CoolIT Domino A.L.C CPU Cooler Review

Packaging and Accessories

The Domino is packaged in a surprisingly small black box which seems way too small to house a water cooling all in one system. As with the PURE and Freezone ELITE the majority of the box is covered with information and small photos of the Domino in action; however, the front of the box’s pride of place is a large (though not life size) picture of the Domino itself. As with the other CoolIT products we have reviewed, this picture is nicely accented by a ghostly glow which certainly catches your eye.


After you have finished drooling over the product specs, purchased it and rushed home to open it you will be greeted a different sight than the one you may have been expecting. I know we were certainly surprised to see that CoolIT has replaced the Styrofoam inner box with a plastic clamshell one. Its not that this clamshell is any worse of a packaging scheme (as it is darn good one, and may actually be better than the older style it replaces) but we have almost come to expect a “box in a box” packaging scheme from them.

This new setup will certainly take quite the beating before passing on any blunt force trauma to its contents but it still was surprising to see it. As it stands this level of protection still boarders on overkill and leaves one with the impression that what is inside really is worth all the effort that was put into protecting it.


The accessory list, may on first blush appear a little on the short side but when you take a look at what you get you quickly realize that CoolIT went all out on this sub $100 cooling system! The full list of accessories is: allthe necessary mounting hardware for both AMD and Intel 775 systems and Intel 1336 systems (already mounted for you on the Domino) and a backplate. The manual is once again a kick ass manual as we have come to expect from CoolIT, but the real star of the show is the new 1336 capable waterblock. This bad boy of course will work on 775 systems but the fact that it comes with all the hardware needed for AM2, 775 AND 1336 is wonderful news! Right now 1336 waterblocks are few and far between so it really is nice to see CoolIT bring their “A Game” and include it for free. This is all backed up by a very well done instruction pamphlet with lots of easy to understand instructions backed up by colour photographs.