Impressions:

Retail Box

Kit Benefits

Kit Specs

   The Alphacool NexXxoS Complete Set comes with three main water blocks that cool the hottest processors in any typical system. The kits range from a single 12cm radiator up to a triple 12cm radiator. Many other configurations are possible depending on the reseller.

   What is familiar is the Polyoxmethylene (say it 5 times quickly) constructed XP Light CPU water block which did quite well in a past [VH] review. It's an efficient design when you consider the amount of water that is pumped through the block's center port opening on to its machined pins. There is another revision that is constructed with a jet black cover and has a fully copper bottom block that comes with some of the other kits that can be ordered.

CPU XP Light	Polyoxmethylene Top
Nicely Polished	Very Smooth

SNB Northbridge	Bottom
SP GPU	Bottom

   Other than these main components, you get manuals, water conditioner, and plenty of mounting kits to install the water blocks with. There are plenty of washers, springs, screws, and standoffs that will allow you to mix and match to any configuration. The CPU mounting clamps have been upgraded in that they were painted solid black as opposed to the smudged, brush metal seen in last kit.  

Box Contents

Everything You Need

   This particular kit includes the single 12cm NexXxos Extreme I Radiator, which has done pretty well keeping a system cool. The radiator looks pretty well manufactured and should . The pump itself is pretty impressive in that it is submerged within the reservoir. One nice thing about this is if the pump ever springs a leak around its outlets, it won't matter, where as an external kit could be detrimental to the health of your computer.

   There is a small power regulator that attaches to an empty PCI bay within the case that has your in and out holes for tubing, and also has a 12 volt power port as well as a manual hardwire connection point. This particular pump assembly requires the manual approach which is not hard as long as you have a small enough flat-head screw driver.

Extreme Radiator

Front

Eheim 600

PCI Pump Card

   The Eheim 600 Pump is very well made and of a good quality acrylic material. A PCI Pump Card is included which the powers the pump via the 12 volt, so that the pump can remain outside the case and is easily assembled. The pump is rated to 600 Liters an hour with a head maximum of 1.3 meters. There isn't much beyond this to get the pump going.