Thermaltake Water2.0 Extreme Fail

[Spannerhands]

This is going to be a quick review of my experience.

 

Everything about the 2.0 looked good on paper and many YouTube reviews said very good things.

 

However there is a major issue with this product.

(This might only apply to the AMD fitment.)

 

Issues:

·         You have to remove the standard & perfectly good AMD backplate.

·         Their backplate is made out of plastic containing a lot of regrind, this makes it very soft.

·         When tightening the screws into the back plate the metal lugs are able to rotate in the backplate causing fitment issues.

·         The backplate and whole design of the mounting system can’t put enough presser on the CPU to make any decent contact.

·         The Water block surface itself is not very smooth.

·         Removing the thing requires you to use a pair of pliers to stop the metal lugs in the backplate rotating.

 

 

Conclusion:

 

If they had paid a little more attention to the mounting design this would have been a very good product. Bought the H100i and fitted it yesterday (this used the standard AMD backplate) Temps were 6⁰C Lower on idle and 15⁰C on load.

 

Now I can get back to my 5Ghz OC J

[rossi94]

It's an enthusiast-grade product. Just AMD fanboys use AMD platforms in this grade.

[Spannerhands]

It's an enthusiast-grade product. Just AMD fanboys use AMD platforms in this grade.

 

 

I understand because its and “enthusiast-grade product” I should be expected to redesign a more appropriate backplate in order to make their product work correctly.

And the fact that I decided to build my first AMD platform in 12 years makes me an “AMD fanboy”

 

Well thank you for your input...

[rossi94]

lawl. Come down .. take a seat want some benchmarks?

 

http://www.cpubenchmark.net/high_end_cpus.html

[ZombifiedPyro]

lawl. Come down .. take a seat want some benchmarks?

 

http://www.cpubenchmark.net/high_end_cpus.html

Factor in the price of the CPUs. Comparing the 3770K vs. 8350, the intel has 9622, the AMD has 9128. Proving that Intel is a better platform. But, people always want to save money and the intel costs $300 and the AMD only $180. For me, its not worth the extra $120 for the 494 points.

[MeltyMoon]

I mean Rossi, you seem more like a fanboy than the OP. You came in here and were talking about how 'AMD Fanboys' are using their products in this price bracket....well why do they make AMD mounts for these things at all then? If they bother to make one, people expect it to work well, no? Also you need to factor in costs of builds too, I'm in high school, I can't afford a baller intel rig right now, so whats the next best thing? An FX 8350 @4.5Ghz doesn't seem too bad right now.

[rossi94]

It's not about pricing, it's about performance. Such products are for guys who want extreme performance. Performance that AMD can't deliver right now.

 

I runned a Q9950 till last month, I know pricing is a facter, but if I spend 200$ + on a CPU cooler I rather buy a better CPU.

[Hyydrah]

What a poorly designed product, thanks for the heads up.

[MeltyMoon]

It's not about pricing, it's about performance. Such products are for guys who want extreme performance. Performance that AMD can't deliver right now.

 

I runned a Q9950 till last month, I know pricing is a facter, but if I spend 200$ + on a CPU cooler I rather buy a better CPU.

Umm it's $100 right now on newegg with a 30 dollar rebate. And $120 on Amazon. So fairly cheap for a 2x120mm AIO cooler :)

[rossi94]

Sorry, pricing is different here :P