Thermaltake PWB 100

Thermaltake PWB 100

When we think of water blocks and of water cooling in general, we think of names like Danger Den, Koolance, EK, Heatkiller and D-Tek. At the bottom of our list is Coolermaster, Corsair and finally ThermalTake. These companies have been only been known for water blocks that barely cut the grade, a quick intro to water cooling, cheap easy to set up water cooling, and in most cases a good aircooler would out perform these types of water cooling. Now since air coolers are getting outrageously overpriced, people who want to have good cooling and quiet operation, can venture into water cooling. ThermalTake has brought to us a rather unique CPU water block. This water block does not conform to their traditional designs and in fact performs quite well. It can be used as an upgrade from ThermalTake's Big Water series water cooling or as a separate block for those who want more of a customized water cooling set up for their computers. If you have not already guessed, this review is based upon ThermalTake's PB100 water block. We are going to take a look at what makes this water block tick, and also put this water block on one of my proven CPUs; an Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600.