WEBVTT 00:00:08.160 --> 00:00:14.160 So today I have a pretty cool unboxing of something that at the time of 00:00:12.160 --> 00:00:18.640 unboxing it is not released, but by the time I release the video, it will be 00:00:16.400 --> 00:00:27.920 released. So this is the Intel Thermal Solution RTS 2011 LC for TDP up to 130 00:00:24.480 --> 00:00:31.599 watt. Yes, that is Intel's awesome and 00:00:27.920 --> 00:00:33.200 like cool marketing name. And by 00:00:31.599 --> 00:00:38.719 marketing name, I mean I mean part number for their new liquid cooler for 00:00:36.079 --> 00:00:42.800 their LG 2011 processors. And it's not only for their LG 2011 processors. 00:00:41.040 --> 00:00:50.320 Actually, they outline on the front of the box here, check this out, that is 00:00:44.480 --> 00:00:52.160 good for 2011, 1366, 11, 1156, and 1155. 00:00:50.320 --> 00:00:58.000 Now, one difference between this and competing liquid cooling solutions such 00:00:54.480 --> 00:00:59.840 as those from Corsair or Coolit or uh 00:00:58.000 --> 00:01:06.240 Anttech or whoever the case may be is that this one does not come with any AMD 00:01:02.800 --> 00:01:09.040 mounting hardware. I know, right? Very 00:01:06.240 --> 00:01:12.880 unexpected. So, we've actually got a trial cameraman with us here today. I 00:01:10.960 --> 00:01:16.240 just thought I'd let you guys know that. And uh I saw on one of the other videos 00:01:14.560 --> 00:01:19.680 I uploaded, you guys are already making comments on what you think of the 00:01:17.759 --> 00:01:24.320 various camera people we're trying out. So, I'd be happy to hear your comments, 00:01:21.200 --> 00:01:26.960 and I'm sure he'll be either happy or or 00:01:24.320 --> 00:01:31.360 disappointed to hear your comments. And apparently, there's a CPU in here, 00:01:28.720 --> 00:01:38.000 although I really really don't think they're all going to come with a 00:01:34.520 --> 00:01:40.079 CPU. So, yeah, let's look at the uh 00:01:38.000 --> 00:01:44.720 documentation that's included. First, we've got the Intel RTS 2011 LC liquid 00:01:43.280 --> 00:01:49.360 cooling solution, which includes installation instructions and a three-year warranty. That's awesome, 00:01:47.759 --> 00:01:54.079 actually. That's outstanding. Having a three-year warranty on a cooler like 00:01:51.360 --> 00:01:57.840 this important. Do not fully tighten, okay, until they're all partially 00:01:55.600 --> 00:02:01.600 engaged. That's good. These are all good instructions. Here's little diagrams 00:01:59.600 --> 00:02:05.360 showing you what to do and what goes where and how to mount on AMD. Oh, no, 00:02:03.600 --> 00:02:08.959 not on AMD. Never mind. No, no, this only mounts on Intel sockets. Haha. 00:02:07.520 --> 00:02:13.440 Okay, so there you go. These are actually fairly detailed. Plug the thing 00:02:10.879 --> 00:02:17.280 in the thing and you're done. Okay. Uh, let's look at the included mounting 00:02:15.120 --> 00:02:21.480 accessories and whatnot. I like the environmentally friendly packaging here. 00:02:19.120 --> 00:02:29.280 So that's all recyclable material. So this is actually different. 00:02:24.800 --> 00:02:30.480 This looks like the probably OEM by ASET 00:02:29.280 --> 00:02:39.200 based on Yeah. Yeah. There there's an ASICH logo right there on the back of the back plate. So you can see it's got 00:02:34.160 --> 00:02:41.360 the 1156 1366 and 775 mounting here. And 00:02:39.200 --> 00:02:45.760 then it looks like the way Okay. Here's the retention 00:02:42.920 --> 00:02:49.440 ring. All right. And then what else have we got here? 00:02:47.360 --> 00:02:52.560 Okay, we've got some thumb screws. Nice big thumb screws. So, you have the 00:02:50.720 --> 00:02:56.319 option of either screwing them in with your fingers or screwing them in with a 00:02:54.560 --> 00:02:59.920 Phillips head screwdriver. Got some other more different 00:02:57.640 --> 00:03:04.159 ones. All right, we've got what look like aluminum 00:03:01.640 --> 00:03:08.400 spacers. Okay, we've got some double-sided uh sticky pads, which are 00:03:06.879 --> 00:03:12.319 going to prevent your motherboard from being shorted out by applying the back 00:03:10.239 --> 00:03:15.200 plate. All right, we've got some screws. So, these are your fan mounting screws 00:03:13.840 --> 00:03:22.000 as well as your radiator mounting screws. I'll show you how those work in a minute. We've got some Intel approved 00:03:20.239 --> 00:03:25.599 thermal compound, which comes in a little baggie. And we have some zip 00:03:24.080 --> 00:03:31.120 ties. Look at that. Intel includes zip ties for you. Actually, two things of thermal compound. Very nice. All right, 00:03:29.360 --> 00:03:34.799 let's have a look at the unit itself. The first thing I want to check out is 00:03:32.400 --> 00:03:38.879 the fan because my expectations for this fan based on how cool it looks are 00:03:36.879 --> 00:03:41.760 pretty high. This is actually a blue fan. And you know what? Let's pause