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I want to put the ahanix iceberg system in my anus but am still a little freaked out about water circulating through my peecee. Any one have good or bad experiences to share? :)

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Opus2000 Thu, 02/20/2003 - 17:55

One word of advice....well, ok a few words! DO NOT BUY ANYTHING AHANIX!!! They're support sucks. Their water reservoir system is bogus...the unit is plastic and very brittle and will crack due to temperature changes and also due to they fact they don't tap the screw holes for you. Get another brand of water cooling.
Even if you did get Ahanix and you got a support RA they don't follow up on it. They just ignore you basically. They suck in the long run. I will never endorse their products again personally.
Other than that, the system is pretty cool. I am having a custom acrylic water reservoir made for me so that I know it won't crack under temperature changes. I'm waiting for the new reservoir to be finished but when it's in it's actualy pretty damn quiet and very efficient especially when used in combination with the Arctic Silver AS31 thermal compound. Your overall temps stay at 40-42c TOPS!!
Check out Overclockers.com for some reviews and also check out frozencpu.com
I'll post when I get the system back up and running. It won't be for a bit as I am moving within the next week or so! Fun fun fun I tell you!
Cheers
Opus

Tommy P. Sat, 03/01/2003 - 05:39

water + electronics = stupid idea

I have no doubts about that, especially since I've worked about 72+ hours in the past 5 days repairing water damaged electrical and electronic control equipment here in NYC. Blizzard + salt+ rain = exploding street covers, fried underground and overhead cables, burned-up traffic controllers and some very tired electricians.

And the little pin hole I found in my high voltage gloves didn't help me either. :c:

Opus2000 Sat, 03/08/2003 - 16:31

Tommy,
Damn bro! How's that ringing in your ears? Is that a 10K tone constant or what?! lmao!
Water cooling...I got my new water reservoir and it's rocking! It's friggen soooooo nice! Although I now have my machine where you can't see the side anymore I do need to do a couple of things.
One is to disconnect the front fan as I don't need it. I have the fan on the back on the radiator thing and the dual fan Enermax going. The CPU temp on full load(with the Arctic Silver ASIII paste) is around 41c!!!! Woohoo!
Also I need to put some cushioning on the wood as it does vibrate a little. Nothing a little rug can't fix!
Water cooling isn't too bad as long as you do your homework before hand. Been running my system for about a week now solid as a rock at 3.2Ghz on a 2.66Ghz system!!! Going to see how much farther I can push it too! Hee hee
Opus :D

anonymous Mon, 03/10/2003 - 01:30

water + electronics = stupid idea

Actually, it depends on what kind of water you use. Distilled H2O is not conductive of electricity. It's only the impurities in the water that make it a conductor. Now, I'm not sayin' that, if you blow a hose, you're not gonna cause a tri-city blackout. Lord knows, that if you don't blow your anus out regularly, the mudslide caused from adding water will definitely have some *ahem* impurities. :D BUT, I guess, going with the water cooling voids the need for the fans that cause the dust, in the first place. If you're gonna go with the "flow" make sure you use distilled H2O.