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Water-Cooling Systems Roundup: 16 Systems Reviewed! (page 15)

Category: Coolers

by Kirill "ALT-F13" Balalin

[ 03/30/2006 | 08:48 AM ]

Thermaltake Tribe

Thermaltake will never stop surprising us with its new products. We took in total four systems from this manufacturer for this review and the Tribe is to be the first discussed. We have already reviewed this system in great detail in our article called 2006 Cooling Fashions from Thermaltake: Six New Cooling Solutions Reviewed, so feel free to check it out for more details. 

And now let's recall what this system looks like. One glance at the box is enough to realize it is a very beautiful system.

A fill-up bottle is the non-standard accessory you will find included here. It is a useful trifle and we used it to fill other systems, too, throughout this test session.

The case has a fantastic appearance with its aluminum carcass and metal wire side panels. Black aluminum handles are installed on the top. The only drawback of this case is the number of screws you have to unfasten to open the cover up – as many as sixteen of them! On the other hand, you won’t need to do that often.