A Closer look

The radiator is the main part of the Domino A.L.C. The front side of the radiator, which will be seen through any case with a side panel window, features an LCD display. This LCD has a blue backlight and text is coloured black. Moving to the inside of the radiator, you will be able to see the pump, tubing and the section which the 120mm fan blows air through. Also on the side of the cooler is “CoolIT Systems” inscribed within the plastic as well as the barcode of the product.


On the side of the radiator is a small plastic switch. This switch is firm and a click is heard when it is pressed. The switch does one of two things when the unit has been powered up. It either changes the fan speed of the fan (when pressed down) or changes the temperature scale from Celsius to Fahrenheit (when held down for more than three seconds). As in the sticker on the unit, there are three different fan modes. When the button is pressed, the LCD provides feedback on what mode you are on and the speaker beeps accordingly.


There is a 120mm fan which cools down the coolant within the radiator. This fan cannot be detached and replaced as it is fixed and wired to the main radiator unit. The fan has a standard thee pin motherboard connection. It does not need a four pin PWM connection as the user can control the fan’s speed via the switch.


The pump on the Domino is very small and is found on the radiator. This pump obviously pumps the coolant around the radiator and into the FHE (Fluid Heat Exchanger). When in operation, the pumps speed is also shown on the LCD display.


The tubing on the Domino is made of a hard yet malleable plastic. There are two tubes on the entire unit which cannot be undone and cannot be extended into another water cooling loop. One tube runs from the FHE to the pump while the other connects from the FHE to the main part of the radiator, where the coolant is cooled by the 120mm fan.


The FHE (Fluid Heat Exchanger) is basically the base of the Domino. This is the part of the cooler which makes direct contact with the CPU. There are two tubes which connect to the FHE, from the radiator, which is what the coolant passes through.


The actual base of the Domino is found underneath the FHE. As you can see, thermal paste has been pre-applied by CoolIT. This paste is protected by a small piece of plastic (acting as a shell) secured by an elastic band. The four connections on the base use Phillips head screws with a steel spring. They have been fixed into LGA1366 positions and must be undone and moved in for AMD based installations as well as LGA775 based installations.