1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:08,000 So, I'm going to be having a look at a very exciting new product. This is the 2 00:00:04,839 --> 00:00:10,160 Coollet Eco. It is a brand new liquid 3 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,599 cooling product from Coollet Systems. So, I don't know if you remember this 4 00:00:11,759 --> 00:00:19,359 far back, but their very first liquid cooler was the Coollet Freezone. Okay, 5 00:00:16,400 --> 00:00:23,600 so the Freezone was revolutionary. Well, not revolutionary because it wasn't the 6 00:00:21,199 --> 00:00:28,560 first cooler to ever use a tech or a pelchier, but it was the first one to do 7 00:00:26,400 --> 00:00:31,840 it with any commercial success with liquid cooling. So they went from there. 8 00:00:30,160 --> 00:00:36,480 They produced the Freezone Elite as well as the Pure. The Pure turned into the 9 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:41,120 Domino and the Domino has given birth to the Eco. So as we uh go and unbox this 10 00:00:39,680 --> 00:00:44,480 product, I'll tell you a little bit more about the evolution of it. But why don't 11 00:00:42,960 --> 00:00:49,039 we start with what's on the outside of the box. So I'll use my handy dandy 12 00:00:46,640 --> 00:00:52,480 remote, have a zoom in here, and I will tell you what it says, even though you 13 00:00:50,960 --> 00:00:59,680 could probably read it just as easily yourself. So, it supports AMD, AM2, AM2 14 00:00:55,520 --> 00:01:01,920 Plus, AM3, as well as 775, 1156, and 15 00:00:59,680 --> 00:01:06,640 1366. So, pretty much every socket out there right now, as long as it's not a 16 00:01:03,920 --> 00:01:11,920 server socket, it is extreme cooling, maintenancefree, and simple to install. 17 00:01:09,520 --> 00:01:15,880 All right. Uh, what do we have on the outside here? This looks like the same 18 00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:20,640 thing. Is it like different languages or something? What are they 19 00:01:18,520 --> 00:01:25,600 doing? Oh, no. Oh, they've gone and they've put the same diagram on two 20 00:01:22,479 --> 00:01:27,840 sides of the box to confuse me. They 21 00:01:25,600 --> 00:01:32,000 actually have different bullet points on them. So, here we go. Universal 22 00:01:29,680 --> 00:01:36,400 retention system out of the box support provided for all of those sockets I 23 00:01:33,840 --> 00:01:41,680 listed below. Proprietary pump with a ceramic bearing including well, not 24 00:01:38,320 --> 00:01:43,680 including but a 5,000h hour lifetime. 25 00:01:41,680 --> 00:01:46,799 Okay, so meanantime to failure. All right. Then we have a high performance 26 00:01:45,200 --> 00:01:52,079 radiator which is custom engineered for low noise. So that generally means that 27 00:01:49,200 --> 00:01:55,040 it has a fairly low fin per inch rating. So that means that there's less 28 00:01:53,520 --> 00:01:58,479 turbulence as the air moves through the fan and overall less noise. It also 29 00:01:57,119 --> 00:02:02,719 means you can get better cooling out of it with a lower airflow fan. Superior 30 00:02:00,960 --> 00:02:06,640 cooling performance through technology and that's pretty much marketing spiel 31 00:02:04,560 --> 00:02:09,119 right there. All right. And then on the other side, quiet work and play 32 00:02:07,920 --> 00:02:15,760 environment. So they encourage you to use this both for work and play. It uses 33 00:02:11,680 --> 00:02:17,360 ATC thermal compound and ATC stands for 34 00:02:15,760 --> 00:02:20,879 advanced thermal compound. So, it's the advanced thermal compound thermal 35 00:02:18,800 --> 00:02:24,879 compound. It is maintenancefree. It is pre-filled, factory sealed, and it does 36 00:02:23,040 --> 00:02:28,879 not evaporate due to the kind of tubing they