

As you can see the fan itself was tested in a pretty ventilated system.


To make a long story short, you get more than what you pay for, this little darling idles a clocked i7 3820 at around 35c and under load in
Batttlefield 4 it lands somewhere around 55-60c.




Best suited for: an aircooled and stable non clocked system.

Overclock friendly: for testing only, not as a permanent solution.

Remarks: it is a tiny little horizontal fan driven cooling solution that delivers good cooling to a non overclocked socket 2011 system. 
                  if you run the fan at full speed better temps will follow but nothing fancy, although you will get the sound of a mini helicopter.
Other uses: it could come in handy some time (your waterblock leaked or something similar) when you need a spare temporary solution. 
                      In other words, its so cheap that you could have one of these laying around for a rainy day.