the 00:03:40.720 --> 00:03:46.640 video for a minute and let's go check out the color. So, there you go. That's what the fan looks like when it's on. 00:03:45.200 --> 00:03:51.440 It's pretty cool. Or as my little brother would say, super cool. Okay, so 00:03:49.360 --> 00:03:57.120 it's got three LEDs which are all on the central hub, not on the frame like we're 00:03:53.840 --> 00:03:58.799 used to seeing on fans. Okay, it's not 00:03:57.120 --> 00:04:02.159 incredibly loud by any stretch of the imagination, but I think that it's 00:04:00.239 --> 00:04:05.280 running at 100% right now because that header is not speed controlled. So, 00:04:03.920 --> 00:04:09.439 we'll go back and we'll have a look at the unit itself. So, one of the first 00:04:07.680 --> 00:04:14.720 things I notice about this particular guy right here is that it looks pretty 00:04:11.760 --> 00:04:21.519 similar to the Anttech 920 in that it has uh this awesome awesome tubing. So, 00:04:18.239 --> 00:04:24.360 look at this. I can take this tubing, I 00:04:21.519 --> 00:04:30.080 can twist it up, and I could mount my CPU here and I could mount my tubing 00:04:27.199 --> 00:04:34.720 like that and it would not kink. This is nice thick wall, flexible tubing, and 00:04:33.040 --> 00:04:40.360 you should not underestimate the importance of that when you're doing a 00:04:36.880 --> 00:04:43.360 liquid cooling setup. Tubing is 00:04:40.360 --> 00:04:45.680 imperative to the overall performance 00:04:43.360 --> 00:04:49.040 because if it kinks, performance will suck and if it doesn't kink, performance 00:04:47.759 --> 00:04:54.000 will be good. It is the difference between suck and good. So, very, very 00:04:52.000 --> 00:04:57.600 nice, very well thought out. And it's expensive, too. Bear that in mind. 00:04:55.680 --> 00:05:00.880 Tubing is very expensive. So putting in a high quality tubing is something where 00:04:59.520 --> 00:05:04.960 Intel is saying, "Okay, we're going to spend extra money on this unit to make 00:05:02.720 --> 00:05:08.960 sure that it performs well in any given scenario." Another thing I noticed right 00:05:06.800 --> 00:05:12.960 away is that it uses a thicker style radiator. This is another thing that I 00:05:10.880 --> 00:05:18.639 cannot stress the importance of enough. Liquid cooling is not a magic bullet. It 00:05:16.240 --> 00:05:23.840 comes down to the same basic principles of moving air and surface area. The only 00:05:22.320 --> 00:05:28.720 reason liquid coolers perform better than air coolers is that we're able to 00:05:25.840 --> 00:05:33.120 take that surface area, move it very efficiently away from the CPU, and then 00:05:31.199 --> 00:05:37.120 disperse it somewhere else on something that is bigger and has more surface area 00:05:35.280 --> 00:05:41.759 than a typical heat sink that you can put directly on a CPU socket. So, using 00:05:39.600 --> 00:05:47.680 that thicker style radiator versus the kind that is used on something like an 00:05:43.360 --> 00:05:49.680 H50 is definitely a good move for Intel. 00:05:47.680 --> 00:05:55.680 Last but not least, we've got the pump and CPU block combo unit. So, you can 00:05:52.960 --> 00:05:59.919 see here that there are actually Oh, neat. Okay, so there's actually a power 00:05:58.160 --> 00:06:04.479 lead here. So, that's going to plug into your four pin PWM CPU header. And then 00:06:02.720 --> 00:06:08.479 there is an additional power lead, and that is 00:06:05.880 --> 00:06:12.479 a I can't remember whether it's male or female, but the point is that it plugs 00:06:10.080 --> 00:06:16.960 into the fan. There you go. So, that one runs the fan. So that means that all of 00:06:14.400 --> 00:06:22.600 the logic for controlling pump speeds as well as fan speeds is all based on the 00:06:20.319 --> 00:06:26.160 unit itself. Here we've got a copper base, which is pretty much par for the 00:06:24.880 --> 00:06:30.720 course. If it's using anything but copper, it's going to see slightly 00:06:28.000 --> 00:06:32.960 degraded performance. All right. And I think that pretty much covers 00:06:32.000 --> 00:06:38.080 everything. Oh, you know what? That looks like it lights up. Let's go back to that test bench and find out if it 00:06:35.680 --> 00:06:43.039 does. So this is a lights on simulation of what the unit will look like. There 00:06:39.840 --> 00:06:46.000 we've got the fan installed on the 00:06:43.039 --> 00:06:50.000 radiator as well as the CPU block unit installed on the CPU. So you can see 00:06:48.000 --> 00:06:53.759 both the Intel logo and the cooled by acet parts at the top actually light up 00:06:52.080 --> 00:06:58.560 blue which looks really cool. And now let's do a lights off shot of this. And 00:06:56.080 --> 00:07:02.479 here is our lights off look at the unit. Very very cool looking. Definitely one 00:07:00.720 --> 00:07:08.420 of the best looking liquid coolers that I have seen to date for these pre-done 00:07:05.199 --> 00:07:11.619 pre-filled units.