use. So, you don't have to refill 37 00:02:26,720 --> 00:02:32,879 it. High performance fluid heat exchanger. So, there that's what they 38 00:02:30,319 --> 00:02:39,120 call a CPU block, I suppose. All right. On the back, finally, we get quick to 39 00:02:35,519 --> 00:02:42,640 install in any chassis. So, I will be 40 00:02:39,120 --> 00:02:46,000 the judge of that because usually I can 41 00:02:42,640 --> 00:02:48,239 easily find flaws in these preackaged 42 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:53,360 water cooling products that make it not fit in a number of chassis. So, let's 43 00:02:51,599 --> 00:03:01,280 get it out of the box. I haven't I mean, I saw this in person briefly at CES, but 44 00:02:56,959 --> 00:03:01,280 I never got to actually touch one. 45 00:03:02,519 --> 00:03:12,800 So, all right. You can see that Koolit has attached the styrofoam inside to the 46 00:03:08,800 --> 00:03:12,800 outer box extremely 47 00:03:13,319 --> 00:03:19,000 well. Oh, come on. All right, here we 48 00:03:16,800 --> 00:03:26,560 go. I found somewhere to pull on it. Sort of. Wow. This is 49 00:03:23,879 --> 00:03:34,400 um this is one of the more difficult unboxings I've run into in quite some 50 00:03:29,440 --> 00:03:37,680 time. Ah, here we go. Okay. Come off. 51 00:03:34,400 --> 00:03:39,599 It's like it's box is giving birth. It's 52 00:03:37,680 --> 00:03:45,040 a very narrow birth canal, too. All right, there we go. The box is off. And 53 00:03:42,640 --> 00:03:49,280 uh I the first thing I find is this piece of paper, which is a quick start 54 00:03:47,120 --> 00:03:54,480 guide. And it is a one, two, okay, it tells you what's in the box. And then 55 00:03:50,959 --> 00:03:56,159 it's a one, two, three step uh configure 56 00:03:54,480 --> 00:03:59,840 the retention bracket. So, as long as you get it set up for the right CPU that 57 00:03:58,319 --> 00:04:04,959 you're going to be installing it on, you put on a back plate. And then you secure 58 00:04:02,080 --> 00:04:11,680 the eco to your case and to the uh and to the CPU socket. Next, you connect a 59 00:04:07,200 --> 00:04:12,879 fan and the pump power. So, that is kind 60 00:04:11,680 --> 00:04:21,440 of more than three steps. I think they're cheating a little bit, but what can you 61 00:04:16,199 --> 00:04:22,960 do? This is the AMD retention bracket. 62 00:04:21,440 --> 00:04:27,199 So, you can see where that secures to the block. And you can see the spacing 63 00:04:24,479 --> 00:04:31,120 is clearly for AMD. All right. What do we have next? Actually, why don't I just 64 00:04:28,880 --> 00:04:37,040 go ahead and kind of put those back in there. All right. Next, we have a little 65 00:04:33,759 --> 00:04:40,880 uh elastic around our three different 66 00:04:37,040 --> 00:04:44,479 back plates. Okay. So, we have 775, 67 00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:46,400 1156, and 1366. It wouldn't be a bad 68 00:04:44,479 --> 00:04:51,199 move probably to do a universal back plate, but um maybe that's something 69 00:04:48,560 --> 00:04:58,520 that's coming down the road for a Koolit engineering team. All right, let me just 70 00:04:54,400 --> 00:05:01,520 see if I can get this open here. 71 00:04:58,520 --> 00:05:03,600 Okay. And inside the styrofoam 72 00:05:01,520 --> 00:05:08,000 clamshell, you can see this is extremely well packaged. Check that out. There is 73 00:05:06,080 --> 00:05:12,320 nowhere for this thing to move when it's in transit. I really like that. That 74 00:05:10,080 --> 00:05:17,759 makes me really happy to see them taking the care and attention to get you your 75 00:05:15,440 --> 00:05:20,880 product in as good shape as possible. Here, I'm going to show you the other 76 00:05:18,960 --> 00:05:24,400 side of this, too. So, it's completely enclosed in