Legit Reviews

Well, the system that I was cleaning up, I found the CPU water block to be in very poor shape. My friend seems to have run for a while with little coolant, warping the acrylic on the top that houses the fittings. In turn, this made the block leak from the fittings and around the O-Ring between the block and the acrylic top.

Now, I'm in need of a new block. Preferably a block that is made of all metal, no acrylic. The water system that this has to fit, is the system that comes with the ThermalTake Tai-Chi case. I measured the hose that comes with it, and if I didn't measure wrong, it has a 1/4" ID and an 11/32" OD. The CPU that it is fitting over is a Socket 939 CPU.

So, if anyone knows of a good block, money isn't a huge issue. The one that I had my eye on, was the Swiftech Apogee GT, but I didn't catch much else.

For S939, It doesn't get much better than the Apogee GT, it works with basically every socket so it even leaves him room to upgrade his system at some point and keep the same block. Beside this one theres the D-TEK Fuzion that's also compatble with most sockets, which I *think* performs better than the GT, but it's more expensive.

My only problem is the fittings. I think a lot of systems out there have a 3/8" ID, whereas this system has a 1/4" ID. Strange. It cools very well, but 1/4" is really lame. I think I'm reading that the Apogee has multiple fittings to be even more flexible? Money isn't a big issue. The $50 for the Apogee GT isn't horrible, but I've never ordered anything from xoxide.com. Xoxide.com seems to be the only listed place that sells the block. I've heard of them, but don't know them well.

why not get the same block? It would be cheaper and with .25" lines it would be silly to get a high performance high flow block.

Apoptosis wrote:why not get the same block? It would be cheaper and with .25" lines it would be silly to get a high performance high flow block.

Because the block that comes with the cooling system is absolute trash. It has an acrylic top and that isn't quality IMO. That acrylic melted when he neglected to keep enough fluid in the water system. This made the block warp and leak. I am hoping his video card isn't damaged as there is green fluid all over the back of his primary 1900 XT... I'd rather spend a few bucks on something that is good, rather than something that can destroy a $3,000 rig. He has money, and told me that money isn't an object. I'll tell you this, he's building a $800,000 home soon, so $50 is nothing!

*bump*

Still looking for ideas. My mind isn't set on the Apogee GT, but I do need to order something today. No acrylic junk.

Get the Apogee GT, it comes with all the fittings you'll ever need. It also performes well with smaller tubing....

I'll probably be buying it shortly, but I am curious if there are any dealers out there aside from Swiftech and Xoxide.com. I may just end up buying it direct!

heh, thanks. I just noticed that. I figured Pricegrabber or Shopping.com would have listed more than 1 seller of the product.

Alot of etailers sell it but don't have it in stock, that might be why.

Well, I got the Apogee GT and it's great. It cools about 4-5*C better than the old one. The block is pretty nice because of its solid construction. The fittings were pretty cheap (plastic) and I didn't like the clamps that came with it. The clamps were way too large and just poorly designed, so I just bought some pinch clamps from my local hardware store for like 43 cents, which not only look better, but they function even better as well.

Bad news for my friends Crossfire card though. The liquid that leaked on it, fried the card. Thankfully the main PCI-e slot still works along with the other video card. Now I need to find a new Crossfire 1900XT. I can't find one for the life of it. I might just talk him into getting a new single 2900 series card instead.

NAiLs wrote: The clamps were way too large and just poorly designed, so I just bought some pinch clamps from my local hardware store for like 43 cents, which not only look better, but they function even better as well.

I would have to agree with you on that point. Many of the tubing clamps with these aftermarket kits are not quality in my book. I'm a person who hates to think of a possible leak happening. All of my liquid cooling systems are external units with only two lines running to the CPU cold-block. Less chances for leaks.

Yeah, I ended up not using the clamps or even the plastic barbs. I used the ones from my Alphcool block. They're steel compression fittings, easy to use and I've never had a leak.