The radiator is all copper, as opposed to other water-cooling systems from Thermaltake.

The fan speed can be adjusted:

High Speed and Low Speed are for more performance and more silence, respectively.

The cooler is installed instead of two PCI cards:

The two plates are meant for fixing the cooler in PCI slots. That’s not the best solution as the card itself blocks two slots, and the upper slot can only take in some small network adapter, for example. Considering that there are usually no more than 3 PCI slots on modern mainboards, the Tide Water can’t be installed on some of them. This cooler can be redesigned for external placement, but more problems would arise then.

The hot air is exhausted to the outside:

So the main unit also works as an exhaust fan. On the reverse side, there are fittings for pipes, a power cable connector, a reservoir plug, and a window to control the coolant level.

The water-block is quite an ordinary water-block for cooling a GPU.

It is made of copper and its silvery color is just a protective coating.