there. Very nice job, 77 00:05:22,800 --> 00:05:28,720 Coollet. Okay. So, it comes in a little baggie, 78 00:05:26,400 --> 00:05:34,560 and that'll prevent any incidental scratches or dings from happening to 79 00:05:31,600 --> 00:05:40,320 your cooler here. So, let's uh get this removed here. All right. So, why don't 80 00:05:37,600 --> 00:05:44,800 we start with the radiator, which is what the uh the DIY water cooling guys 81 00:05:42,880 --> 00:05:48,080 would call this particular piece. So, it's got a Coollet branded fan on the 82 00:05:46,639 --> 00:05:51,680 back. I'm just going to zoom in a little bit closer so you can see this thing 83 00:05:49,759 --> 00:05:55,039 better. Okay, we've got a coollet branded fan on the back that spins at, 84 00:05:53,759 --> 00:06:01,520 you know what? They never actually gave us that in the specs for this thing, did they? Oh, yeah. There we go. 1,800 RPM 85 00:05:59,520 --> 00:06:05,360 max. It's right there on the box. I just didn't see it before. All right. So, 86 00:06:03,360 --> 00:06:10,720 1,800 RPM max. You can see it is configured for exhaust. So, while 87 00:06:08,160 --> 00:06:15,520 Corsair has a comparable product in their um the Corsair H50, Corsair 88 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:19,360 actually recommends that you configure the fan blowing air into the chassis. 89 00:06:18,160 --> 00:06:24,240 Now, there are advantages and disadvantages to both approaches. This 90 00:06:21,680 --> 00:06:29,520 one takes hot air from inside your case and removes it. So, that means that 91 00:06:26,400 --> 00:06:31,680 rather than taking all that CPU heat and 92 00:06:29,520 --> 00:06:35,840 then pumping it back into your case, it actually removes it from the case. Now, 93 00:06:33,759 --> 00:06:41,919 the disadvantage is it means that you're not using the coolest possible air to 94 00:06:38,800 --> 00:06:44,720 cool your CPU. So, in a case like the 95 00:06:41,919 --> 00:06:48,000 Corsair Obsidian 800D, there's an advantage to turning this fan around, 96 00:06:46,400 --> 00:06:51,280 which you can actually do on the coolant unit or on the Corsair. It doesn't 97 00:06:49,520 --> 00:06:55,360 really matter. And then you could use those top three fans to blow all the air 98 00:06:53,680 --> 00:06:58,720 out. And then you could just bring in extra air. It doesn't really even matter 99 00:06:56,880 --> 00:07:02,080 at that point. So, if you bring air from the outside, you're using the coolest 100 00:07:00,160 --> 00:07:06,000 possible air to keep your CPU cool. You've got a four pin PWM fan connector 101 00:07:04,240 --> 00:07:10,560 here. So, that'll take care of making the fan spin. All right. This radiator 102 00:07:08,639 --> 00:07:14,880 looks fairly bog standard, although they have made a couple small improvements 103 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:19,759 over ones I've seen in the past. First of all, this may seem minor, but you see 104 00:07:17,599 --> 00:07:25,120 this uh this notch right here. Most water cooling radiators have the these 105 00:07:22,560 --> 00:07:29,039 uh these end tanks go right from the side of the rad up and then over. And 106 00:07:27,440 --> 00:07:33,120 also, they can tend to be quite a bit larger. So, on the bottom and the top, 107 00:07:31,599 --> 00:07:36,960 Coolid has made a little bit of extra space here. That right there is going to 108 00:07:35,039 --> 00:07:41,840 give them compatibility with way more cases right off the bat. I've also seen 109 00:07:39,680 --> 00:07:45,360 all-in-one liquid coolers that are more than the width of a fan. Now, you can 110 00:07:43,599 --> 00:07:50,240 see when you look at the Eco, the radiator is exactly flush with the fan. 111 00:07:48,160 --> 00:07:55,039 So, for cases that have, say, for example, a side window that goes right 112 00:07:52,960 --> 00:07:58,879 next to the rear 120 mm fan. If your radiator's a little wider, it can hurt 113 00:07:56,639 --> 00:08:02,720 your compatibility there. So, the Eco is pretty much as close as I've ever seen 114 00:08:00,879 --> 00:08:06,720 to something that can actually achieve universal compatibility. All right. 