Corsair Nautilus500 External Cooling Kit 39
VL writes to tell us that they recently got a chance to review the latest external water cooling kit from Corsair. It seems that in addition to the performance boost it was also extremely easy to use. From the review: "As you can see above, the Nautilus500 was significantly quicker to install than the other two kits. The reason for this is that the motherboard needs to be removed before installation for both the EXOS and Aquagate, but not for the Nautilus500. Keep in mind that we're very familiar with the Aquagate Mini and Koolance EXOS, so those times are about as low as they get (for us anyway). We think we can maybe shave another minute for the Nautilus, but either way, a liquid system installed under 10 minutes is pretty impressive."
Not quite true... (Score:5, Informative)
"Each complete kit includes pre-fitted, pressure tested tubing that can easily be adjusted to shorter lengths without the fear of accidental leakage. For mobility-minded users and LAN party gamers, the kit also include quick connect self-sealing connectors to avoid having to drain the liquid during transport. (This also helps during initial installation)."
If you look at the instruction manual, or the review posted in TFA, you can see the quick disconnects.
With water cooling, leakage is always a concern - but these things are so well made that I've never even heard of someone's water cooling unit crapping out on them and frying their system. I *HAVE* heard of failure of fans in air cooling systems that destroy the processors - and while a good deal of that might be simply because so many more people USE air cooling, I think it would be unfair to say that the risk of leakage is so iminent that these units aren't worth installing.
Remember, the people who buy these units are the people with very, very nice computers, and as such, they take great care to make sure they don't get ruined. With a little care, it's easy to ensure that the risk of leakage is negligible.