eVGA X58 Classified 141-BL-E759-A1

Water Cooled Review

Introduction

EVGA, long known for their Nvidia based video card products, has been making some great strides over the past couple of years in the motherboard market. EVGA currently offers several X58 chipset motherboards, with their Classified series being the flagship offering.  There are two available Classified versions, one with the NF200 chipset and one without.  The only major difference between these two offerings is the E759 Model has the NF200 chpset onboard, allowing for a 3-way X16 SLI configuration, whereas the E760 version does not have the NF200 chipset meaning a 3-way SLI will be a X16-X16-X8 configuration.

This review will be on the higher end E759 version with a water cooling twist.  A full system water cooling setup was obtained for this review.  There are plenty of other reviews out there on this motherboard using the stock cooling, so it was decided to do something a little different this time around and review the board outfitted with a water cooling setup.  These Classified motherboards hit the market with a lot of fanfare, and great expectations.  Does the motherboard live up to the hype? Are they worth the premium price?  How effective is the water cooling?  These questions and more will be explored in this review.

Project Monolith-The Thermochill PA140.3 Experience!

Introduction

Thermochill is a company that have been at the forefront of the water cooling industry for many years. With the change over from the HE to the PA series, sales have rocketed and demand has always been extremely high, mainly in places such as Germany and the USA. Thermochill was a Yorkshire based company until recently, but now has moved to elsewhere in the United Kingdom, due to its recent acquisition by Rob from Watercoolinguk and Paul from XSPC.

Water Cooling Guide for Beginners

First and foremost, why put your PC under water? (No, not literally.)

• Better temperatures.
• Higher clocks.
• Quieter running system.
• Good looks.
• Impress the ladies.
• If you're a lady, really impress the guys.

Whatever your motivation, you’ve come to the right place. You can accomplish all of those and then some.

Before you jump into water cooling, it’s always best to plan your water loop, from start to finish. By this, I mean from the ground up, starting with the most basic component…