Choosing a Koolance Water Cooling System

Choosing a Koolance System

Koolance liquid cooling systems are available in 4 major form factors:

  1. Koolance Case with pre-installed radiator, pump, reservoir, control board and tubing.
  2. Koolance Exos external cooling units which rest on top of any pc case, allowing the user to run coolant tubing into the rear of the pc for cooling.
  3. Koolance Aquian internal liquid cooling system complete with CPU cooling block.
  4. Koolance INX kits which bolt on to most atx cases

With today's computer processors and video cards reaching record scorching temps, liquid cooling has made the leap into mainstream computer cooling. At the forefront of the liquid cooling revolution is the Koolance liquid cooling systems!

Liquid cooling reaps many advantages over traditional air-cooling methods.

  • Lower System temperatures (ideal for over-clocking)
  • Low noise as compared to high end air cooling methods
  • Less maintenance: fewer fans equal lower amounts of dust to clean out of your computer equipment.

Koolance Case

PcPowerZone offers the complete line of Koolance liquid cooled case systems. These liquid cooled cases have all necessary components minus the actual cooling blocks included and pre-installed with every case (except as noted in our Koolance Kit section).

Building a Koolance liquid cooled system with any of the Koolance case models such as the Koolance PC3-725BK mid tower cooling system is similar to a traditional computer build. The water cooling blocks install in much the same manner as traditional coolers except that you will attach tubing to each cooler used.

Most people will add an extra 30 minutes or so to their computer build by using the Koolance liquid cooled case solutions. The tubing will need to be laid out and cut before any pc components are installed. Once plumbed and tested for leaks you will then install the rest of your PC components making sure to use thermal compound such as PcPowerZone's Arctic Silver 5 (free Arctic Silver Céramique with any Koolance case purchase) on all cooling blocks unless specifically noted not to in your Koolance instruction manual.

The Koolance systems are available in both 700w and 1000w heat capacities. The 1000w series are desired for pc systems using dual processors, dual SLI VGA cards as well as multiples of additional cooling blocks while the 700w version is used when only a few liquid cooling blocks will be needed, or lower noise levels are desired.

Koolance Case Model
Description
PC4-1024SL Silver Mid Tower Case, 1000w water cooling system with hidden drive bays
PC3-724SL Silver Mid Tower Koolance Case, 700w water cooling system with hidden drive bays
PC4-1025BK Black Mid Tower Koolance case with1000w water-cooling system. Features exposed drive bays
PC4-1025SL Silver Mid Tower Koolance case with1000w water-cooling system. Features exposed drive bays
PC3-725BK Black Mid Tower Koolance case with 700w water-cooling system. Features exposed drive bays
PC3-725SL Silver Mid Tower Koolance case with 700w water-cooling system. Features exposed drive bays
PC4-1026BK Black extended Koolance tower case with 1000w water-cooling system. Features exposed drive bays, fits extended motherboards and power supplies
PC4-1026SL Silver extended Koolance tower case with 1000w water-cooling system. Features exposed drive bays, fits extended motherboards and power supplies
PC3-726BK Black extended Koolance tower case with 700w water-cooling system. Features exposed drive bays, fits extended motherboards and power supplies
PC3-726SL Silver extended Koolance tower case with 700w water-cooling system. Features exposed drive bays, fits extended motherboards and power supplies
PC4-1036BK Black full tower Koolance case with 1000w water-cooling system
PC4-1036SL Silver full tower Koolance case with 1000w water-cooling system
PC3-736BK Black full tower Koolance case with 700w water-cooling system
PC3-736SL Silver full tower Koolance case with 700w water-cooling system

 

External Cooling System

Koolance offers the Exos systems as a means of liquid cooling any pre-existing pc system without replacing or modifying your computer case. The Koolance Exos systems simply rest on top or next to any pc case.

Your coolant tubing will run into your pc via the PCI slots in the back of your computer case. The system will then be plumbed exactly as a traditional Koolance case would be.

The main advantage of using the Koolance Exos system is the low price and ease of installation. Simply remove your old heat sinks and install the new liquid coolers. Simple and fast!

Internal Cooling Kit

The Koolance Aquian is a compact liquid cooling system used for cooling a single cpu cooler. These systems restrict the use of VGA card coolers and are for basic applications only.

Bolt on Cooling

Koolance INX cooling systems such as the INX3-1050BK are for more adventurous people that are not afraid to cut a hole in their existing computer case. These kits come with a radiator and pump module, which will equal the same cooling performance as standard Koolance cooling systems. Cutting is required!

Recommended Koolance Accessories

There are a few Koolance accessories which I recommend to all water cooled PC builders. I have listed these below with my reasons following the name and hyper-link of each item.

Drain Valve

Draining in any of the Koolance systems is simple enough, at first glance anyhow. Once you put together a few water-cooled pc systems you will learn to appreciate having a drain valve installed at a low point within your cooling line.

It is ideal to open your coolant line in 2 locations to release the vacuum within the coolant line. Otherwise it will be extremely difficult to completely drain the coolant from your system when needed.

With a drain valve in place, you will be able to release the vacuum in your Koolance cooling system by opening your fill cap then carefully opening the drain valve and draining coolant into a small container.

Koolance Tubing Wrap

Koolance tubing wrap will help prevent kinks and line twisting within your Koolance case. Install by wrapping the Koolance tubing wrap around Koolance tubing at any point where your tubing must make a tight bend. This will prevent a disastrous kink from effecting system performance.

Koolance Cooler Kit

I also highly recommend the PcPowerZone Koolance Cooler Kit which combines the most commonly compatible and used Koolance coolers needed for just about any Koolance build… all at a bare minimum price.

written by Ken Walker PcPowerZone Product Manager on 11/08/07