Raijintek Triton ( dont buy it,if u dont wanna kill ur graphics card )

[KarymidoN]

old serie : short 3pin cable 1st batch.

2nd batch Good quality, mounted dis mounted re mounted, longer 3pin cable, modded, tubing changed, coolant Mayhems + rad Alphacool : not cracked (3 month and 9 days in use, 2 month stock configuration)
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79chf without fan bought as a Core version, the only other AIO at that price was a Corsair H60 2013 (120mm single fan)

the issue was corrected, at last it seems they listened to the complaining (about the quality of the tank and the 3pin cable length ) tho it seems they were hellish on RMA and previous issues.

Well, I bought mine at the end of August 2015, yet still received a poor quality product that almost damaged my GPU. It worked for less than 03 weeks, then cracked by itself.
Even if there is a new improved version, I have no confidence in the product.
I've had problem once and nothing assures me that will not happen again.

It is like buying a new car and have an accident because the brakes did not work when you needed.
You can not get hurt but will never trust that car maker again.

 

[GreiverBlade]

Well, I bought mine at the end of August 2015, yet still received a poor quality product that almost damaged my GPU. It worked for less than 03 weeks, then cracked by itself.
Even if there is a new improved version, I have no confidence in the product.
I've had problem once and nothing assures me that will not happen again.

It is like buying a new car and have an accident because the brakes did not work when you needed.
You can not get hurt but will never trust that car maker again.

well i had numerous problem with corsair but i still bought some and even used a H60 2013 i won in a giveaway, then i went custom loop then my Triton (as i said i modded it quite a bit)
your comparison to a car maker is a bit too much at last (if your gpu is still alive) the coolant was not conductive (i doubt it, mostly think it cracked and leaked when the PC was not on )

i am not what you can call a careful assembler but that Triton passed my criteria

 

[peche]

well sometimes products can be replaced but the damage and bad =experience stills, I had that problem with Asus… several motherboards and GPU's damaged, faulty units, then decided to stay away from that brand, so if you still trusting the brand and also decided to give another chance to it for working away is completely up to you lad!

 

[doyll]

+1 correct you have to test it prior installing it…

Correct...

nothing in this world is perfect....

Asetek units are pretty solid fella...
some corsair hydro series... all the thermaltake's Water Series too,

Really 'fella', I agree with you about testing before installing, but if hydros' are so 'solid', where do the thousands of refurbished ones selling on Newegg Scan, OcUK, etc. come from? My guess is RMA returns .. and possibly selling them as 'refurbished' because you have 90 day or 1 year warranty instead of five.

It seems less RMA's now than early on, but only time will tell. I see more and more X-hydro owners coming back to air cooling because of noise, failures and not cooling any better if even as well as air.

 

[peche]

Asetek units are pretty solid,
not all corsair units are faulty, here is much people using their units without problems,

regards,

 

[KarymidoN]

Look at Newegg Reviews: (Filter at 1 EGG)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...gory=575&Manufactory=120293&SpeTabStoreType=1

Look how many people had the same problem and compare with other similar products. Poor quality.

 

[GreiverBlade]

yes 9% 1 egg reviews 5% 2 eggs review 23% for both 3 and 4 eggs and 41% for 5 eggs, it's baffling... almost the same review ratio as a H110i GT

ofc i see a lot of leaking report but nothing says if it was "cracked itself without doing nothing" or "i did something but i won't tell what"
as for me i would rate it 4 eggs stock and 5 eggs once modded.

 

[RCoon]

Not my intention to hijack thread, but I just started testing new Raijintek Triton kit and it leaks straight from factory. I read few people had cracked the reservoir on other forums, and others had some smaller leaks.

I think mine leaks near the reservoir fill port. Overall, I found the quality to be somewhat less great than say Corsair AIOs, Fractal Kelvin or Eisberg etc. which I also have.

