Photos Part One: The Box and Accessories
We’ll kick things off by looking at the not at all small box. It has the same basic layout as the previous Water 2.0 boxes, but it’s significantly larger.
We have a hint (more than a hint, I suppose) of what is to come here. Large radiator is large, for an all-in-one anyway. The mounting looks to be the same as the others in the series, not surprising as the specs show the pump to be the same unit too. When it says “Supports Intel LGA2011” it means “Is really, really, really easy to mount and uses the Intel stock mounting system”. The liquid inside, in case you’re wondering, is not actually blue.
On the rear we have an ideal radiator installation shot along withe the usual radiator/pump/fan bits and a shot of the software that comes with this unit.
On one side is a very brief spec list in a wide variety of languages. I’ll spare you that. On the other side is a specifications list and a dubiously honest graph. Were the last bar on the left there labeled 65c it would be totally honest and only slightly misleading. As it is, it’s not overly honest. Also, it had better stomp the stock cooler, the stock cooler is awful.
I’ll open the box, let’s see what is inside!
Stuff! I love stuff! I’ll drag the stuff out so we can look at it more clearly.
We get a manual, a sack of mounting hardware, two fans, and a CD with the telemetry / pump control software on it (I assume). Here’s a fan closeup:
These are the same fans as the Pro and the Performer. I’m hoping that the pump’s built in PWM controller runs them at high speed so they don’t whine, it’d be a pretty big oversight if it didn’t and I would be surprised.
I’ll spread the mounts out a bit, if you want to know exactly how it all works check out one of the older Water 2.0 reviews (Pro, Performer), there are only so many times I’m willing to re-type the same instructions. Two appears to be the limit.
I expect by this point you’d like to see the cooler itself. We can do that.
