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cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top"> <td class="section w99"> <div class="moduletable"> </div> </td> </tr> </table> <div class="padding"> <h1 align="center">Water-cooling for Everyone 2: Titan TWC-A04 and Alphacool Cape Set (cont.)</h1> <p align="left"><strong>Titan Description:</strong></p> <p align="center"><a href="atruereview/watercooling/Titan/T06.jpg"><img src="atruereview/watercooling/Titan/T06th.jpg" width="250" height="94" border="0" alt="Water-cooling for Everyone 2: Titan TWC-A04 and Alphacool Cape Set"></a><br> <font size="-1">Click on image for larger picture</font> </p> <p>Like the Cooler Master Aquagate, the Titan TWC-A04 is a unit style water-cooler, implying that the main radiator, reservoir, and pump are all attached and enclosed in one unit. The casing of the main unit is made of gray silver plastic. </p> <p align="center"><a href="atruereview/watercooling/Titan/T04.jpg"><img src="atruereview/watercooling/Titan/T04th.jpg" width="250" height="137" border="0" alt="Water-cooling for Everyone 2: Titan TWC-A04 and Alphacool Cape Set"></a><br> <font size="-1">Click on image for larger picture</font> </p> <p>The front of the unit features a water filling hole with water level gauge. A LCD panel with labeled function buttons, a fan speed control knob with a speed light indicator, and air vents are also present on the front. </p> <p align="center"><a href="atruereview/watercooling/Titan/T05.jpg"><img src="atruereview/watercooling/Titan/T05th.jpg" width="250" height="157" border="0" alt="Water-cooling for Everyone 2: Titan TWC-A04 and Alphacool Cape Set"></a><br> <font size="-1">Click on image for larger picture</font> </p> <p>The left and right sides of the unit feature mounting holes for mounting the TWC-A04 to two 5.25" drive bays if installed internally or mounting the included decoration panels if installed externally. The bottom of the unit features a circle indent at each of the four corners indicating where the included skid pads should go. Finally, the back of the unit features water inlet and outlet ports, temperature probe header, 3 pin fan connector (for second radiator fan), and Molex power port.</p> <p align="center"><a href="atruereview/watercooling/Titan/T08.jpg"><img src="atruereview/watercooling/Titan/T08th.jpg" width="250" height="147" border="0" alt="Water-cooling for Everyone 2: Titan TWC-A04 and Alphacool Cape Set"></a><br> <font size="-1">Click on image for larger picture</font> </p> <p>Inside, the main unit features a small pump enclosed in a rectangular reservoir and a cross flow fan. These components are sandwiched between two rectangular radiators. The radiator is composed of copper hoses running back and forth through aluminum fins. </p> <p align="center"><a href="atruereview/watercooling/Titan/T09.jpg"><img src="atruereview/watercooling/Titan/T09th.jpg" width="250" height="156" border="0" alt="Water-cooling for Everyone 2: Titan TWC-A04 and Alphacool Cape Set"></a><br> <font size="-1">Click on image for larger picture</font> </p> <p>Plastic cover guides are used throughout the interior of the unit to help direct and guide air movement. The cross flow fan sucks air from the front top vent, through the top radiator, blows it through the bottom radiator and out the front bottom vent. With this design, air flow is completely self contained, implying if installed internally, the unit will not affect the case's air pressure.</p> <p align="center"><a href="atruereview/watercooling/Titan/T10.jpg"><img src="atruereview/watercooling/Titan/T10th.jpg" width="250" height="142" border="0" alt="Water-cooling for Everyone 2: Titan TWC-A04 and Alphacool Cape Set"></a><br> <font size="-1">Click on image for larger picture</font> </p> <p>As I mentioned in the introduction, the theme of this review would be radiators. Towards the end of <a href="atruereview/watercooling/../waterchill/index.php">Water-cooling for Everyone</a>, I discussed various components of a water-cooling system and the effects each component has on the overall efficiency of the system. The radiator has the important job of cooling the circulating water. To help enhance performance, the TWC-A04 incorporates a secondary radiator. The secondary radiator can be installed in most 80mm fan bays and features a thick (35mm) 80mm fan. The fan is protected by a clear plastic grill and mounted to blow air through the radiator. The radiator is similar in design to that of the main radiator, only thicker.</p> <p align="center"><a href="atruereview/watercooling/Titan/T14.jpg"><img src="atruereview/watercooling/Titan/T14th.jpg" width="204" height="250" border="0" alt="Water-cooling for Everyone 2: Titan TWC-A04 and Alphacool Cape Set"></a><a href="atruereview/watercooling/Titan/T15.jpg"><img src="atruereview/watercooling/Titan/T15th.jpg" width="224" height="250" border="0" alt="Water-cooling for Everyone 2: Titan TWC-A04 and Alphacool Cape Set"></a><br> <font size="-1">Click on image for larger picture</font> </p> <p>The TWC-A04 comes equipped with a universal CPU waterblock and a smaller GPU waterblock. Both water blocks feature a mirror finish on the top and sides, along with a copper base. The CPU block has the two water ports on top while the GPU block has the two ports on one of its side. </p> <p align="center"><a href="atruereview/watercooling/Titan/T19.jpg"><img src="atruereview/watercooling/Titan/T19th.jpg" width="250" height="238" border="0" alt="Water-cooling for Everyone 2: Titan TWC-A04 and Alphacool Cape Set"></a><br> <font size="-1">Click on image for larger picture</font> </p> <p>Both water blocks' bases are protected by a clear protective sticker but unfortunately in the case of my review unit, it was not enough. The base of the CPU, along with the protective tape and the zip bag it was enclosed, was badly gouged. The culprit was most likely the screw tip on top of the GPU block. Since the gouges were in about the same area as where the block makes contact with a CPU core (AMD XP), some sanding work had to be done on it to make it safe enough for use. </p> <p align="center"><a href="atruereview/watercooling/Titan/T21.jpg"><img src="atruereview/watercooling/Titan/T21th.jpg" width="250" height="167" border="0" alt="Water-cooling for Everyone 2: Titan TWC-A04 and Alphacool Cape Set"></a><br> <font size="-1">Click on image for larger picture</font> </p> <p>Beyond the gouges though, the water blocks have a very nice finish. </p> <p align="center"><a href="atruereview/watercooling/Titan/T20.jpg"><img src="atruereview/watercooling/Titan/T20th.jpg" width="250" height="80" border="0" alt="Water-cooling for Everyone 2: Titan TWC-A04 and Alphacool Cape Set"></a><br> <font size="-1">Click on image for larger picture</font> </p> <p>All the necessary brackets are included make the CPU block compatible with AMD K7, K8, and Intel P4s. For the GPU block, 54.8mm and 79.7mm clips are included.</p> <p align="center"><a href="atruereview/watercooling/Titan/T18.jpg"><img src="atruereview/watercooling/Titan/T18th.jpg" width="250" height="206" border="0" alt="Water-cooling for Everyone 2: Titan TWC-A04 and Alphacool Cape Set"></a><br> <font size="-1">Click on image for larger picture</font> </p> <p>The last main components of the TWC-A04 are the silicon tubes, or hoses. Six hoses are included in three sized pairs. The tubes are 8mm in outer diameter and really flexible. On one hand, they are really nice because they are flexible enough to accommodate just about any case situation. 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