Tbh I don't know what to think. Perhaps the cooling is great for the price (it is cheaper than anything else here), but would you risk it for few dollar/euro savings over the more well-known brands?
I will try to fix this myself, after all I would love to get some temperature/noise figures for review I am writing.
But it already failed the most important thing: don't leak if you are prefilled unit. NOT getting anywhere near my GTX 780 Ti K|NGP|N & Rampage V Extreme

This. The OCUK forum thread for the Raijintek Triton is dozens of pages long. People have been complaining about cracked reservoirs similar to OP's. Apparently it was all down to a poor manufacturing process. If I recall Raijintek were in the process of recalling a shedload of units because of this, and working with retailers to deal with RMAs as quickly and easily as possible.

The annoying thing is that this has been going on for months. I expected this to be sorted by now.

That said, custom water loop 4lyf. #gangsigns

 

[GreiverBlade]

That said, custom water loop 4lyf. #gangsigns

totally right i don't have a Triton, i have a custom loop.... with a Triton BlockResPump (and it seems i got a unit of the new batch )

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and on the Quote you made, as i see : "but would you risk it for few dollar/euro savings over the more well-known brands?" well ... i spent more on a H100i and it leaked, i did spent more, again, on a Alphacool Eisberg and it leaked (this time it was my fault: i did something wrong with the pumps fittings)

tho i still did buy a Alphacool Eisberg solo (only pump) 4th cat. for 45chf and got a free NexXxos ST30 240 and 2 Alphacool Coolmove 2 (plus the tubing and fitting) so i would not complain over it
my problem brand: Corsair, tho i would not do bad review on it or try to dissuade other user to buy one of their AIO.

 

[vega22]

is that where it landed on the card when you dropped it during fitting and it broke then?

 

[cdawall]

is that where it landed on the card when you dropped it during fitting and it broke then?

Kinda what I was curious about. Seeing how there is no liquid on the card...

 

[FlanK3r]

Guys, I have the same issue . After few months the tank cracked...

 

[GreiverBlade]

Guys, I have the same issue . After few months the tank cracked...

1yrs now and still no leak no cracks no nothing ... still awesome performances (tho re reading that thead made me realize something funny: i was wondering how did the OP paid 130€ for it when i got my core version for 50€, 80€ just for the fans? that's kinda ... errr... )

just to be sure, do your unit has a very short pump cable? if yes, then your retailer might have sold you a 1st batch unit (which were more prone to that kind of issues ) and you should see with him for a RMA or a refund.

 

[FlanK3r]

The pump cable is relative short 3-pin, from bottom of tank to water pump connector at Maximus VIII Hero its tensioned.

 

[Ruru]

They barely even sell these anymore in Finland, and I've had read pretty many topics in Finnish forums about cracking block/pump unit. I've almost bought one myself, but luckily I did read about these flaws.

Though a backplate would maybe protect the graphics card from leaking.

 

[GreiverBlade]

The pump cable is relative short 3-pin, from bottom of tank to water pump connector at Maximus VIII Hero its tensioned.

probably a early batch unit, see with your retailer, mine has a 3pin long enough to be placed bottom and reach the top header of the motherboard.

They barely even sell these anymore in Finland, and I've had read pretty many topics in Finnish forums about cracking block/pump unit. I've almost bought one myself, but luckily I did read about these flaws.

Though a backplate would maybe protect the graphics card from leaking.

well the batch with the long 3pin cable seems to have resolved that issue, mine is safe.

Nonetheless you're better with your macho dang ... i miss my HR-02 BW ...(not for the performances but for the look )

 

[Ruru]

well the batch with the long 3pin cable seems to have resolved that issue, mine is safe.

Nonetheless you're better with your macho dang ... i miss my HR-02 BW ...(not for the performances but for the look )

Yeah, I've read that the new batch was better

Well, this was 35eur on discount, so pretty damn fine price/performance ratio.

 

[FlanK3r]

For fun, my screenshot, look at the card backplate! And I cleaned before...

 

[GreiverBlade]

For fun, my screenshot, look at the card backplate! And I cleaned before...

yep, probably 1st batch, that 3pin looks way shorter than my unit.

I guess not all retailer were eager to recall all 1st batch unites for Raijintek.

(or people with a 1st batch unit were unaware of the issue)