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Introduction
Now and then people want to over
clock there system, or even just try to get it
as cold as possible. People turn to devices or
systems which work more efficiently compared to
Passive or Air cooling. And to make it harder
they want it as silent as possible. That's why
companies spend there time to make coolers so
efficient they produce great heat movement even
at the silenced settings.
Packaging
Knowing this is a water cooler, it shouldn't be
shaken about, because you might break something,
like what happened to me. But because I live in
Australia, over seas transport requires
Quarantine to go through it, and they seem to
have broken the water flow indicator (or just
the travel did). Looking at
other places for comparison this didn't affect
the overall outcome of performance. The water
cooler itself is wrapped in a type of foam
sheeting, giving it extra protection, and then
covered in a plastic box. All the accessories
are in a secondary box along side the water
cooler.
 
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Specifications:
| Total Dimensions |
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164 x 255 x 67 mm |
| Fan Dimensions |
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80 x 80 x 25 mm |
| Rated Current |
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0.30A |
| Total Power Consumption |
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1.50W |
| Rated Voltage |
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DC 12V |
| Rated Speed |
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Min: 1300±10%RPM Max: 2700±10%RPM |
| Airflow |
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Min: 15.68CFM Max: 33.18CFM |
| Noise Level |
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Min: <21dBA Max: <26dBA |
| No of Pole |
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4 Pole |
| Rotation Direction |
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Counter-clockwise |
| Bearing Type |
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Sleeve / One Ball / Two Ball / Z-AXIS |
| Life Time |
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25,000 / 35,000 / 50,000 / 60,000 Hours |
What
you get
You get a full accessories box with the water cooler as well. In
the Box you have a lot of extras.
- 4x Water Tubing (one with water flow indicator)
Freeze proof waterP4 Back Plate and mountLGA775 Back Plate and mountK7 BracketK8 BracketScrews for mountsSpare O RingsSpare Clips and ToolLarge amount of Thermal Paste, Nano BluePower Extension LeadsPCI Back Plate (to run the water cooler and sit it on top of machine)Users Manual
- Water Block (GPU/CPU, I got the CPU version)
 
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The Cooler
Well the cooler is quite neat
actually, it has both style and lighting. Which
is the key thing to modders and over clockers.
But certain aspects aid the Bianca, Some extra
features include a water level (with LED back
light), water flow indicator, Fan speed adjuster
which has a nifty speed LED (changes colour when
at high or low), Alarm for both pump/fan and
easy to attach tubing. Out of it all the have to
admit this cooler is quite fancy too bad my water
flow indicator doesn't work. The Radiator is
made out of both Copper and Aluminium to keep
weight a factor and to keep it cool, The Piping
is copper and the fins are Aluminium.
Features:
- External water cooling
- Nice-looking design
- Powerful silent cooling performance
- Available in 2 versions (CPU version and GPU
version)
- CPU version: support for INTEL P3, P4 (socket 478, 775)
support for AMD K7, K8 (socket 462,
754/939/940)
- GPU version: support for ATI and NVIDIA VGA cards
- Straightforward water fill port with a
bright LED
- Fan speed control function
- Water flow indicator showing the status of
the water flow
- Alarm of pump and fan failure
- Colour illustrated user manual in 7
languages
- Competitive price
The Radiator tends to keep warm when the Fan is
kept at Low. This means the performance drop is
very dramatic, though not compared to other
designs.
 
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The Water Block
Well the water block is pretty
small and the great thing is it should fit on
every motherboard around. It has a very
reflective surface for heat transfer. I used it
as a quick mirror, just joking.
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The Test Computer
- A AMD Athlon 64 Socket 939 3000+
(Normally Stock HSF)
- Gigabyte K8N Ultra SLi
- Mushkin PC-3200 Level II Version 2 CAS 2
- Gigabyte ATi X600PRO 128mb
(Stock Cooling)
- Single
SATA 80gb 7200rpm Hard Drive
- Standard 450w Power Supply.
(Bad voltage on each rail.)
- Second Redundant Power Supply for Water
Cooler
- Big Red Button (for power)
 
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Installation
This is where the effort
starts in a water cooler. it takes around 2-3
days to install. But lets get right to the
point. After attaching all the Cables and Tubes
(Make sure they are tight, but no need to get a
tool to do it) to the
right place (according to the instructions).
Attach the power from ether a spare PSU or the
current one. and let the Water cooler run out of
case for 1 day or so, just to make sure you
don't get any leaks. To be totally honest Titan
did well with the connections, I got
no leaks and it took me a few minutes to install
for testing, if only they had valves then you
could take the Tubing off without leaks, that
would be a great design for the next water
cooler.
Now after you have run the
test setup its just as easy as installing a
Passive or Air Cooler. Remove the old one, get
the required plates or bracket and mount. You
might have to remove the motherboard for Intel
sockets. Then boot it up, make sure again that's
there no leaks and be on the lookout if there
is. And if there is cut power (to make sure of
no accidents) and then check if the connection
just needs tighting, if not remove all the water,
and cut the tubing back and reconnect it. Its
not likely going to happen if your not sure of
what to do call or email Titan.
 
