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The Iceberg system comes in its own box with all the parts necessary to get up and going other than the liquid itself. There are essential three major parts that have to be assembled together and tested before installing them into your system.
There is the pump and reservoir, the fan and radiator, and finally the CPU block. The system should fit most cases that have a place to mount a back exhaust fan. The AHANIX families of cases including the Romeo case used in this review all have ample room to install the Iceberg system.
The fan blows cool air on the radiator, which helps keep the water temperature at a cooler level. The fan and radiator are mounted easily enough by anyone with moderate mechanical skills and a decent screwdriver. I would not attempt this if you are not at least a bit technically inclined.
The pump gets mounted inside of the reservoir, which also helps keep the pump cool but scientifically speaking sort of defeats the overall effectiveness of the liquids ability to maintain a lower temperature by creating additional heat in the liquid as it attempts to cool down the pump.
The Romeo case has some very nice features for a case in its price range, which is about $69.00 W/out a PS. The case has a removable bay for easy mounting of the motherboard and its parts and can be completely disassembled for custom Mods and easy assembly.
Overall it took about a half hour to get everything put together and tested before I could mount the unit inside of the case safely. The hardest thing about the assembly was getting the gasket between the top of the reservoir and its cap, as this was a SOB to get inside properly and make a solid seal.
We tested the system by shaking the reservoir around a bit and checked for leaks by running the system prior to case installation. After installation we tested for leaks additionally while moving the entire case upside down, sideways and lying flat on its back to insure safety. The system worked flawlessly no leaks. Me and Max Gyver my trusty sidekick were able to make a very good looking system out of the products provided for this review including the cool cathode light we placed behind the reservoir which in turn gave off a nifty glow as you can see in the photos below.
All in all I think the system has potential and was rather fun to put together for the most part. Liquid cooling is so chill anyways that in some ways is like beefing up your car engine to get better performance. Enough said about that, next lets take a look at how well the Iceberg does in real world tests and find out if liquid is really better than its air cousins. 
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