Thermaltake Water2.0

[MacClipper]

Thirsting for more water? OK, Santa 'Convergent' Claus did deliver a really big box full of Water2.0.... big thanks guys!

1st, the bigger box...

Thermaltake - Global - Water 2.0 Extreme - CLW0217

Top Of The Line
- interesting proclaiment, hmm...

 

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Unboxing
... really familiar looking brown paper container, isn't it? Hur hur...

 

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Closer looks

 

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Darwinian clues to the origin of...
Oi, just checking out the tell-tale backside er, Asetek lah... just can't help but marvel at the Taiwanese love for Ass in its various iterations like As-us, As-rock, Ase-tek...

M4 mounting screw-holes

Metal Machismo
use a real metal backplate for more masculine rigidity

Peekaboo... the guts
(from funkykit review)

Sentence first! Verdict afterwards... said the Queen of Hearts or hope for the hopelessly impatient (Pat, where are you?)

Likes
Flexible soft tubing
Quiet fans with nicely matched colour blades and sleeving
USB connector with Windows settings utility
Well labeled parts
No bright LEDs (cost savings)

Dislikes
Flexible plastic backplate - lacks mounting rigidity, prone to wear and tear
No bright LEDs (windowed casing bling bling users)


Web Review links
Thermaltake Water 2.0 Extreme review | Cooling Reviews | TechRadar (4.5/5 stars)
Thermaltake Water 2.0 Extreme (Highly Recommended)
Review: Thermaltake Water 2.0 Extreme - Funky Kit (Score 8.9/10)

 

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Thermaltake Fan Control

 

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Test Setup
Note: hwinfo64 sensor readings were completely reset and cleared between each tests

★ Asrock OC Formula| 3570K@4.5GHz | 8GB KVR1866 | Thermaltake Water2.0 Extreme| eVGA GTX560Ti 2Win | FSP 1200W Aurum Pro ★


LinX stock run
- AVX on an overvolted overclocked Ivy is just pure volcanic hotness, as everyone knows!

P95 Blend
- 26.6 lacks AVX so not quite as mad as above

Cinebench

WinRAR

7Zip

Dishonored PC Gaming

Thanks for spending the time and effort reading this relatively long winded sharing. All constructive criticisms and relevant questions are welcome.

 

[MacClipper]

btw...

... not available for sale yet till late Nov - early Dec

FYI

 

[garfield82]

Enermax and TT, which 1 will arrive SG first?

 

[MacClipper]

Good question, I wonder who will be first too.

 

[goenitz33]

-.- Logo change from Antec to Thermaltake is it -.-

 

[MacClipper]

You guys think some feature table like that would be useful to you? Would welcome your inputs on features to be included/excluded too as long as it is not too much minutiae.

 

[naked123]

the enermax elc240/tt water2 extreme rad abit thicker than corsair h100/coolit c240

 

[MacClipper]

naked123, thanks for the info.

I have no personal experience with both Corsair or Coolit AIO water coolers so your input is much appreciated.

 

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The 2nd RUN
So there I was looking back at the test results and feeling super buay song about the 90C peak hit during the LinX AVX stock run so I decided to remount the block and redo the thermal grease for a 2nd run.

Test Setup
Note: hwinfo64 sensor readings were completely reset and cleared between each tests

★ Asrock OC Formula| 3570K@4.5GHz | 8GB KVR1866 | Thermaltake Water2.0 Extreme | eVGA GTX680 4GB | FSP 1200W Aurum Pro ★


LinX stock run
- load temps definitely improved, 85C max!

P95 Blend

Cinebench

WinRAR

7Zip

A few observations

• Fan speeds were kept low at around 1500rpm or slower to reduce noise altho they are specced capable of higher speeds. Faster fan speeds would likely increase performance (and noise).
• This 2nd run results are likely improved cos I had overdone the thinning of the thermal grease, had always felt the stock layer done by Asetek was a little too thick, removed too much this time. Oops, guilty as charged...
• Ivy heat is mostly trapped internally in the die as can be seen from the water temps in the TT Fan Control graphs, the temps barely go beyond 35C even under LinX AVX loading!

 

[naked123]

ivy bridge really hot man.

 

[Arrow32]

More and more water cooling system available already..
This looks like a really serious water cooling..

 

[MacClipper]

From what can be seen, Asetek has probably streamlined a modularised approach to packaging their AIO coolers for customers in terms of both hardware and software options - just tick off what you want in their checklist and they can customise it for you once you satisfy their MOQ.

 

[MacClipper]

Was told that the SRP should be released in the coming week, let's hope it is enticing enough.

 

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Faster Blasters
- for those with impaired sense of noise irritation, revving the fans up to ~2000 rpm (near my limit of noise tolerance, watch those Thermaltake graphs)
- improved performance as expected


Test Setup
Note: hwinfo64 sensor readings were completely reset and cleared between each tests
Ambient: local non-aircon temps

★ Asrock OC Formula| 3570K@4.5GHz | 8GB KVR1866 | Thermaltake Water2.0 Extreme | eVGA GTX680 4GB | FSP 1200W Aurum Pro ★


LinX stock run
- load temps again improved, down to 82C max!

P95 Blend

Cinebench 11.5

WinRAR

7Zip

Ripbot264

A few observations
• fans are not whiny, the wind noise generated is more that of a low freq. gush
• the bundled Fan Control software makes for very convenient fan adjustments in Windows
• potential for even higher performance by adding another 2 pull fans (just stagger diagonal fan screws if you lack enough)

 

[MacClipper]

SRP is out and it is very nice!
Thermaltake Water2.0 local SRP