Originally posted by: Connoisseur
let me get this straight... this case comes with ALL the water cooling components preinstalled except for the water blocks?!? Radiator, pump, tubes.. EVERYTHING?? For $100 ?!? Hot damn... might have to get this for my mobile barton system... anyone know if i'll have to change anythign around if I decide to go A64 later on?
Also what's the diff between the 601 and 650?
The cases come with radiator, fans, dual pumps, reservoir, tubing, and coolant. You buy the power supply and water blocks separately. The CPU blocks come in different wattages. Get a 300W block now so you wont need a new one when you switch up to a A64 later. The blocks come with brackets for Athlon and P4. You need to buy the A64 adapter. The only difference between the 601 and 650 is the front panel. The 650 has front USB and firewire ports and a fancy lighted bezel. The case itself is exactly the same. In fact, you can buy the bezel to upgrade your 601 to a 650.
These systems are pretty quiet. Check out the review on overclockers.com. Almost all my systems are in Koolance cases. I have 3 PC2-C running Athlon XP's between 2100+-3000+ at 33C degrees under full load, with the hard drive coolers, and a Radeon 9800XT cooler on one. Another PC2-C running a dual Athlon 2600+ system at 36C under full load. A PC2-650 runs a second Athlon 2600+ at 34C full load. Then a ExOS-AL running a dual Opteron 250 with a 6800 Ultra at 38C full load.
In case it wasn't apparent, Infotechnow.com IS Koolance USA. They have the same address and the same employees and same phone numbers. If you order something from the Koolance store, it will come in an Infotechnow box. Although the 2 stores have different pricing and inventory, they are the same company.
I have been dealing with them for a while now. Koolance's early systems had plenty of problems, but they (Koolance/Infotechnow) replaced 3 early cases that had problems after I had them for 6-7 months. It did take a week delivery time each direction for the exchange. Now, I think their systems are great especially when you get a good deal. Check directron.com, xoxide.com, and newegg.com for water block pricing.
As mentioned, you will probably need 2 80mm fans in the rear of the case as there is no air circulation inside the case. The radiator and the 3 fans at the top are sealed off from the rest of the case. My motherboard and the hard drives (that weren't water cooled) got very hot without case fans. I got some quiet Panaflo's and hooked them to the temp-controlled connectors on my Antec True power supply.