Anyone Modded the Tide Water?

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I keep coming back and looking at the Thermaltake Tide Water, for all it bad reviews. I think mainly because I've seen them for about £25 new.

I'm just wondering if anyone has got one, but modified it in someway to cool better?

I'm not talking about placing it elsewhere or making a special chassis as I have seen on another site, I mean modding/changing the pump for flow rate, or changing the fan, strapping an extra fan to it using a different water block etc. Anything that has increased the performance. (and no, throwing it away and using a proper water cooling setup is not a proper answer lol :p :rolleyes: )

Thanks,
Matthew
 
You'd need to change the pump, tubing, rad and block to improve it. :p




But seriously, you'l get similar to decent air results with it. Buy it as an alternative to a new air HSF and you shouldn't be dissapointed.

It will be an experience of an intro to water cooling but don't expect to upgrade it.

Though for £25 it would say it's worthwhile as a learning curve and you always could sell it on to upgrade to a custom set-up.
 
ok cool. I was looking at the price difference between the tide water and say the big water kits (735/745 [both lack gpu block though]), and just wondering if its worth it to get the tide water at all.

I can't really see it as a learning curve as it's such a simple setup - tide water - and even the big water doesn't look exactly challenging.

I do however have a Toshiba air conditioning heat exchanger sitting in my room, which is straight out of the factory. Always think at some point I may use that as its pretty flippin' big. (about the height of a medium tower and about the width of the keys from caps key to return key on a regular keyboard.)

Matthew
 
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