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A CLOSER LOOK CONT’D
The top end of the Photon reservoir has a large fill plug. This plug is not your standard G1/4″ threading though so you cannot use this as a return line as supplied in the kit – but I’ll show you a neat item later on in the review to remedy this.
The base of the Photon comes with a single sealing plug and two open ports. The port farthest to the left is the pump feed while the middle and right-hand ports are for the return.
There is a small hole in the side of the reservoir where you install your 5mm LED. I noticed that the LED does not stay in this hole like the CPU block LEDs do. What I ended up doing is bending the LED leads slightly to make it fit snugly into the res.
Here’s a shot of the inner tube lit from the included LED. It’s enough to give a neat look without being overpowering.
Alright now that we’ve gone over all of the included items in the kit I’ll install it onto my Primochill Wet Bench and test it.
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If you’re looking to get into the custom water coolign world but aren’t ready for the task of picking out each individual component XSPC has you covered with the Raystorm/Photon/D5/AX360 kit.
Excellent review of an excellent product, Will!
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This is really a great thing for the experts of Water cooling to do.. To take the Technical out of a professional water loop. Great product and Great Idea.
Doesn’t seem worth the price considering the Noctua is a few degrees off and roughly $165 cheaper.
hahahaha its a great start that may turn into a custom loop someday, there’s enough potential for a GPU block and you are set 🙂 and it will be so much quieter
wow, noctua is even better than this? are you sure? i thought it was better than closed loops like h60 and maybe h100i but not this !!