Ya I found that out also when I mixed it :ROTF:
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Damn...that block makes me want to go back to watercooling....love the look :p:
Performance looks pretty damn nice as well...time will tell where it ends up, though it does look very promising.
What is the mid-plate made out of?
Can't wait to see some more results and test with the various plates :toast:
thought you guys with your Super Machismo UV-RED dyes might like this...
:rofl: :ROTF:
It's so quiet in here.
Nobody who has tested the block yet?
Anyway, ordered mine this morning and is underway.
I hope I can post some results by the end of the week.
LOL Jupiler, I picked mine up today :slobber:
Looks excellent again, Eddy really does make top notch products time and time again :up:
Gonna throw the sucker in tomorrow and see what temps I get @ my Q6600... :)
Ordered mine Saturday :)
Ordered mine friday.
Hope to have it on saturday.
atm I use the alphacool nexxxos xp bold... around 52c load on all 4 cores @ 1.33v with Prime95 25.5 (yes 4 threads at once :up:)
This temp is after about 15 minutes, I'll see what the EK block can do for me.
Oh and I have a pa120.3 with 6 x 1220rpm fans on it and an 18w DDC with alphacool top :)
Right some more tests.
Put the GTX back in a few days ago. Thanks to cutting a hole out of the back of the motherboard tray this is now a doddle to do.
I have a digital clock which has a thermometer built in and a fan (not blowing on kit) which also has a digital thermometer. The readings are 2c apart. I think the fan is probably the more accurate.
I kept the readings to 22c on the clock and 24c on the fan. This took a bit of work as the midday heat came. Had to tweak the aircon to keep ambient on level.
I ran some prime tests at 3.6 ghz and 3.825 ghz. As I say swapping the blocks was a doddle, so when I put the supreme back in I could leave the loop and
setup pretty much intact.
As per last test, sides off case and fans on the PA 120.3 at max. GPU at 1.47v. Both blocks were hard mounted with back plates and I used MX-2 thermal paste.
Note: I did 15 minute tests. I noticed that at Test 1 560000 the temps on the gtx jumped up a bit. More so than the supreme.
IDLE Apogee GTX 400x9 3.6 ghz.
http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/766...dle3600fn8.jpg
IDLE EK Supreme 400x9 3.6 ghz.
http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/1...dle3600rp2.jpg
LOAD Apogee GTX 400x9 3.6 ghz. Temps up to Test 1 560000 51 51 47 46
http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/8...oad3600aw3.jpg
LOAD EK Supreme 400x9 3.6 ghz. Temps up to Test 1 560000 48 48 44 42
http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/8...oad3600xz7.jpg
IDLE Apogee GTX 425x9 3.825 ghz.
http://img235.imageshack.us/img235/7...dle3825yu3.jpg
IDLE EK Supreme 425x9 3.825 ghz.
http://img235.imageshack.us/img235/8...dle3825sc7.jpg
LOAD Apogee GTX 425x9 3.825 ghz. Temps up to Test 1 560000 57 57 51 51
http://img235.imageshack.us/img235/3...oad3825yk0.jpg
LOAD Ek Supreme 425x9 3.825 ghz. Temps up to Test 1 560000 55 55 50 49
http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/550...oad3825va3.jpg
One thing, I did mount the supreme the other way round this time. With the Barbs over to the right of the top. Supreme engraving on bottom and Ek on top.
My conclusion for what it's worth is that the GTX and Supreme are pretty damn close. The supreme is cooler though by about 2 maybe 3 degrees c depending on the overclock.
Just one thought though with the Supreme. Would like to see a bit of a redesign on the mounting plate. Due to the size and the layout of my motherboard I wasn't able to test out a vertical mount. On the Apogee GT bowed the V mount did seem to help a bit with temps. I also like the fact that on the GTX more of the components around the cpu socket are exposed for fan cooling.
Well that's my take, obviously look forward to seeing other peoples results. Either way a happy chappy:D
RLM
Nice work RLM .. takes some real effort to do testing let alone changing water blocks around... looks like the Supreme has the edge, maybe a wee bit more once the TIM is allowed to settle and given the local environment every bit helps .. lucky its winter, only 29C today :D
Cool, thanks for letting us know!
Please note his testing is with a Apogee GTX and NOT the Fuzion w/nozzles. The Fuzion w/nozzles is also a few ºC better than the GTX.
Wow your mounting is way off, look at the core temps. Run some stress testing and adjst spring presure till the core temps sorta even out. I've gotten them to the same as each other other or 1c differnce on all 4 on my quad and got far better performance out the blocks
also some cores just run hotter than others sometimes... can due to IHS (need to lap both sides to be "perfect") or differences with core height due to soldering process.
Nice results, I see it seems to be on par with Fuzion with the nozzles kit.
I guess we can't be wrong recommending the Supreme as well.
Some quads are different, you're lucky with yours. I did have a q6600 before, not such a good overclocker, but temps were more even across the cores.Quote:
Wow your mounting is way off, look at the core temps. Run some stress testing and adjst spring presure till the core temps sorta even out. I've gotten them to the same as each other other or 1c differnce on all 4 on my quad and got far better performance out the blocks
Just dug out this grab from my first q6600, which shows that.
http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/5...0bench1mb4.jpg
I've already lapped this Q6600 and as mentioned it's hard mounted. There's bugger all I can do about the difference between the cores. Guessing the problem lies under the IHS (Edit: As STEvil mentioned "differences with core height due to soldering process.", sounds like a possibility)
RLM
Just on that point. I'm no expert, so if I am missing something let me know.Quote:
got far better performance out the blocks
I do make an effort to make sure I screw down the mounting plates evenly.
What's your ambient temps, when you are getting much better performance?
Albeit sides off case, my setup is still mounted in the case, and isn't directly under A/C. In addition as mentioned I have the vmodded 8800 GTX in my loop.
Any thoughts appreciated.
RLM