You might have noticed that we at GruntvillE talk a lot about keeping your system cool. We have reviewed a fair number of heatsinks, looked at case fans of different types and even in our case reviews, talk about the cooling situation. It should be obvious that we take cooling seriously. We’ve reviewed a pump water blocks and reservoir that are used in water cooling setups and a peltier for extreme cooling. However, as much as I am shamed to admit it, we have been lax in our duties to you, our readers, when it comes to cooling. You see, we have never reviewed a water cooling kit.

A water cooling kit is, just like it sounds, a complete water cooling setup in a box. This includes a pump, water block for the CPU, radiator, fan, and associated hoses and clamps. These kits are available from the major water cooling manufactures such as Swiftech and Innovatek, but they’re very expensive coming in at over $250. Recently there’s been an influx of entry-level water cooling setups that allow you to get in the water cooling game for less dough, a lot less.

So today, we’ll be presenting a GruntvillE first, a review of a water cooling kit, and telling you whether or not you can really get into water cooling on a budget by looking long and hard are the Ahanix Iceberg II Water Cooling Kit. As the name suggests, this is Ahanix’ second go around with water cooling kits, and they’ve put it together for an attractive price of about $95.