Danger!!!!!!! Bad Water Block Thermaltake Big Water

Noxide

The water block on the TT Big Water is some what deffected. Ive had it for three weeks with my computer O/C and running fine and the top arcrylic half of it cracked were the fittings screw into, thus frying my month old BFG 6800 Ultra! But dont get me wrong, its a Great system for the price but i would recomend getting a FULL Metal water block to replace the OEM type. I Bought a Zalman ZM-WB2 Gold to replace it.
http://www.zalmanusa.com/usa/product/view.asp?idx=84&code=005009
The only thing is that you'll have to use a little more effort to putt the TTBW hoses on to the smallest size fittings that comes with the zalman.
So Poeple....Be advised! Cuz i went through hell trying to get my BFG 6800 to be exchanged! But i just payed the $100.00 US difference for the H2O Cooled! Very Happy

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fussnfeathers · Lord of the Tweak Joined: 14 Dec 2004 Posts: 2763

Sorry to hear that........it's one of the things I was wondering about with the BigWater CPU block. Since that's where most of the heat is coming from, and acrylic isn't exactly known for it's heat absorbing abilities, it sortof concerned me.

At least you got it fixed.
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Noxide · Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 10:30 pm Post subject:

hey thanx. But its really good on cooling. the pump is pretty good too. Its wierd cuz i hand tighen the hose fittings and thats were it cracked from. and i tighten the block down just enough to hold in place cuz the block had a groove on it to hold it any wayz.
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gmoney · Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 11:14 pm Post subject:

you dont seem very upset... after loosing a 450$ g card.. i would be pissed.. and never ever recommend the system... but eh thats just me Very Happy

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Noxide · Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 11:36 pm Post subject:

well im not so pissed cuz I got it exchanged for free...But i upgraded to the Water cooled card for a $100.00 US. So im happy i didnt have to buy it again! Dancing

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gmoney · Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2005 12:03 am Post subject:

so u got one with a water block on it... or an entire water cooling system ?
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Noxide · Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2005 2:08 am Post subject:

one with a water block on the grafx card.
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gmoney · Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2005 2:43 am Post subject:

ic... y didnt u just get the gt model with the water block then? i mean shoot o/c past ultra speeds

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Noxide · Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2005 2:48 am Post subject:

i already bought it when i found out. its cool though.. I'll deal with it.
how much higher?
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Noxide · Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2005 12:01 am Post subject:

man i sold my messed up water block with a piece of tube to my friend today. He said he had an idea so i sold it for $20.00 US. I asked him what was he going to use it for. He said "Oh cool! You can see the smoke flow through there!" And a new tool was born...... I personally dont do that but....I guess every one gets a vission every now and then. Also he didnt know what it was until I told him. Tripped out I say.
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gmoney · Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2005 1:12 am Post subject:

lmfao dood.. thats psychodelic maannn groovy brother

smoke hey man will u sell me that .. i have a wicked idea hippy2

smoke
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zhensem · Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2005 2:00 am Post subject:

Free love dude, hippy2

, peace out man!

I love these smileys!

Argh! Just finished an essay about the Capital Asset Pricing Model and the Modigliani and Miller model and I need a drink (and sleep).

Good to see a water block being put to good use. Lucky water block has a second chance in life!

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gmoney · Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2005 2:36 am Post subject:

oh yeah but now its not getting caked in chloral residue or curosion... it is getting caked with resin.. confused4

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Xal · Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2005 4:44 am Post subject:

LMAO,

coool dude check out how it goes all swirly, dooood :insert pot head smiley here:
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2old2care · Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2005 11:11 am Post subject:

Watch it break on him.

..smoke fills his dorm room, fart

and he gets busted.

..all your fault.

..cause you sold it to him. thebirdman

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ToggleHead · TWEAKGURU Joined: 03 Mar 2004 Posts: 4360 Location: Jersey

.... i have absolutely no idea what you guys are talking about.....

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Silicon Skum · Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2005 1:09 pm Post subject:

LMFAO!!

Trust me, it's always handy to have a mcGuyver type pot head around, you never know when your bong will break !

Now, if you excuse me gent's, I have to go water the "garden".........

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gmoney · Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2005 2:15 pm Post subject:

oh oahoahoahaoo ohoh ... pruning there? ss.. lmfao.. i envy you

american law bites these
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Noxide · Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2005 6:47 pm Post subject:

I talked to my friend today and he said it worked great. According to him the cold copper made "it" smooth. He showed his friends, and now his friends want to if i can get like three of them. I know they sell some after market ones at frys for like $35.00 U.S.. Hell if they'er will'n to pay....... Very Happy

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Silicon Skum · Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2005 9:38 pm Post subject:

Uhmmm dunno what the grand Pwner will say about this (family website and all) but ICE makes "it" MUCH smoother, as it's a water block you could add at peltier element to the block to chill it down nice and frosty.

Heh, you may have just found a new item to sell in an e-bay shop!

Of course, I know nothing of this subject and it's all guess work..........yeah, thats it, guess work!.

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gmoney · Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2005 11:04 pm Post subject:

well of coarse i was under the notion that all this was relative speaking ... Shock

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Noxide · Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2005 11:53 pm Post subject:

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Xal · Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2005 2:43 am Post subject:

Dude, no one at TN smokes (anything), yeah..... headbang

Nate even quit smokin cigaretts a while back, what a nice clean site

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fussnfeathers · Lord of the Tweak Joined: 14 Dec 2004 Posts: 2763

hm.........well, not like I smoke anything but the tires on my sooper-cavalier.....but.......

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gmoney · Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2005 3:25 pm Post subject:

yeah teh only ting i smoke is .... tires... in .. video games... or somthing of that nature Think

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