Finally I got Time to put this Review in here....
I spent some serious Time for Benchmarks and gaming all these last week becoz I find this Purchase very interesting and quite more than satisfactory.. and finally It was good to do overclocking my vid cards since purchased.
After all, my Research and estimation have became fruitful.
Ok now....
CoolIT Systems Omni AC-N470 A.L.C. VGA Cooler
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Description:
This CoolIT Omni Liquid Cooler comes with the 120mm Radiator and the Compatible inter-poser for the Video card you purchased. Mind you It's not the universal Inter-poser,so you need to specifically pick one for your video card while purchasing. But except Interposer, The rest of the Kit is Universal and with simple purchase of the compatible Interposer this kit can be used for new or Future Products.. So i can safely say this is long term investment. Coool na...
Thought the current progress and support from OMNI range for new and future products is quite disappointing. Nevertheless for now I am damn Enjoying..
Coming to little more about Radiator it's the same Radiator used for Processors from Vantage coolers. Unlike Custom water coolers you don't need to worry about maintenance includes the Fluid. This Liquid kit comes with anticorrosion or anti fungal fluid and so Total maintenance free. All you need to do is clean the Rad from Dust once in a while which is optional too(if you are a lazy person)
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The Pump, Rad and GPU inter-poser all together fixed from out of the BOX and can't be customized unless you want to do MOD which will void the warranty. The warranty from OMNI covers your entire system against any leaking or damaged product from company. This product does carry 2 years warranty too. For more and clear Product description.. please go through this image
*Credits to OMNI website for this Image only......
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Unlike my Previous Purchases, Why there is no Unboxing Pictures for this?
Actually the packing done by OMNI was awesome according to my Friend ,the packing and protection used in this BOX is very simple and solid protective ....
*Images sent by my Friend from USA... so pardon the crap quality Photos sent by him.. He's quite lazy with details but VERY KIND person to bring this product with so much care and had Fighting with Customs in USA as well as in Indian Airports. Kudos to him. At one point I thought I lost this product to customs.. It's a long story and I don't want to waste your time for that.. Enough is enough.
The main reason he couldn't bring the Package is due to the size. It's very Big BOX and won't fit in any of his Suitcase he owns....
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Now Back to Review......
Preview of the Product..
As you can see it's 120mm Rad and Quality of the Build is Top Notch. The Pump is what you see in this picture. While Running It's slient and does not make any hissing Sound. Not much user control options left here. It does it's job very fine while running.
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The Rad comes with 120mm Fan installed and plugged to the pump using 4 pin Monitor connection... As shown in specs it runs between 1100 rpm to 2500rpm depends on the heat the card runs.
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As you can see here the Fan is connected to the pump using 4 pin connector..
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The Rad is not much thicker and it's quite similar to H50,H60 (Infact it's the same RAD i think so)
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The upper surface is the Interposer and it can be replaced with just unsecuring 8 screws seen in this Picture... That's the way you are going to use this for other Video cards... For now this is for GTX 470
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The only thing i didn't like about this unit is it's Weight. Its very sturdy and heavy. In quality wise it's good to consider but my concern is it burdens the Mobo if not screw secured properly. You can see my Fingers pressed by it by just placing on me.
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So lets start with Installation on GTX ZOTAC 470....
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Installation:
Here is my Puppy from Zotac... Unsecuring screws ,they are around 13-15 screws..
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Once Done with unsecuring screws, with slight force and twist up and down.. the stock cooler detaches safely from VR's and Video Ram..
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Zotac actually used better Thermal Pads compared to my Other GTX EVGA 470.. Now we are going to clean that Thermal Grease from that Vid RAM. It's quite Big Chip compared to Processor.
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Three Drops from solution 2 By Arctic Clean and Wiped it after 30 seconds...
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See it's Shiny again.. These Two Brothers does their job very well.. I saw much difference between just wiping with cloth or Tissue and These two solutions from Chips... They will make sure it removes any residue left from previous Thermal Grease which we can't remove it with just cloth.
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Now time to Remove the Thermal pad protection covers... OMNI secured quite well here. From USA to India, with open packing in my friend suitcase during journey they made sure they are protected well.
