New WC manufacturer - Looking good...

JCBeastie · 26 Jan 2006 at 01:06

I'm always on the lookout for new WC kits, I just want something more unique than DangerDen, AquaComputer, Innovatek, Asetek etc.

So check out: http://www.preytek.com/. They've been going since 2005 (soo young) and they're looking pretty smart...

They've got some nice looking equipment there, and according to BurnOutPC they perform well too.

Only problem is their official retailers are in France and Germany, maybe not for long though (as there is an application form for new retailers on-site).

Thoughts?

JCBeastie

Nixeh · 26 Jan 2006 at 01:20

loving their site, looking good on the product side aswell

Jimbo Mahoney · 26 Jan 2006 at 09:40

Hard to tell from that BurnoutPC review how good (or bad) it really is.

Doing a quick calculation on his figures (assuming ambient of 20'C):

0.14 'C/W on the standard clocked P4 2.8C

0.23 'C/W on the overclocked P4 2.8C @ 3.4

The problems are:

1) He's using a thermal probe next to the heatspreader, which isn't going to give very good temps

2) He doesn't say what voltage he was using to get the chip to 3.4. If he was using stock volts, then the WC kit performs very poorly, but if he was using lots of volts, it probably performed quite well.

Wish they had more info in these WC reviews

weescott · 26 Jan 2006 at 09:52

Looks like they have the same source for rads as the XSPC brand. The rads are very good value for money. I would guess that it would be a competitor to the Thermaltake Bigwater and win!....well it's not hard is it?

Sclodion · 26 Jan 2006 at 12:59

It looks like a copy of 10mm small bore german watercooling system designs of Aquacomputer and Innovatek. The CPU block looks pretty reasonable and its the same Rad design as Innovatek aswell so should perform very well at dissipating heat.

I like the idea of making the pump look like an auqatube, I can see real mod potential for a system with this pump and an aquatube ounted in the roof of a PC.

MikeTimbers · 26 Jan 2006 at 20:00

Nixeh said:
loving their site, looking good on the product side aswell

Hating their site! Why? For the love of God, why?

Creidiki · 27 Jan 2006 at 01:49

7.5 feet of head on the pump, thats terrible :S

I can see why theyd sell them in mainland EU, they love weak pumps and small tubes over there for some reason. >.>

Sclodion · 27 Jan 2006 at 10:58

Creidiki said:
7.5 feet of head on the pump, thats terrible :S

I can see why theyd sell them in mainland EU, they love weak pumps and small tubes over there for some reason. >.>

Personal preference. I'd personally never go back to 1/2" cooling setups.

Small bore cooling looks better, is easier to fit 'tight' cases, has much better tube to component fittings and is generally quieter.

Downside is that it can cost more and it 'may' not offer the top end cooling ability of some big bore systems due to flow rate, but i've yet to see any data that will convince me of this as I do not believe flow rate is a significant determining factor in watercooling systems.

But I do agree that the pump is on the weak side, even for small bore.