Cooler MAster Eisberg?

MarkeR · 8 Mar 2012 at 23:12

What do you guys think of this new product from Cooler Master?

http://guru3d.com/news/cooler-master-eisberg-watercooling-lineup-shown/

Looks a damn sight better than the sealed water coolers from Antec and Corsair!

panyan · 8 Mar 2012 at 23:41

at that price, the ocuk kits are better no?

stulid · 8 Mar 2012 at 23:46

Cleecooo still wouldn't be satisfied.

Cupra · 9 Mar 2012 at 00:10

link has competitors in

i wouldnt say theocuk kits are better however the ek kits seem better vfm but we wont know for sure until there is some direct reviews

rjk · 9 Mar 2012 at 11:26

MarkeR said:
Looks a damn sight better than the sealed water coolers from Antec and Corsair!

but will perform exactly the same I would imagine.

Seems CoolerMaster are jumping on the bandwagon.

Duff-Man · 9 Mar 2012 at 14:00

I wondered when products like this would start to show up... The Achilles heel of the closed-loop coolers are their abysmal flow rate. If this unit can provide a half-decent pump, then we could see significantly improved performance.

Of course, we'll need to wait and see how it performs, but it seems to be a step in the right direction

golbat77 · 10 Mar 2012 at 23:04

Is this the Eisberg 120?

Don't hotlink please, thanks.

pgi947 · 11 Mar 2012 at 00:20

I doesn't look like it, well not one in the OP's link anyhow, the pump block is different, that's not to say it 100% isn't it, either picture could be of a prototype.

Looking at the size of the pump blocks it may well be a better performer than current offerings from antec and corsair but only time will tell.

My advise to anyone considering an ALC unit, don't you will just get the urge to go full custom and then that is £50-100 down the pan.

Freddie1980 · 12 Mar 2012 at 19:12

From the picture it looks like pump leaks. The screws are all rusty!

pgi947 · 12 Mar 2012 at 20:19

just noticed that too, on the pic with the 240 rad!

Freddie1980 · 12 Mar 2012 at 21:50

pgi947 said:
just noticed that too, on the pic with the 240 rad!

If it were any other company I would be shocked.

panyan · 12 Mar 2012 at 22:33

i reckon the screws have an antique look - how badly would the pump have to leak for all four screws to be completely rusted over?

shadowscotland · 13 Mar 2012 at 09:22

look like brass screws in shadow - not rusty
Some of the old ATCS cases had brass button head fixings - so quite possable from CM.

If they are using Eheim pumps - varient on the Eheim 600 Station II maybe - falure rate should be low

Vortez has some nice images of it in their CM @ CeBIT 2012 piece

Cleeecooo · 15 Mar 2012 at 21:10

stulid said:
Cleeecooo still wouldn't be satisfied.

Ofcourse not. Unless the 240mm version is only £70 with fans, it won't be good value for money.

More and more companies just jumping on the bandwagon to try and sell "watercooling" to the oh so naive consumer

Nelly · 17 Apr 2012 at 03:36

For what it's worth, according to people on overclock.net it's using a 45mm thick Alphacool XT45 rad.

Nigel014 · 17 Apr 2012 at 04:27

rjkoneill said:
but will perform exactly the same I would imagine.

Seems CoolerMaster are jumping on the bandwagon.

I heard somewhere in an interview that it will perform 10-12 degrees cooler than the competition.

malfunkshun · 17 Apr 2012 at 08:31

Cleeecooo said:
Ofcourse not. Unless the 240mm version is only £70 with fans, it won't be good value for money.

More and more companies just jumping on the bandwagon to try and sell "watercooling" to the oh so naive consumer

Wait for performance results?
Although, to be fair, at the prices being quoted I doubt it will be better than a similarly priced kit.

Duff-Man · 17 Apr 2012 at 10:06

malfunkshun said:
Wait for performance results?
Although, to be fair, at the prices being quoted I doubt it will be better than a similarly priced kit.

That isn't the market they're competing against though. They're going for the convenience market that want "plug and go" functionality.

It won't have quite the performance of a custom kit, and may cost more. But, if it offers notably better performance than other closed-loop kits, it will sell.

pastymuncher · 17 Apr 2012 at 16:11

Nigel014 said:
I heard somewhere in an interview that it will perform 10-12 degrees cooler than the competition.

Nelly said:
For what it's worth, according to people on overclock.net it's using a 45mm thick Alphacool XT45 rad.

If that's true then it should be better than the competition. The 360 version of that rad did extremely well in Bundymania's triple rad shootout.

Nelly · 17 Apr 2012 at 21:44

lol Cooler Master reckon it will be 10-12°C better than it's competitor's, I'm guessing the Corsair H100.

Launch Date = End of April / Beginning May.

130 Euros for 120mm Version
140 Euros for 240mm Version.

Seen as Hexus isn't banned anymore check the vid below out.