As opposed to the heatsink, the water-block is all copper. It has a round base, 40mm in diameter. In its top part there is a pump covered with a meshed aluminum plate.

The meshed plate allows the pump to be cooled by the air from the fan you install onto its top. The steel frame fastened to the water-block with four screws is replaceable. By default it is the frame to install the water-block on the graphics card (the specification promises compatibility with all Nvidia’s GPU as well as with ATI’s (now AMD’s) GPUs from the X800 and later series).

The base of the water-block is protected against scratches with polyethylene film. The base is perfectly flat and finished ideally, although not to a mirror shine.

The length and width of the water-block combined with the pump is 76 x 64mm; its thickness is 24.5mm.

The water-block weighs 180g. The pump runs on ceramic bearings that endow it with a service life of 50 thousand hours (or about 6 years of continuous operation). The rotor has a rotation speed of 2600-3100rpm at a noise level of 20dBA. The declared performance of the pump is 150lph, which is not very high by today’s standards.

The third component of the system is the control device that looks like a transparent plastic box:

This device helps you keep track of the amount of coolant in the system. There is a small card with a speaker inside and the pipe itself contains a float connected to a sensor. As soon as the level of coolant is lower than acceptable, the speaker gives you a warning by emitting a shrill squeak.

To add more coolant into the system you should use the included syringe with a special nozzle, but you don’t get any coolant since the system comes already assembled and filled up.

There’s adhesive tape on the back side of the control device.

You can use it to fasten the device anywhere in your system case. This control box also features cute blue highlighting.

These are all the components of the Aquagate Viva. They are connected with flexible opaque pipes with internal and external diameters of 6mm and 10mm, respectively. The connection spots are fixed with clamps.