Top-shelf, self-contained CPU watercooling systems are largely made by two OEMs, Canada's Coolit and Austria's Asetek. Companies like Thermaltake benefit from the engineering experience of these dedicated manufacturers, while consumers benefit from the established distribution channels of Thermaltake and competitive pricing. After all, Thermaltake heatsinks are available practically everywhere in the world, whereas in the past it was difficult to track down computer stores with Coolit's or Asetek's consumer thermal solutions. For the most part though, computer enthusiasts don't have to concern themselves with any of this vertically integrated/OEM/ODM business stuff. If you're looking for a self-contained water cooling system for your next PC, you only need to decide how big a heat exchanger your PC chassis will support and how many fans you want to use.

Most self contained liquid cooling systems are sold with 120mm and 240mm heat exchangers, the Thermaltake Water 2.0 Pro comes with a 50mm thick, 120mm-sized heat exchanger and a pair of fans. The Thermaltake Water 2.0 Pro ships pre-filled with a distilled water/anti-freeze based coolant which circulates through 11mm diameter 'low evaporation' rubber tubing. It's ready to go out of the box, no filling, no plumbing, no mess. The small fluid pump operates at 2800RPM and is housed along with a reservoir and thin copper water block in the hockey puck sized package which mounts atop the processor. For the sake of efficiency, the copper waterblock uses skived copper fins and a thin elastomer gasket which directs water flow through the resulting channels. The aluminum heat exchanger measures 150x120x49mm in size and attaches to the inside back panel of the users' computer case. Unlike standard air cooled heatsinks, the Thermaltake Water 2.0 Pro does require a 120mm fan opening above the motherboard I/O ports for the heat exchanger to be mounted to.

Two 120mm PWM fans come with the Thermaltake Water 2.0 Pro, these fans spin at 1200-2000RPM and produce moderate noise. The Thermaltake Water 2.0 Pro liquid cooling system installs onto AMD socket AM2/AM3/FM1/FM2 processors and Intel socket LGA2011/1155/1156 CPUs. Retail price is on the order of $100 USD/CDN. Please note that while Thermaltake list "Intel LGA775" compatibility, the unit Frostytech tested did NOT include an Intel bracket compatible with LGA775 motherboards.