WEBVTT 00:00:00.400 --> 00:00:07.040 Okay, so today on my video blog, I'm going to be experimenting with something 00:00:03.760 --> 00:00:10.080 completely new for me. I am going to be 00:00:07.040 --> 00:00:11.920 shooting it at myself for one thing, and 00:00:10.080 --> 00:00:16.320 for number two, I'm actually going to try editing something, and I'm going to 00:00:14.320 --> 00:00:20.600 be using Windows Movie Maker, and we'll see how epic fail this is. But the thing 00:00:18.720 --> 00:00:26.000 I'm going to be unboxing today is the Primochill Typhoon 3. This is a totally 00:00:23.359 --> 00:00:29.519 self-indulgent unboxing because I want to see this thing in person. It's a 00:00:27.920 --> 00:00:33.680 water cooling reservoir. So, if you're not interested in water cooling, turn it 00:00:31.359 --> 00:00:38.000 off now. But if you are, stay tuned because this water cooling reservoir 00:00:35.440 --> 00:00:43.120 actually can have a pump attached directly to it. So, it is both an 00:00:39.680 --> 00:00:44.640 aftermarket pump top as well as a resz. 00:00:43.120 --> 00:00:49.120 Okay, so let's get on with this. I'm going to open up the uh plastic here. 00:00:47.039 --> 00:00:54.160 Now, what's actually really unique about the Typhoon 3 is that besides being a 00:00:51.760 --> 00:00:59.440 reservoir, uh, which it's a dual bay reservoir, sits in the front of your 00:00:55.600 --> 00:01:02.000 case, it also, according to Primochill, 00:00:59.440 --> 00:01:07.119 dramatically improves the performance of your D5 or 00:01:04.199 --> 00:01:12.080 MCP655 pump. Now, the way it does this is rather counterintuitive because what 00:01:09.760 --> 00:01:17.600 it does is it actually allows you to take your pump and split it so that it 00:01:14.479 --> 00:01:19.600 can run two separate loops at the same 00:01:17.600 --> 00:01:22.799 time. So, I'll explain how that works in a minute, but first, let's have a look 00:01:21.040 --> 00:01:27.759 at what's included. First of all, you got a couple of LEDs here with a Molex 00:01:25.280 --> 00:01:30.960 powered connector. Not sure what color they are, but there they are. They're 00:01:29.119 --> 00:01:35.040 actually black wires, which is really nice to see because they're a lot easier 00:01:32.479 --> 00:01:38.240 to hide than uh than white ones or red and yellow ones or whatever else. We 00:01:36.560 --> 00:01:42.640 have some of these clear compression fittings. And these are not something 00:01:40.159 --> 00:01:45.200 that I think I'd really use myself, but there they are. They're there if you 00:01:43.920 --> 00:01:50.560 want to use them. I think it comes with 1/2 in or 3/8 in. And then let's see, 00:01:48.960 --> 00:01:55.040 what do we have here? Here are four mounting screws. Okay, we got some 00:01:52.479 --> 00:02:00.560 mounting screws. Awesome. And then we also have some stop fittings. And you 00:01:57.840 --> 00:02:04.159 get both metal and plastic options for these. So, it comes with a couple of PLA 00:02:02.079 --> 00:02:09.840 uh metal stops as well as some plastic stops. Now, for stop fittings, I have no 00:02:05.840 --> 00:02:11.360 problem using a um a plastic one. Oh, 00:02:09.840 --> 00:02:15.040 yeah. Yeah. Yeah. You can see the plastic ones are actually set up to 00:02:13.200 --> 00:02:18.800 accept the LED inside. So, that's where you do your lighting from. Okay, that's 00:02:17.200 --> 00:02:23.200 pretty cool. All right, let's see what else we got in here for accessories. 00:02:20.879 --> 00:02:27.440 We've got uh yes, these were the 3/8 compressions. And then you have four uh 00:02:25.440 --> 00:02:33.640 1/2in compression fittings. Again, the plastic pumochill ones. Okay, here is 00:02:31.200 --> 00:02:39.680 the mounting hardware for mounting the MCP655 or D5 pump onto the res itself. 00:02:37.200 --> 00:02:42.879 You got a nice big O-ring. You got some heavy duty looking screws as well as 00:02:41.519 --> 00:02:47.360 they include the Allen key that you need. That's really nice because I mean, 00:02:44.720 --> 00:02:52.879 who keeps Allen keys of every particular size around at all times? I mean, I do, 00:02:50.560 --> 00:02:58.959 but not everyone does. So, let's take the Typhoon 3 out of its protective 00:02:55.920 --> 00:03:01.120 foamy wrapping here. It's kind of like a 00:02:58.959 --> 00:03:05.040 sort of a random packing job that's done, but it looks protective enough and 00:03:02.879 --> 00:03:09.040 there's a nice big layer of of nothing around this product so it won't get 00:03:06.560 --> 00:03:14.239 damaged in transit. So, here is what the Typhoon 3 will look like from the front 00:03:11.599 --> 00:03:18.640 of the case. Now, you can see these this groove down the middle of it. That is 00:03:16.400 --> 00:03:23.680 actually for filling it. The way the Typhoon 3 works is once you've got your 00:03:21.120 --> 00:03:28.239 loop all set up. You actually pour water into this groove in the top, it goes 00:03:25.840 --> 00:03:33.840 down the two holes in the front and then you actually use the metal fittings to 00:03:30.879 --> 00:03:38.799 stop up those holes. So, you have to tip the system back onto its back in order 00:03:37.120 --> 00:03:42.799 to fill it. It's a little bit inconvenient from what I've heard, but 00:03:40.959 --> 00:03:47.200 it's a very effective way of doing it and maintaining that sleek look so that 00:03:45.440 --> 00:03:50.720 you don't have to pull stuff out of the front. I think it was also a bit of a 00:03:48.720 --> 00:03:54.080 manufacturing limitation. That's the best way that they were able to do it 00:03:52.560 --> 00:03:57.360 without making it so that you couldn't push the reservoir in and out because 00:03:55.599 --> 00:04:02.879 you had to have fittings in the top. Now, here we go. This is the back. So, 00:03:59.840 --> 00:04:04.799 this is where the D5 or MCP 655 pump 00:04:02.879 --> 00:04:09.120 goes in. And you can see they've uh they've engineered the way that the pump 00:04:06.720 --> 00:04:14.120 is actually going to be moving the water around. And the reason that they've done 00:04:10.720 --> 00:04:18.160 that is this. Okay, you see you've got 00:04:14.120 --> 00:04:20.720 two outlets and two inlets. So that 00:04:18.160 --> 00:04:27.840 means you can actually run two separate loops off one pump. And the way that 00:04:24.240 --> 00:04:29.680 they achieve that is by the efficiency 00:04:27.840 --> 00:04:33.520 they're able to achieve with this top and with so little restriction because 00:04:31.840 --> 00:04:39.199 that's what this does. It reduces the restriction. They're able to make the 00:04:35.360 --> 00:04:41.600 pump perform more efficiently just by 00:04:39.199 --> 00:04:47.120 using the Typhoon 3. So, you've got threaded metal uh metal receptacles for 00:04:45.199 --> 00:04:51.360 the pump screws, those heavy duty ones I showed you before that go in here. And I 00:04:49.120 --> 00:04:57.919 think that pretty much wraps up my quick look at the dual 5 and 1/4 in bay 00:04:54.800 --> 00:05:00.800 reservoir. Thank you for checking out my 00:04:57.919 --> 00:05:00.800 video blog.