Doc,
Indeed, the Aquarius kit was a Xmas gift from my darling nieces.
I was secretly appalled (while outwardly pleased, of course) when they insisted that I install it posthaste.
Three days later, upon their departure, I removed it and returned to my air-cooling experiments.
Over the months I've retried it a couple of times and finally decided that the stock waterblock was the main bottleneck.
I bought the Zalman block primarily because it was easily upgradable to larger tubing and I assumed I would be going that route eventually.
I was pleasantly surprised by my immediate results and have managed to make incremental improvements as I go.
As with regular heatsinks (when, unlike the pack, I went with the Zalman 7000 instead of the hyperpraised SP Thermalright), I have experienced the automatic and virulent disdain of the elite every time I mention my system.
Frankly, the role of underdog/spoiler suits me fine.
Although I have every intention of trying larger, more powerful components as time and money allows, I would never actively discourage ( or berate) someone who expresses an interest in a kit.
They have their place.
Yes, my system is overclocked and undervolted.
Down from the default vCore of 1.65 to 1.55v
Not a huge difference, but every little bit helps.
