Zalman Reserator1-Plus, Some Helpful Info plz

aceley · 26 Apr 2006 at 00:27

Hello

Im considering buying a completely new rig and this time round i want to water cool the beast

AMD 64x2 4400
XFX 7900 GTX 512
Asus A8N32-SLi Deluxe (With the larger Heat Pipe)
OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC3200 Dual Channel Platinum Series RAM
Any case will do, although i have been looking at some LanLi's

The kit ive been looking at is -
"Zalman Reserator1-Plus Fanless Water Cooling System - Black (WC-003-ZA)"

Ive been reading a little tho and have heard makin a custom water cooling kit is much more reliable and cooler

Please give me some insight and advice

Thanks in advance

Aceley

gr1mey · 26 Apr 2006 at 08:17

Im new to watercooling too, but I think in general the reserator is not a "performance" cooling solution.

mattup · 26 Apr 2006 at 08:54

aceley said:
Hello

Im considering buying a completely new rig and this time round i want to water cool the beast

AMD 64x2 4400
XFX 7900 GTX 512
Asus A8N32-SLi Deluxe (With the larger Heat Pipe)
OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC3200 Dual Channel Platinum Series RAM
Any case will do, although i have been looking at some LanLi's

The kit ive been looking at is -
"Zalman Reserator1-Plus Fanless Water Cooling System - Black (WC-003-ZA)"

Ive been reading a little tho and have heard makin a custom water cooling kit is much more reliable and cooler

Please give me some insight and advice

Thanks in advance

Aceley

The Reserator will not be suitable for the kit you discribed.

Have a look at the Swiftech ultra and 2 MCW60 vga blocks for a good value kit that works almost as well as most custom kits.

Or Danger Den (DD) blocks and ThermoChill PA rads are the best available it seems.

Matt

DELETED_36704 · 26 Apr 2006 at 10:15

mattup said:
The Reserator will not be suitable for the kit you discribed.

Yes it will be suitable, why not? it will work fine with his kit.

The resererator is not designed for performance but for silence, if you want low low temps then custom wc will be the better choice.

weescott · 26 Apr 2006 at 10:21

mattup said:
The Reserator will not be suitable for the kit you discribed.

Have a look at the Swiftech ultra and 2 MCW60 vga blocks for a good value kit that works almost as well as most custom kits.

Or Danger Den (DD) blocks and ThermoChill PA rads are the best available it seems.

Matt

Resorator will be fine if the system is not overclocked.

I don't trust the quality of the MCW60 VGA blocks so personally i would stay clear of them.

Danger Den blocks are far from "the best available", I can think of several other brands that are better.

At least you were right in saying the Thermochill PA rads are the best.

mattup · 26 Apr 2006 at 10:59

weescott said:
Resorator will be fine if the system is not overclocked.

I don't trust the quality of the MCW60 VGA blocks so personally i would stay clear of them.

Danger Den blocks are far from "the best available", I can think of several other brands that are better.

At least you were right in saying the Thermochill PA rads are the best.

I bow to your superior knowlage oh mighty one. Pray tell what is the best?

aceley · 26 Apr 2006 at 12:26

ok, good info guys, doing more research now

this would be my first time water cooling a system -
my only worry at the momment is removing the heatsink and fan from the rather expensive graphics card im buying

How easy is it to remove the heatsink and fan and properly fit the right equipment to an

XFX GeForce 7900 GTX 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express)

??

previous replies are much apprichiated

weescott · 26 Apr 2006 at 13:04

It's easy to remove the stock cooling from GFX cards, disasemble, and clip the pinch bolts that hold the cooling on.

Better blocks than DD (exeption being GPU blocks as there is no data on this):

Alphacool Nexus XP
Swiftech Storm (replaced with Apogee with arguably performance similar to a DD TDX)
Aquaextreme MP- 05 (alledgedly)
WW Storm G4 (no longer made)
Storm G5 (silly expensive)

Manifest · 26 Apr 2006 at 15:24

I really dont think cooling that setup, gfx card and all, with a reserator is really gonna work to well. I dont even think you will get decent temps but if u dont wanna overclock then it doesnt really matter.

Id dissagree that the thermochill PA rads are the best, they are ridiculous but the heatercore will out perform it at half the price.

I reakon u **** get seperates mate not a reserator.

gr1mey · 26 Apr 2006 at 16:57

yep seeing as Im new into WaterCooling I thought about getting a reserator, but it doesnt perform.

You will enjoy researching and finding the best seperates possible and setting them up.

Its a real breath of fresh air to do something like this with a PC rather than just software based performance increasing. Well it appeals to me anyway

aceley · 26 Apr 2006 at 22:08

Will the VGA block that comes with the Zalman Reserator1-Plus Fanless Water Cooling System, fit the XFX GeForce 7900 GTX 512MB XXX Edition GDDR3 ??

aftershxck · 26 Apr 2006 at 22:18

I first had a reserator before going onto a custom kit.

If you're not overclocking then it'd be fine. Take into account that the reserator is silent which was a big clincher in my case.

Manifest · 26 Apr 2006 at 22:29

Silence from your cooling system is a huge bonus but as your cooling get quieter you start to notice how much noise other bits make like the PSU, HDDs. Ive been trying to make everything quieter for years.