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My build is finished now:

My build with the new XSPC H1 Case is ~ 90% finished now

Hey there,

today, I want to present two new reservoirs bei Alphacool to you.

Alphacool is one of the veterans when it comes to watercooling articles,

having being very successfull for several years.

These new reservoirs come in the popular tube design and offer a couple

of good and partially new features.

The name of these reservoirs, which are currently available in two

different lenghts: Cape Fuzion Core 10 resp. 30 for the bigger

model. Both reservoirs have the following features:

- Diameter: 60mm

- Acetal ends with 5 G1/4" threads each

- 4 additional holes in the bottom end for 5mm LEDs

- a hole for an CCFL on the inside, sealed by O-Rings

- black, stable mounts

- 5 sealing caps

The specialty of these new reservoirs are the several possibilities for

lighting it.

The bottom of the reservoir features four little sticks out of acrylic

glass, offering a spot for LEDs and nice effects by reacing into the

reservoir.

This way, you can also realize a multi-colored lighting. The Alphacool

Cape Fuzion reservoirs also offer another great feature: In the inside

of the reservoirs there is another tube, tightly sealed by an O-ring on

both the top and the bottom. You can put a CCFL into that tube, creating

further effects, especially when combined with the LEDs.

You could also try to use the reservoir for two loops, as there are more

than enough G1/4" threads in both the bottom and top. The inner tube can

also be removed completely, if you wish to.

But that's enough words, let the show begin:

Fuzion Core with CCFL:

...and a few impressions with LEDs in several colors:

Conclusion: I like these new Alphacool Cape Fuzion reservoirs. The

possibilities for mounting are versatile, the diameter was increased to

60mm so that a larger amount of fluid can be filled in. Here and there

you can find a scratch in the acrylic glass and the mounts would be even

better when not blocking the view of the reservoir that much, but that

critic is on a very high level.

The price of the new reservoir is 39 EUR for the 10cm version and 48 EUR for

the 30cm version.

Some users might see the similarity to the FrozenQ-reservoirs, which

offer less features at a higher price, but have been available for quite

some time.

I'd also like to see versions with nickel plated tops and a version with

a length of around 20cm to close the gap between the 10 and 30cm versions.

When looking at these nice new reservoirs, I'm really anxious to see,

what Alphacool will release in the future.

Thanks: For supplying me with the test samples and further support with

this review, I'd like to say my thanks to the following companies:

Alphacool , Aquatuning , Aqua Computer , Noiseblocker ,

GIGABYTE , http://www.watercool.de , EVGA , http://www.kingston.com , Microcool

Hello,

it's time for yet another review.

Today I take a look at the new benchtable Tecnofront Raven,

coming from beautiful Italy.

After having tested the first Tecnofront benchtable, the Hardwaredock,

for you, it's the successor's turn today. A benchtable isn't only good

for bench sessions, but also very useful if you replace components

regularly, prefer an open setup for watercooling or just want to use it

for presentation.

The Tecnofront Raven comes well packed in a rather inconspicuous

box, sparing us from a gaudy retail box. The parts are seperated in

several layers in the box, each part being packed seperately and

protected against any damage that might occur during the shipping. The

benchtable also comes with an illustrated, English manual and the

required M4 screws for assembly.

Sadly, the screws required to fixate the drives aren't included.

The Raven's material is made out of black acrylic glass in a high glossy

optic, looking very appealing and classy. This is also the reason why

you should always keep a duster at hand.

The assembly was rather easy, even though it would have been easier if

every kind of screw would have been packed seperately. Overall, I was

done in about half an hour, as there aren't that many parts.

The Raven's price is around 140EUR.

Technical data:

Material: acrylic glass

Color: black

Size:

Height: 370mm

Table height: 230mm

Width: 420mm

Depth: 320mm

Scope of delivery:

Benchtable

Illustrated, English manual

Assembly material

Conclusion: An optically appealing benchtable with good features at an

affordable price. There are a few things you could improve, but the

performance at this price is good.

For the appealing design and the moderate price, the Raven earns my

Silver Award:

Thanks go out the the following companies for supporting me with this test:

Tecnofront ,

Aquatuning ,

Phobya ,

Alphacool ,

XSPC ,

Gigabyte ,

Noiseblocker ,

Aqua Computer ,

http://www.kingston.com ,

EVGA ,

seasonic

Hi guys and welcome to another review coming straight from my lab. Today, I want to show you the new reservoir by Teconofront, the “Torpedo”.

It’s another reservoir in the popular cylindrical form, but with a few specials.

The scope of delivery:

The reservoir comes in only one size (150mm high, 50mm diameter) for around 35€ to the watercooling shops. It features two threads for fittings on the bottom and another one on the top. It also comes with two black barbs for tubing of 10mm inner diameter, looking a lot like Perfect Seal-fittings, while not grasping the tubing as tight, two mounting clamps, a spare sealing cap for the usually unused thread and the screws and nuts for mounting.

The packaging consists of just a very environmentally friendly cardboard box, also helping to keep the price low.

Let’s take a look at the highlights:

Let’s start with the system for mounting the reservoir to the case. Other than the mounting mechanism we’re used to, the mounting clamps on this reservoir don’t grab the acrylic glass, but only two slots in the acetal. This gives us a few advantages:

- No more scratches in the acrylic glass!

- No breaking clamps

- No obstruction of the view

- No more slipping reservoirs

And it also offers one more, important advantage: It just looks very high-quality and massive. The clamps are screwed to the case with two screws each.

And here’s another highlight: The filling aid on the top of the reservoir. As already known from other reservoirs by Tecnofront, there’s a slot on the top that helps you with filling the reservoir without spilling any water. As it’s not that easy to screw of the top to fill it, this is a great idea to help with this issue.

Another bonus point: The reservoir’s incredibly great build quality. I’ve held a lot of reservoirs in my hands, but only selected few were able to keep up to this premium quality. I couldn’t find any spots on the entire reservoir showing a fault. And even though the entire reservoir is made out of plastic, it still feels like you’re holding something of a really high quality in your hands. Only the tube itself looks a bit blue…but this can barely be seen when it’s filled, which is also the case for the few superficial traces of the milling.

Last but not least: the feature that really makes this reservoir unique. In the top, there is a little cover. The water entering the reservoir this way now has to flow over this cover before travelling downwards, pushing it to the inner walls of the reservoir, where it finally flows down. The less water you have in your reservoir, the more impressive this effect looks like, but even in a reservoir that’s almost full you can spot it very well.

While this doesn’t only look very interesting, it also helps avoiding fogged up inner walls and reduces the ripple in the reservoir. When you combine this feature with a lighting module, you receive an almost unique play of lights in your case, which lives up to the reservoir’s name.

Overall this is a reservoir, which really impressed me. The rather low price, combined with the great quality and the nice features makes this a recommendation for all of you that have seen enough of the standard tube reservoirs. As it’s also rather small, even users of small cases can buy it without worries.

The only thing I disliked was the fact, that because of the way this reservoir is mounted, you can’t really choose where to put the mounting clamps, not allowing you to use any holes that might already be in your case and forcing you to drill new ones.

Still, this can’t taint the overall impression I got of this reservoir. The Torpedo is just another impressive example of the little Italian company Tecnofront’s expertise when it comes to reservoirs – and especially great innovations.

Here you can see a Videoclip from the Reservoir:

Thanks to http://www.tecnofront.com for sending me the Testsample and to Aquatuning.com, for needed other materials.

Here it is

This radgril "protoype" was in the package aswell, maybe it´s available in the future:

...like the design ?

rubber stands for the radiator:

and more pics from the rad:

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