List your favorite CPU water blocks!

[Crashman]

Hey guys,

I need a list of your favorite CPU water blocks. This is for an LGA-1366 processor, but I might also be interested in an 1156 bracket. Thanks!

 

[Conumdrum]

The best right now and on sale at a great price is the Swiftech XT. It's equal or so to the best Heatkiller Block, the HK 3.0. The XT mounts very foolproof and easy, but the HK wins for looks hands down. It's a bit tricky for the perfect mount.

Thats the top of the pile, no reason to dig down.

Ohh the XT comes with 1366 and 1156. No AMD mounting solutions yet.

 

[Crashman]

The best right now and on sale at a great price is the Swiftech XT. It's equal or so to the best Heatkiller Block, the HK 3.0. The XT mounts very foolproof and easy, but the HK wins for looks hands down. It's a bit tricky for the perfect mount.

Thats the top of the pile, no reason to dig down.

Ohh the XT comes with 1366 and 1156. No AMD mounting solutions yet.

Thanks, but I'm not afraid to dig down a little! I've looked fondly at the XT but am still willing to consider other options, thanks!

 

[Shadow703793]

My favs:

Swiftech GTZ
Swiftech XT (haven't used it yet)
HK 3.0
EK Supreme LT (great budget block, seen this for as low as $30 new)

@Crashman:
Is this for OCing,review, or personal use? How are the rest of the loop? esp. the rads.

 

[Crashman]

How are the rest of the loop? esp. the rads.

Think of that as unlimitted for now.

 

[Crashman]

So we have:

Swiftech XT
HK 3.0
EK Supreme LT (value contender)

Thanks guys, but I was hoping for five! Any others?

 

[Conumdrum]

Danger Den TDX. Still pretty good but falls behind when up against blocks designed after the i7 came out.

All you need to do is spend some time on Xtreme Forums, thats where the action is. There are only three watercoolers here at Toms that stop by and know something about watercooling.

 

[baddad]

http://vapor.skinneelabs.com/i7/Round1/Round1i7.html
https://www.koolance.com/water-cooling/product_info.php?product_id=755

 

[Shadow703793]

All you need to do is spend some time on Xtreme Forums, thats where the action is. There are only three watercoolers here at Toms that stop by and know something about watercooling.

+1. That or OCForums.

 

[Conumdrum]

Yep, the other place. There are a few others, I bet Crash knows them well.

Wow Baddad! A 12' DVI cable, thats great to know...............................

 

[Crashman]

Right now I'm at:

Swiftech XT
HK 3.0
EK Supreme LT (value contender)
Koolance CPU-350AT
Cuplex XT

I'm suprised nobody mentioned the last one but I'm adding that.

 

[Crashman]

Now adding Alphacool HF 38 Niagara to the list:

Swiftech XT
HK 3.0
EK Supreme LT (value contender)
Koolance CPU-350AT
Cuplex XT
Alphacool HF 38 Niagara

It looks like I have a big enough list, are there any you'd like to add or substitute?

 

[Shadow703793]

Cuplex XT? What's that?

Why no GTZ?

 

[Conumdrum]

The Koolance 350 is a decent block, but very restrictive to flow. Needs to be in it's own loop. Still not as good as the XT or the HK 3.0.

Cuplex is a euro block, seen talk about it but no proper tests. You find a proper test for it, please post it. Same with the Alpha, not big in the US.

And yea the GTX should be on the list, but it's beat by the top two.

You gonna tell us why your doing this? If doing a review you should just defer to Skinnee and a few others. Don't think you have the equipment or the testing experiance or the reputation they have.

 

[Crashman]

Cuplex XT? What's that?

Why no GTZ?

I can't tell you

 

[Crashman]

The Koolance 350 is a decent block, but very restrictive to flow. Needs to be in it's own loop. Still not as good as the XT or the HK 3.0.

Cuplex is a euro block, seen talk about it but no proper tests. You find a proper test for it, please post it. Same with the Alpha, not big in the US.

And yea the GTX should be on the list, but it's beat by the top two.

You gonna tell us why your doing this? If doing a review you should just defer to Skinnee and a few others. Don't think you have the equipment or the testing experiance or the reputation they have.

That doesn't bother me whatsoever. I have a huge pump and a huge radiator, I'll do what the readers would do and represent them.

 

[Shadow703793]

^ So, mind telling us what pump? A D5 or an Iwaki?

 

[Crashman]

^ So, mind telling us what pump? A D5 or an Iwaki?

You only need 1500 lph when you're running multiple loops from a single pump, something I'd buy multiple pumps and radiators for anyway. I'll be using the MCP-655b, which should be big enough for any single-component CPU cooling loop.

 

[Shadow703793]

^True, the first thing that came to my mind when you said "huge pump" was the Iwaki, yes, I know it's overkill for a single loop, but you can never have enough flow 😛 .

I can't tell you

Why not?

 

[jaymoney61]

Yep, the other place. There are a few others, I bet Crash knows them well.

Wow Baddad! A 12' DVI cable, thats great to know...............................

I've got a 20 footer 😀

 

[Crashman]

^True, the first thing that came to my mind when you said "huge pump" was the Iwaki, yes, I know it's overkill for a single loop, but you can never have enough flow 😛 .

I can't tell you

Why not?

Because it's a public forum