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Testing
I decided to do a over clocking session with
this cooler as I have never tested a water
cooler before. Although I decided to keep the
voltage at one setting purely because i don't
have a great power supply, so I left it at 1.6,
it seemed to change a lot from 1.57 and back up
to 1.63 so i would love to get myself a power
supply soon. The Abient temp was 17°C and the
Idle temps were taken 1 Minute after load test
because I didn't have forever, though the first
idle and the final 45 minutes after load.
Testing Procedure:
- At every stable over clock the machine
goes through a 10 minute test to make sure
of stability, the Load temperature is taken
during this period. After 1 Minute of load
the Idle Temp is taken (During winter
there's not much difference between 45
minutes and 1 minute), the overall reason is
because it would take a few days to get the
temperatures in 45 minute idle blocks.
- Machine is out of case during the test.
- Nano Blue thermal Paste was used for
both Coolers (Titan Gives you tons)
- Ground/Desk temperature was kept at a
constant 17 °C, while Air Temperature was at 16°C.
(I don't have a Air Conditioner to get the
exact temps)
| Freq (CPU
Freq, Multi 9x) |
Temp Idle ( °C ) |
Temp Load ( °C ) |
CPU Mhz |
| 200 Mhz |
21°C |
24°C |
1800 Mhz |
| 205 Mhz |
21°C |
27°C |
1852 Mhz |
| 210 Mhz |
23°C |
28°C |
1895 Mhz |
| 215 Mhz |
25°C |
30°C |
1937 Mhz |
| 220 Mhz |
25°C |
30°C |
1981 Mhz |
| 225 Mhz |
25°C |
30°C |
2025 Mhz |
| 230 Mhz |
26°C |
31°C |
2070 Mhz |
| 235 Mhz |
26°C |
31°C |
2117 Mhz |
| 240 Mhz |
26°C |
31°C |
2162 Mhz |
| 245 Mhz |
27°C |
31°C |
2208 Mhz |
| 250 Mhz |
27°C |
32°C |
2256 Mhz |
| 255 Mhz |
28°C |
32°C |
2298 Mhz |
| 260 Mhz |
28°C |
33°C |
2347 Mhz |
| 265 Mhz |
29°C |
34°C |
2308 Mhz |
| 270 Mhz |
30°C |
35°C |
2430 Mhz |
Meanings:
Blue = Fully Stable
In Between = Loads but sometimes hangs
Red = Unstable
This is a great over clock the only bad thing
out of my machine would have to be my power
supply... though I would like to get a
motherboard which takes the ram past 2.8 volts.
Comparison
Well the stats of cooling at around
17°C ambient Temp. All idle temps were taken after load. (Refer to the Testing for the procedure.
Except use 45 Minute idle times.) Its hard to test against other coolers if
you don't have one on you (water coolers).
Cooling Graph
3D Model (Not
the best model)
This time round I
did a 3D model, though I didn't get a whole lot
of time to do it, at the moment its simple with
no textures and poor lighting, in the near
future look here for an Update.
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Conclusion
I have to admit water cooling
is quite sweet, you get a great improvement
compared to Fans, and even the little kits work,
but on the bad side water cooling really doesn't
affect well on normal temps, it does do well
when the CPU should be getting very hot. But for
all the people out there think of getting water
cooling there is one risk your running, but the
chance of it with kits like these is very very
low. Unless you don't know how to read a manual.
This water cooler is a great
addition to any one's case, though I will be
keeping with Air/Passive for the time being,
mainly because I go to like lan's every weekend
and hauling something like a water cooler can
really add weight, if they made a 1 Kg cooler
like this, i would have it in my bag and ready
to go.
Not only does the cooler
perform well but its very inexpensive for a
normal person. Though its not the best solution
to your cooling problems it sure does do the
value:money ratio well. There were to
improvement's I think Titan could make to this
cooler, one would have to be valves for the
tubing so you can easily remove it, and the
other would have to be so you can mount it in a
drive bay. Other than those little things I have
to admit this is one Sick ass product (meaning
great :D), that's why I have to give it 10 out
of 10.
The only problem with this Water Cooling kit is its not on the market, I believe it will be soon though.
Pro's:
- value:money is good
- Easy Install
- No leakage unless
installed incorrectly
- Water level with Back LED
- Fan Controller
- Noise Less design
- Not as heavy as most
coolers
- Style,
even though its on the roof of your case
Cons:
- May get damaged in
shipment (international)
- Hard to get water out
- Possibly
Could have Valves
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