Coolit Domino A.L.C. Review @ DH

Zardon

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CoolIT have taken their experience with OEM designs and the rigorous quality and performance standards involved in these builds and used them to create a product which they claim is high performance, feature rich, universally compatible, indestructible, simple-to-install, fail-safe, long lasting and last but not least, extremely affordable.

CyberpowerUK

Nice, I'm impressed with the performance. Price should be around £60 in the UK (ish) using a highly inaccurate 1.33:1 conversion ratio. That's not bad considering the V8 and the TRUE retail for not too far away from that price, the TRUE especially when you factor in the price of a decent, reliable high CFM fan, which aren't cheap.

This should easily push a Phenom-II to 4.2GHz+ considering the lower TDP of the chips. Interesting product definitely.

Mike

Veridian3

I'm sure that we can run the Domino on Phenom 2 for our launch article

Zardon

Yeah I think if Coolit can hit the £60 mark in the UK it will be a massive seller. seems a solid all round product at a very respectible price.

mike2h

thxfor review!! i have been looking for a fluid cooled setup for my wifes comp that had a good price/perf ratio with little to no upkeep for some time. until now, really couldnt find anything that fit the bill. this is it. ill be getting this as soon as i get my taxes back in march.
perfect timing to as i plan on getting a new cpu then wich means my d940 goes into her comp & it tends to run hot when oc'd- yes i oc my wifes comp to lol.

humonous

just want I need. ill be ordering one too. great price!

macbiter

great performance. I think they need a deluxe version with the controls outside, wouldnt fancy having to take the side panel off all the time.

nice review, I think that product will sell well.

clanman

awesome.

are the noise levels alright even on highest? any decibel ratings?

mike2h

^ good questions.

Veridian3

From page 2...

"...approximately 1300RPM to 2800RPM with decibel levels ranging from 19.2 to 39.4. "

clanman

40db, thats about the same as something like a 280 GTX on full fan speed isnt it ? Bit painful.

What about medium whats it rated at? might be more usable. im a bit fussy about noise, so any info you can give me would be great.

Veridian3

For medium, CoolIT say 26dBA. Its actually not that much louder to the ear than low though.

Knight_Breed

Nice review and actually I am very impressed with the performance overall. In fact I am almost shocked it worked this well and thanks for including the review on the I7 platform

Just a quick note and might be on my end been a long day. When I click "Digg" or "Submit" on the Digg link to Digg the article it comes up with the submit form in both cases ...

mike2h

if the auto temp corection works fairly well wouldnt u just set it on low then let it auto adjust?

IvanV

Great review and it's also great that you've found this product, as it's the first liquid cooling system that's impressed me in ages! Even on the low settings, it clearly outperformes the Ultra 120 in terms of temperature under maximum load.

Why did you stop overclocking at 4.32GHz? It's a great result, but I'd love to see what's this baby capable of, and with 36C at idle and 53C as the load temperature, Domino was certainly handling the heat output well and keeping the CPU well inside the safe limits (the Ultra only manages 33C/57C at stock).

Veridian3

That is where this particular chip started to loose stability, even with some further voltage increases.

IvanV

I was wondering if it was the CPU or the motherboard, but I guess that not every example can work at 5.5GHz ASUS recently achieved. I know that they used extreme cooling (and that their overclock wasn't benchmark-stable either), but at the achieved frequency, Domino was still keeping heat in check so I thought that the CPU could have gone a little higher (not that 33% increase is bad for a top end model).

Still, that actually means that Domino will let the user take adwantage of their CPU's full potential while keeping everything nice and cool.

Bolletje

Nice review. I only fear that prices will come out higher than espected. That's always the case with hardware: they simply do $ = € , maybe slightly cheaper.

I am curious what the results will be when you use chilled air...

i7 965 @ 4,3 GHz : what's a CPU from the C2D, C2Q serie that generates heat that's equal to that? And at what frequency?

I look forward to future reviews from DH

blibbax

As the clocks get higher the maximum stable temperature of the chip can get lower.

I'd also be interested (not that I'm ever going to buy one of these) in the noise levels.

Cannyone

The only reason why I don't order one today is that I question if it will mount properly in my case. The case in question is a Coolermaster Stacker 830, which has that internal fan bracket for 4 120mm fans. And since that provides, what I consider to be necessary, airflow to the SLI video cards, memory and motherboard, I can't simply take it (the fan bracket) out!

If the hoses on this unit were slightly longer I could mount it in a bracket at the top of the case... Otherwise I'd have no other choice but to get a different case.

Lelisevis

Anyplace in the UK I can order one of these now? (Seriously). If not where can I get hold of one with shipping to the UK?

This would be my first step into watercooling and looks perfect for a water noob like me.

Knight_Breed

I would suggest you PM Zardon my sample is on it's way but not sure about distribution or availability in the UK

PPS: Digg issue rectified and Dugg here

mike2h

from what i can see of the pix they posted i dont see a problem. it mounts directly onto the rear exhaust port & seems to ad very little width -1/2" max would be my guess- to what an ordinarey 120mm fan would add. i have the same case as u & use the side fan panel also. i think u could use the coolit while using all the fans. but even if im wrong, u could simply remove the fan that is in that position. & if that isnt enough(& i really dont think you would have to do this) u could always do a little bit of judicous dremling on the fan bracket so the device will fit.
the use of that system & the heat it removes directly from the case will more than offset the loss of that particular fan, especially that paricular fan.

Zardon

I asked a few days ago actually (and its on the conclusion in the UK price box), that UK distribution is still undergoing and it should be end of January.

Unless you know of a good USA to UK dealer (might be some on ebay for example) you may just have to hold fire a bit until they sort that out.

Lelisevis

Thanks for the replies. Looks like i'll be waiting then.