Experience with Thermaltake ProWater 850i?

M374llic4 · Oct 30, 2008

I bought a whole new rig complete with Thermaltake ProWater 850i.

Anyone used it before? Hopefully its a decent product, it is thermaltake after all.

Thanks,
Dan

BeHappy · Oct 30, 2008

Thats an itty bitty radiator.

My advice would be to add a 2x120mm radiator from petras if you want some decent performance.

Those kits wont come close to the performance of a mid range w/c setup.

jr1 · Oct 30, 2008

hi
i'm sorry to tell you but from my experience with tt it's pretty much garbage
on the other hand i haven't ever tried this here one
another thing is that the rad is aluminum and thereby it's first of all a mix of metals since the block is copper
i think whoever in here will agree that mixed metals is a big no no exept for copper and brass
second ( and plz correct me if i'm wrong ) aluminum isn't transferring heat as well as copper
if you are going to use that set you can help a little on the corroding by adding some of the red antifreese

White_Pawn · Oct 30, 2008

www.hardwarelogic.com has a review on the 850i.

most people will say, if you want H2O, do it yourself.

BeHappy · Oct 30, 2008

White_Pawn said:
www.hardwarelogic.com has a review on the 850i.

most people will say, if you want H2O, do it yourself.

Or get a swiftech kit. Got mine for $200 shipped and has my ridiculously voltage hungry q6700 @ 35c.

And thats at 1.5v.

M374llic4 · Oct 30, 2008

Thanks for the feedback everyone. If I throw on an upgraded radiator, I should be ok for the most part? I read that heater cores from a various older cars work awesome.

I read through that review and they said it did extremely well

"Thermaltake's ProWater 850i is a great improvement upon their previous the BigWater units. We heard about users having issues with older prebuilt units and we wanted to make sure this ProWater unit would not put any hardware at risk. We did not have a single leak during the installation and testing process; NOT ONE DROP! We were pleased with the overall ease of the installation, and the performance of the unit. This prebuilt unit chilled our CPU extremely well. "

Thermal Performance
19/20* There is not much out there that will do a better job cooling.

Overclocking
19/20* Again, this unit chilled the CPU like a champ, even during the OC

BeHappy · Oct 30, 2008

M374llic4 said:
Thanks for the feedback everyone. If I throw on an upgraded radiator, I should be ok for the most part? I read that heater cores from a various older cars work awesome.

Well yes and no...

If you add a bigger, more efficient radiator you will still be limited by the flow rate of that tubing, the weaker pump, and the waterblock on the cpu.

If you are thinking about modifying that setup:

I would do like many have before and get a decent kit instead of trying to fix that one.

Will be much better off in the long run.

Or you could switch back to air cooling and get a very decent cooler for like $50.

Ghostcustoms · Oct 30, 2008

I have Big Water and I second the need for another radiator! Also some springs for the cpu block(next time at the hardware store!) mounting is not always perfect...

I would go with a swiftech kit, but my big water was free so I'm running it!

M374llic4 · Oct 30, 2008

Well, work is helping me get the whole rig, ( they buy, i pay them weekly) so I can only get what pcconnection.com has on hand. This was the only kit they had. So I am really limited. I dont have the cash to throw down up front for a better kit. : \

Spawn-Inc · Oct 30, 2008

as everyone else has said TT is junk. if you can return it. the pump will most likely die within a couple of months.

not only is the TT rad small, but it uses Round tubes which cannot transfer as much heat and adds alot of restriction since there are several 180 degree bends.

as i said if you can return it and save up for a swiftech kit, build your own or go highend air.

OldSkool · Oct 30, 2008

Spawn-Inc said:
as everyone else has said TT is junk. if you can return it. the pump will most likely die within a couple of months.

not only is the TT rad small, but it uses Round tubes which cannot transfer as much heat and adds alot of restriction since there are several 180 degree bends.

as i said if you can return it and save up for a swiftech kit, build your own or go highend air.

+1

Ghostcustoms · Oct 30, 2008

As far as air... My 1283HDT cooled better and quieter than my Big Water Kit. But after modding it its been fine! As far as people telling you about the pump I'm going past 2 months and still wondering why its working.

I wouldn't buy this kit over an air cooled option unless you want water that bad.

axis01 · Oct 30, 2008

It's not hard to see that most WCing sites sell LOTS of 220 and bigger rads for a reason. The small 120mm rads aren't sufficient to dissappate the heat of highly OC'd CPUs. 3.6ghz on a E6850 isn't bad but can easily be acheived with highend aircooling. The ones they listed in their review were FAR from highend aircooling and it only beat the best aircooler in the review by 1.2C. A $140 Swiftech 220 compact would smash that and let you OC much higher while maintaining lower temps.

Axis

M374llic4 · Oct 31, 2008

Ghostcustoms said:
As far as air... My 1283HDT cooled better and quieter than my Big Water Kit. But after modding it its been fine! As far as people telling you about the pump I'm going past 2 months and still wondering why its working.

I wouldn't buy this kit over an air cooled option unless you want water that bad.

I will need it, because I just got an E8500 and am hoping to OC to 4.X+++GHz

I am sending back the kit and going to build a custom one down the road near tax time. I will just stick with stock till then.

jr1 · Oct 31, 2008

as far as i know from experience with earlyer tt set that's a good choise
i think you'll be way more happy with a diy than you ever would be able to be with a tt set
until you know what budgett you'll have to work with ceep on reading and suck up every drop of experience and knowledge these guys around here have to offer
and it's loads of knowledge around here
and last good luck ;-))

BeHappy · Oct 31, 2008

M374llic4 said:
I will need it, because I just got an E8500 and am hoping to OC to 4.X+++GHz

I am sending back the kit and going to build a custom one down the road near tax time. I will just stick with stock till then.

Good choice. I was also talked out of a cheaper w/c kit (asetek LCLC).

I know for an absolute FACT I would have regretted that kit.

Save up for decent parts and you'll be extremely happy.

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