Review: Thermaltake Water 2.0 Extreme

Posted by Ed Smith

Friday, 31 August 2012 01:27

Article Index
Review: Thermaltake Water 2.0 Extreme
Features and Specifications
Photos Part One: The Box and Accessories
Photos Part Two: The Cooler
Photos Part Three: Dissection and Inspection
Testing and Results
Verdict and Conclusion

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Introduction

Today we have something interesting, it's Thermaltakes absolute top level cooler, the Water 2.0 Extreme. As the name implies they have thrown caution out the window and gone extreme on this one!

Ok actually caution is still the order of the day, that's one of the nice things about the sealed loop maintenance free water cooling systems like this. Thermaltake did add a lot to this cooler to make it Extreme though! For starters there is an awful lot of radiator, and they have added some telemetry and fan control software as well.

I think it might actually manage to knock the current Cooling Kings off their podium here at Funkykit. So far the top cooler is (just barely) the Phanteks PH-TC14PE, with the Frio Extreme coming in a tiny bit behind. Will the Water 2.0 Extreme take both down a notch? We'll see!

First however, a word from Thermaltake about Thermaltake:

The Company

We live in a world where most things seem to move at the speed of light. At Thermaltake, we feel the same way and that is exactly how Thermaltake conducts itself to deliver innovative, reliable and customer-centric solutions to the worldwide market.

Since the beginning of Thermaltake in 1999, it has been at the forefront of creating new and exciting products at a time where most computer users were provided little to no choices for components that may seem irrelevant, but in reality crucial to the performance of a PC.

Thermaltake Server Series solutions, with years of thermal experience and industry leadership, sets its goal on reforming total thermal management in server segment by formulating the perfect mixture of versatility, efficiency and thermal management with each respective server product category: Rackmount Chassis, Server Fixed & Redundant Power Supply and Server CPU Cooling Management Solutions.

With its comprehensive line of products available, it enables Thermaltake's core customers to enjoy a one-stop-shop experience, reduce product design-in evaluation period and most important of all, flawless integration process. Each of Thermaltake's strengths enables its customer to focus on their core business while taking advantage of the skills and efficiency of a single thermal management solution partner.

More than one word really, but now we'll move on to words more focused on the cooler at hand.

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