CoolIT Boreas MTEC Chassis Review Comment Thread

[barrolde]

Originally Posted by cwestwell

Just to make sure I understand this I can buy the boreas barbones and hook it up to a swiftech pump and Appogee GTZ block or any existing WC setup tubing and all. Do I need any special coolant or will any of them do the trick.

Well... you want a coolant with some organic phosphates to prevent galvanic corrosion when mixing copper w/ aluminum. With that said... our TEC banks are anodized aluminum inside and our waterblocks are copper inside so if you like, I can send you some of ours.

[cwestwell]

I am actually awaiting a price quote from your sales dept on a Boreas Chassis with CPU NB & 4870X2 loop. I think I'm sold I just might want to use different tubing and such so I will wait to see what they say when they get back to me....however I guess that could be a little while given the GPU block hasn't been released yet.....hint hint

[barrolde]

I think the sales department has been a little busy over the last couple days.. I'll have Barrolde contact you first thing tomorrow ;)

[cwestwell]

My wallet is burning my back pocket while I wait......

[barrolde]

Lol, I replied once.. apparently it didn't go through. I just sent another today. Give me a call at 403-235-4895 x238 if you don't have any mail from me.

[praetorian75]

I wanted 2 4870x2's. I had a CoolerMaster Praetorian case. The cards are 10.5 inches (!) long, so I couldn't fit them in it. I was already going to go with a CoolIT system (the Freezone Elite and the Dual Drive-Bay 4870x2 blocks), so it just seemed like a good idea to pay the extra $ for this chassis.

Barry, I hate you... for now. I'm sure when next weekend rolls around and I see this case in my office, I'll be singing a different tune, though.

Here's the build I'm putting in this case:

• Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650 3.0Ghz
• ASUS Rampage Extreme
• 8GB OCZ Gold DDR3 1600Mhz SDRAM
• 2x Sapphire ATI Radeon 4870x2
• 1x 150Gb WD Raptor 10k RPM SATA HDD
• 2x 640Gb WD 7200 SATA HDD (Raid 1)
• 1x 320GB Seagate 7200 SATA HDD
• Soundblaster X-FI Extreme Soundcard
• LG DVD RW Drive
• CoolMax 1200w Modular Power Supply
• Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit

Total build price: $4,604.69



Edit: Added 2nd 640gb, corrected price for final total.

[SKYMTL]

WOW!!

Please post pics when you get everything together.

[cwestwell]

Originally Posted by praetorian75

I wanted 2 4870x2's. I had a CoolerMaster Praetorian case. The cards are 10.5 inches (!) long, so I couldn't fit them in it. I was already going to go with a CoolIT system (the Freezone Elite and the Dual Drive-Bay 4870x2 blocks), so it just seemed like a good idea to pay the extra $ for this chassis.

Barry, I hate you... for now. I'm sure when next weekend rolls around and I see this case in my office, I'll be singing a different tune, though.

Here's the build I'm putting in this case:

• Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650 3.0Ghz
• ASUS Rampage Extreme
• 8GB OCZ Gold DDR3 1600Mhz SDRAM
• 2x Sapphire ATI Radeon 4870x2
• 1x 150Gb WD Raptor 10k RPM SATA HDD
• 1x 640Gb WD 7200 SATA HDD
• 1x 320GB Seagate 7200 SATA HDD
• Soundblaster X-FI Extreme Soundcard
• LG DVD RW Drive
• CoolMax 1200w Modular Power Supply
• Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit

Rough estimate on total build price: $4,465.43

Holy build Batman....wow

[AkG]

Looks like one KILLER rig. Please post some Geek Pr0n of it when you get a chance! ;)

[MushkinGreg]

I just got a boreas, but not sure what I should set my liquid temps to.
Right now I'm thinking, connect the mtec to a separate psu and my laptop to test w/ pc off, to see it'll start to condensate.

Room temp is ~23c , currently set liquid to 21c lowest 22c max