Tag : evercool liquid, fan wc, 202, water cooler, system with, cpu vga

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Features

• Super silent model
• 30% more effective than the existing water coolers in the market
• Suitable for all CPU and VGA chips
• Pump coated with TI alloy for extended life time

Product Description

A must have for people who overclock their computer, this is a newer model of the EC-WC-201. This kit will help maintain your computer at the temperature you desire. It has improvements like thermal control, has both Celcius and Fahrenheit, setting saves when power off, and a more powerful water pump.Eliminates the need for a CPU and VGA fan, which removes the noise they make. Super silent model. 30% more effective than the existing water coolers in the market. Suitable for all CPU and VGA chips. Pump coated with TI alloy for extended life time. Only 1 set is needed for the whole computer with additional accessories. Difference between EC-WC-202 AND EC-WC-201 LGA 775 adapter included Prior memory configuration kept 40% more power to the water pump. Thermal Control

Customer reviews

Talk about gaining control over your system heat problem!
Nervous (as all people are entertaining liquid cooling) I had to put an overheating PC past me and fan-after-fan just kept making the thing more noisy. The Evercool really did a great job. It seems before I was always 'hot trying to cool off' and now it's more like you have CONTROL and there's no 'hot chassis' no overheated powersupply, etc.

I was going to rate install a 3 (scale of 1-5) but have to make it a 4 since you do need to pull the motherboard to get to the back of the CPU in order to install the cpu water block. (a 5 is a full PC rebuild) Otherwise it's a very sweet solution and once you get all the air out of the system, it works great! The pictures showing the bleeding are mixed; but when you 'tilt' the reservoir to purge air, be-sure the hoses out the back are the 'high-point'.

Works well, may not fit all motherboards without modification
I was looking for and entry level liquid cooling solution for my MSI P6N-FI, Q6600, and Antec 900 case. This evercool setup seemed just the trick. The blue backlit LCD, fan control dial and water level gauge all work great aside from having no way to disable the lights to create a dark room (for movie viewing and such.) I did not use the included VGA cooler since my 8800GT card has a nice heat-pipe and quiet fan setup.

FRONT FACEPLATE: There is a nice temperature readout sensor that you can mount anywhere in the case or under a cpu. The LCD readout switches from C to F readings, but the alarm can be only set using Celsius. There are small animated fan and pump icons that don't do much other than look "cute". The fan speed dial LED changed from blue to purple as you crank it up, and only seems to adjust the fan on the main unit, not the additional radiator which is powered from the main unit.

MAIN COOLING UNIT: Fits in a standard CD bay, but is about one inch longer plus another 1/2" for the rear horizontal hose connections. It was a tight fit with my motherboard in the above setup due to some capacitors in the upper corner of the board, but does fit flush in the top-most drive bay nonetheless, which is needed to purge air from the system. The fan draws air in from the bottom or side and blows out the top. When using 2 additional cd/dvd drives you will end up blocking the vents partially unless you modify the top of the (antec 900) case interior to allow the air to flow out the top. Without this mod, adjusting the fan speed makes no difference on temp.

CPU MOUNTED COOLER: This is basically a copper plate with water passages running through a soldered on middle box. In my setup, the copper plate did not sit flush on the CPU due to nearby capacitors and a small black box, all of which sat slightly higher than the mounted cpu. (A SUPER CRITICAL POINT) so I had to remove its chrome cover and get out my dremmel and grind off an area about 1/4" in by about the entire length of the plate to ensure a flush mount. I used a .04 mm feeler gauge to check for clearance around the edges when done. Not a big problem since the box containing the water piping is soldered in the middle of the copper plate, leaving 1/4" buffer zone around all edges, so I never came close to grinding into it. Take your time and keep from grinding all the way through or scuffing the remaining copper base while doing this mod.

TUBING: absolutely no problems or leaks. Theres a simple "C" clip system and included clip pliers which make adjusting hose length a snap. I don't think this system uses high enough pressure to force leaks at this time. Theres a basic, yet totally functional spinner inside one of the tubes feeding the CPU to show that you have flow. Absolutely vital since once the air is purged you would never know.

COOLANT: Kit included a 50cc tube of coolant that you mix with distilled water, its a slight pink tinge.

SECONDARY RADIATOR: Is basically a 80mm fan bolted to the front of a copper radiator with lines for the tubing. I had to drill a custom vertical mount to install this on the bottom of my case since the ANTEC900 has only a mount for a larger 120mm fan on the rear and front of the case. It receives fresh air from the bottom case intake fan and blows it towards the power supply which is mounted on the bottom of this particular case. No problem here, works great.

CONCLUSION: The entire setup took less than an hour, using a simple 3-step air purge guideline as shown in the manual. The system runs very quiet and can't be heard over the gentle woosh of my Rosewill 750 power supply and all other case fans on low, unless I turn up the fan dial. I only noted a 15 degree F temp change when running Crysis and at windows desktop the MSI application shows 68 degrees F and the Evercool display reads 82 F most likely due to my attaching the included temp sensor right to the bottom of the copper cooler base . Be sure you look at your motherboard before buying to make sure no components are in the area surrounding the center of the CPU to be sure of a flat fit, which can be checked with a feeler gauge around the edges or gently sliding the cooler around to check for hang-ups. The cooler base is approx 2 3/4" by 2 3/4" square. System is working great and I couldn't be happier!

WC202 so-so
I am somewhat a newbie when it comes to water-cooling your rig.. I have used air and peltier cooling on my systems, which have pluses and minuses for either.

My biggest concern when it came to water cooling was leaks, so I waited and watched for water cooling products to come of age where they were more widely produced and easily applied to a system.

Now there are many options to choose from in comparison to the past years, with many different approaches to water cooling installation. Interior pumps exterior pumps etc... The WC202 seemed like a very complete system for the amount I wanted to spend. Mind you I was not building a system to overclock to the limit, but someone who would do some average middle ground overclocking. So in my mind the descriptions on the WC202 fit my needs exactly. The installation was simple thanks to the instructions, and the all parts were there and not flimsy for the most part.

I used Fluid XP+ which does not carry a current so it wont short out my system if there's a leak. The stuff is just incredible! Well, I dont know if the WC202 was made for anything other than water to pump, because the flow once I put everything together was non-existant. If it was pumping I did not know about it.. Much to my regret, I am probably going to have to change out the XP+ and switch it to water and see if I get a difference in flow. Otherwise, I am going back to a peltier system..