Firstly I'll explain a little bit about this water cooling kit. This is a 2x5.25" drive bay water cooling kit. You must have 2 available drive bays to mount this kit. It has a sleek front panel design with a grill for air intake to the fan. The loop is designed in the following manner. Reservoir --> Pump --> CPU waterblock --> Radiator --> Back to reservoir. This a very common loop orientation and it works great for compact water coolingk its like we have here.

We'll start off with the accessories and work our way to the main unit

Thermaltake includes something I've always wanted to see in a custom water cooling kit, quick release connectors. This adds much convenience if you're changing any part in your loop, and it saves alot of worry of spilling coolant on your valuable parts. Simply press the grey button and pull, no worries. NOTE: There will be a few drops of water that are trapped between the two valves in the connectors, when using quick connectors, hold a paper towel around them to prevent these drops from getting on valuable components

Thermaltake includes 15ft of this green UV tubing, which is way more than necessary considering the pump, reservoir, and 3/8"radiator are all attached to each other directly. Better safe than sorry, however. It will also add room for expansion if you decide to add a graphics card or other waterblock to this loop.

Now, for the good stuff. We'll start with the radiator/fan combo. The radiator itself is produced by "Motorspots". It is a single 120mm radiator with 3/8" barbs. Below is a picture and close up of the radiator.

On top is a commonly found Thermaltake fan that runs at a claimed 1600-2400rpm and 16-20dba. At 2000rpm and knowing thermaltake I'll estimate its CFM numbers to be 70+, but this is undetermined. If this fan does turn out to be a little noisy for your liking, Thermaltake has included a small rheostat to drop the fan RPM. Note this will decrease performance.

The reservoir is a simple device that stores coolant. Easy enough. This micro reservoir has low and high markings to let the user know when its time to top up on coolant. If you look closely, you can see the in and out barbs on the inside of the reservoir.

I was pleasently surprised with this pump. It features a 500 litre per hour flow rate while operating at a claimed 16dba. This is a feat, if it turns out to be accurate.

The waterblock Thermaltake has included is a low profile copper block. Cold water is channeled through the block as seen below. It is designed to suit everything from Pentium 4, LGA775, AM2, and all K8 motherboards and CPUs.

Did I mention that this block is super shiny? It looks great and I assume it will only look better when we get it all installed. You'll also be happy to know that Thermaltake has once again featured an imprsesive base finish on this waterblock.

OK, now for the moment you've all been waiting for. The Bigwater 760i in action.