How good are koolance case's

Woody29 · Nov 20, 2003

hi...
i've been offered a chance to buy a koolance case PC2-601BW from a friend's brother,
just wondered the water cooling in them are good for overclocking a barton 2500+.
i have no experience or knowledge about water cooling just hope some one here can put me straight whether i say yes or no to it.

thanks......

Kbird · Nov 20, 2003

First thing is how much, and the case is really cool but the cooling hardware inside is not that great.

vonkaar · Nov 20, 2003

They are not very good for even light overclocking. If a simple yes or no is all you want, I'll chime in with my "no."

E_Man · Nov 20, 2003

Koolance is an excellent start for the begginer. It cools like high end air cooling but its quite and reliable.

Woody29 · Nov 20, 2003

thanks for the replys......the things is it's secondhand 3 months old, and has a 450w psu and 4 aluminium 80mm evercool fans two intake and two out and all 4 on reostat. the price i seen in uk just for the case £199 but my friends brother wants £120 including the fans and psu....
i hear you guys say it's not that good for overclocking, would there be anyway to improve it or upgrade it, like getting better fans to the radiator or anything else.....????
one more thing would this coolance rig cool better then what i have currently in my sig( give me more head room for overclocking)

Fuzion · Nov 20, 2003

The Koolance rig won't give you much / if any advantage over your current air setup. It's just not a high-performing setup, it allows you just to say "I'm water-cooled." I would just save the money and spend it on a worthwhile setup.

Woody29 · Nov 20, 2003

thanks for the input guys....looks like it's not worth getting.
i was hoping it would do alot better than my current setup, for a small improvement to none is not really worth while.
i guess i was just hoping it would be a all in one easy solution to getting water and better cooling.

mata2974 · Nov 20, 2003

The Koolance rig won't give you much / if any advantage over your current air setup. It's just not a high-performing setup, it allows you just to say "I'm water-cooled." I would just save the money and spend it on a worthwhile setup.

I dont believe that a bit, where are the facts!!!!!!!!!!!!!. I use both, my home made kit and Koolance, right now my 1700XP Tbred B is happy at 225 x11 1.77V and a solid 37 degrees full load. Obviously I am very happy. Look at this shot right after prime95 and high voltage with a koolance kit, the temperatures are the same with MBM5 and the Abit temp. probe software.

ILikeMy240sx · Nov 20, 2003

Koolance is not a high-performance setup. the short answer is NO

Believe me, even if you save money now, in the long run you are going to waste money because you get it for cheap now, and soon you realize other peoples setup look alot nicer, and perform better than yours and you start to think "hmmm upgrades..." you end up changing the whole entire setup in the end.

Save a lil bit more money and buy your own parts

Woody29 · Nov 21, 2003

what makes koolance performe poorly compare to other setups......???
is it the .....cpu block?? radiator?? ect..???

Giblet Plus! · Nov 21, 2003

Woody29 said:
what makes koolance performe poorly compare to other setups......???
is it the .....cpu block?? radiator?? ect..???

It's the cpu block, radiator, tubing size, and pump.

ILikeMy240sx · Nov 21, 2003

Giblet Plus! said:
It's the cpu block, radiator, tubing size, and pump.

lolz baisically the whole thing

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