Tech Review - NorthQ Siberian Tiger CPU Water Cooler
Hello again, I’m Rodney Reynolds and welcome to another video review. Today I'm looking at the NorthQ Siberian Tiger CPU Water Cooler.
What's included in this particular kit is the user’s manual, all the materials needed for installation, a 120 millimeter blue LED fan, a fan speed controller, a regular stat for three fans which gets mounted in the PCI expansion slot at the back of the case and the main unit.
This liquid cooling system is completely closed and sealed so there's no maintenance required. This means no refills and no risk of leaks. Since it’s completely configured, there is no need for any extra installation like many other water cooling kits. By combining the water block, pump, reservoir and radiator together, it reduces the traditional four component loop into just one component. This substantially decreases the space required for installation and it really simplifies the installation process over traditional water cooling kits.
This module is produced by ASTEC and it’s known as a low cost liquid cooler. The pump, water reservoir, cold plate as well as electronic are housed in one compact unit. It uses a low pressure drop system and the benefit is that its ultra flexible with only one pump, it’s capable of removing 750 watts.
The CPU block is all copper and has a mirror finish so it will make excellent contact between it and a CPU. Note that block also comes with a thin coat of thermo compound as well as a power connection and an RPM monitor.
Thirty-five centimeter flexible steel tubes with plastic covering are used. They are strong but flexible and will not leak. The small pump which is inside this unit is very quiet and uses a proprietary Ac Dc hyper technology with high precision, ceramic bearings. By combining the best of both worlds, ASTEC has developed the hyper technology low power high performance highly reliable pump.
The 120 millimeter copper radiator that’s included has lots of fins and comes with a 120 millimeter fans blue LED’s with an on/off switch for the blue LED. Please note that two 120 millimeter fans can be installed on this radiator. One comes included with the system and another optional fan can be installed if more performance is required.
Installation is very easy first attach the water block and then mount the main unit at the back to the case where a 120 millimeter fan would normally be installed. Note that all the materials for installation are included and it can be mounted on any AMD or Intel-based motherboard and will fit in most cases with a 120 millimeter fan at the back. Finally have a listen to the pump and the two 120 millimeter fan.
If you want a water cooling kit but you don’t want to go through selecting all the different components and plumbing them together and also maybe you are concerned about leaks, well with this particular product, you don’t have to worry about any of that and performance is still fairly good. But remember, you're not going to get performance from a product like this in comparison to a much more robust, more expensive water cooling system but overall, this is a kick ass product. Until the next time, take care.
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