115 00:08:04,639 --> 00:08:11,599 Koolite uses their standard plastic tubing here, which is uh it's good and 116 00:08:09,039 --> 00:08:15,360 bad cuz it's not very flexible, but they must use it because that's what prevents 117 00:08:13,520 --> 00:08:19,199 the water from evaporating and that's what makes it so that you don't have to 118 00:08:16,879 --> 00:08:22,560 actually fill this thing repeatedly. Oh, they've got actually Oh, these are kind 119 00:08:20,720 --> 00:08:25,599 of neat. They've got rotating fittings here. This is something new. So, that's 120 00:08:24,400 --> 00:08:31,199 going to give you a little bit better flexibility when you're installing the Eco in your system because you can kind 121 00:08:29,520 --> 00:08:34,719 of, you know, move it this way or that way. Before it was always just putting 122 00:08:33,039 --> 00:08:38,479 so much tension on the fittings, but now they've uh they've worked that rotation 123 00:08:36,159 --> 00:08:41,360 in there. That's very nice. Okay. The pump is powered by a three pin 124 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:45,120 connector. So, as long as you've got a couple three pin motherboard connectors 125 00:08:43,360 --> 00:08:49,200 close to your CPU socket, you'll be able to plug in both your fan and your pump 126 00:08:47,200 --> 00:08:53,760 very easily. On the bottom of the unit, you can see a nice shiny copper base as 127 00:08:51,519 --> 00:08:58,720 well as a pre-applied thermal compound. And then they've got little labels in 128 00:08:55,440 --> 00:09:00,560 the bottom here that Oh, what did I do? 129 00:08:58,720 --> 00:09:05,760 Don't think I broke it. That's good. Okay. So, how does this work exactly? It 130 00:09:02,640 --> 00:09:07,760 looks like you lift it up and then you 131 00:09:05,760 --> 00:09:11,279 move it. Oh. Oh, that's kind of cool. So, what you do is you actually lift 132 00:09:09,360 --> 00:09:16,560 this up and then you move it around based on uh which mounting hole you want 133 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:22,560 to use. So, just like that. So, they've got 775, 1156, as well as 1366 all 134 00:09:20,959 --> 00:09:29,440 labeled in here. And then if you want to use AM2, I guess you just 135 00:09:26,279 --> 00:09:31,440 um Oh, yeah. That's what these little 136 00:09:29,440 --> 00:09:34,480 No, that can't be what that's for. Well, I'm sure that there's a way to do it and 137 00:09:33,120 --> 00:09:39,680 it's not that hard and it's in the quick start guide. So, if you actually buy this to mount on an AM2 or AM3 138 00:09:38,080 --> 00:09:43,920 motherboard, then I'm sure you'll figure it out. Anyway, thank you for checking 139 00:09:41,600 --> 00:09:49,440 out my unboxing of the You know what? I guess I'm not quite done. Uh why don't I 140 00:09:46,240 --> 00:09:51,760 just give a brief mention to the uh 141 00:09:49,440 --> 00:09:56,399 where the pump is because it used to be that Coollet would integrate their pump 142 00:09:53,920 --> 00:09:59,519 either next to the radiator or next to the radiator. That's where they used to 143 00:09:57,680 --> 00:10:03,519 put their pump and now they've moved to something that is more of an integrated 144 00:10:01,600 --> 00:10:08,160 all-in-one unit. So the pump as well as the CPU block are both contained within 145 00:10:05,760 --> 00:10:12,480 this one piece here. So, thank you for checking out my unboxing of the Coolit 146 00:10:10,320 --> 00:10:12,480 Eco.