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The placement of thermal pads are exactly to the factory default of GTX 470. So just align the threaded holes with the factory holes and secure the screws. Also OMNI didn't provide any screws because we just need to use the stock screws to secure this Plate. Very Clever na.....
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Once done with securing , finally The card from Zotac 470 looks like this.... I really Loved the Way it Looked.... So Low Profile and Solid Looks....
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Would you believe it's the Mighty GTX 470 card looks so Thin? ???
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Installed in the cabinet... Looks super cool for me.. I need to do lot of cable management and before that I just want to test this unit... Before H100 I initially thought to place this RAD on TOP with H70 being single RAD too.. But H100 being 240mm and this OMNI unit emits lot of HEAT outtake. H100 will directly Take that Heat into it. so I placed this unit in the Rear and it's the Best place too.
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See the Gap between cards now.. Now I can use PCI slot as well as PCI -E 1x slot for other components if necessary.
This unit is Perfect for SLI combination too but we just want to make sure that we have Room for two Rads.. The Tubes which Run from GPU plate to Rad is 12 inch in length ,so distance is not at all an issue to place your RAD inside your cabinet. They swivel very well for placement.
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First Time run after installation of the Card... Everything ran fine though i had to check the pump and Tubes by touching to see the Fluid is moving.
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Once everything fine and running smooth I closed the Side Door and finally jumped right into Playing Games before going for Overclock.
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From the Beginning I had very good feeling about this cooler and I am sure My research and Planning never fails to amuse myself..
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Now it's Time for Temperature Monitor and Overclocking as well
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First we''ll look at Temps......
Room Temp: 26 ( my Room is Hot even in winter too )
Outside Temp: H-30c and L-18c on the Testing Day...
At idle with SLI off in Nvidia Control Panel , Cards stay at 33-35c with absolute Silence. Now I can hear H100 fans at Low Fan mode which is nothing to worry at all.. Probable, Omni like said in spec's the Fans are at 1100rpm in idle. I had to double check couple of Times to see Gelid and OMNI are running fine.. It's that slient
Testing only the OMNI Cooler with Kombuster.... Pretty Sweet ,, The stock cooler used to reach 91-95c and plus HORRIBLE JET SONIC sound with 90% Fan speed.... With OMNI at fan Speed around 2000rpm... I hardly consider that noisy
....... and Temperature is only 64c.. The Highest I saw the Temp reaching is 65c only with single Card Running.. For normal gaming I didn't see it crossing 60c till now.
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Now Both Cards are being tested with KOMBUSTER running SLI ....... They both performing almost equal in here... Remeber The Top Temp is OMNI and Bottom one is Gelid ICY Vision Revision 2..
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Now The cards are Overclocked and SLI KOMBUSTER running.....
|Stock Clocks| Overclock1|Overclock 2
Core Clock|608 mhz|774 mhz|786 mhz
Memory|837 mhz|851 mhz|861 mhz
Shader Clock|1215 mhz|1548 mhz|1572 mhz
Volt|1.037|1.075V|1.075V
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If you observe the Power Draw in lower Window of APC... The OC'ed cards are Drawing whooping 622 watts ......
Conclusion:
Pros
1. It's Super Duper Cool Hardware (Atleast for me..
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2. Performance is quite Good.
3. Very Easy setup (Hardly Took 10-15mins only)...
4. High Quality Build and Top notch Finishing
5. Meant for High Overclocking.
6. Universal Kit for Different Cards (Just need to replace InterPose Plate)
7. Ultra Silent in Media Applications.
8. Slient in High End Gaming
9. Entire system Warranty against Leaking or Defect Product
10.Enough Tube Length to place the RAD anywhere in your cabinet
Cons:
1. It's like Large vid card 6990 length so clearance could be an issue for some cabinets.. (I mean the Plate measured until Tube Hose)
2. For SLI, you need to have ROOM for two 120MM Rads.
3. No support for PUSH PULL. (Still it can be done but with few issues)
4. It's expensive( Previously it's 12000/- but I got it this for 6000 rs.)
The Benchmarks are coming up soooon,,,,, Very soon
, the guy even tried to defend himself!!
