| Project Monolith-the Thermochill PA140.3 Experience |
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| Friday, 19 June 2009 00:00 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Project Monolith-The Thermochill PA140.3 Experience!
Introduction Thermochill is a company that have been at the forefront of the water cooling industry for many years. With the change over from the HE to the PA series, sales have rocketed and demand has always been extremely high, mainly in places such as Germany and the USA. Thermochill was a Yorkshire based company until recently, but now has moved to elsewhere in the United Kingdom, due to its recent acquisition by Rob from Watercoolinguk and Paul from XSPC.
The latest radiator to come out from this company is the PA140.3, and gilgameshreviews.com is lucky enough to have the first prototype! This version obtained was graciously provided by Steve Verity, the previous owner of Thermochill for evaluation purposes. The prototype that is under test sports the old sixteen millimetre fan spacing; however, since then the fan spacing has changed to twenty millimetres. In essence, any temperature results displayed in this build will be voided to the changes outlined above. However we hope that it should at least give you, the reader, an idea of the performance of this radiator. MountainMods has been around for many years making cases for the more discerning of users; whom love lots of room in their cases ,for the use of air-flow or through water cooling! No one can deny that MountainMods supplies a great deal of options with their chassis. Browsing on the internet will glean many an interesting water cooling setup using these products. Recently, MountainMods have produced a few new ranges of cases, sporting the resemblance of a 'Borg-Cube' however due to the advent of their newer range, such as the Monticule, Avalanche and Pedestal series, this concept has changed somewhat. The latest release is the Mountain Mods 'Crystal Ship' range. The easiest way to describe this would be to picture the 'Ascension' series, but with Acrylic panels. Before venturing further, it is worth noting that this review would never have been completed without the cooperation of www.specialtech.co.uk! They were kind enough to send various water blocks and fans for testing. Specialtech is an online retailer that specializes in various water cooling components. They also have a wide variety of motherboards and graphics cards etc. When you think of water cooling, think 'Specialtech'.
Thermochill PA140.3 Specifications
Mountain Mods Crystal Ship Specifications
Component List Specifications
Hardware:
Water Cooling Specifications Whilst essentially this article is a review, it is also a build log as well as a guide for, (1) assembling the case and (2) building a water cooling system! It is worth noting that since technology rapidly advances, throughout the build there may be a few slight alterations.
List of Case Parts
Frame Section:
Acrylic Panel Section:
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