Really? Mine performed about 2C better on a Q6600 with that plate installed. Maybe it depends on the block's orientation?
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Really? Mine performed about 2C better on a Q6600 with that plate installed. Maybe it depends on the block's orientation?
I just bought a HK 3.0 CU and i m very fine with. Great waterblock, not too restrictive, can be used on multi-block single loop and DDC 3.2.
My temp are 41 to 47° in Prime95 Burn with 1.45v and QX9650
But i have a question about HK orientation.
I see the shower-jet is vertical. but why not rotate the block to 45° to get the shower horizontal...it would be better for Quad core ??
I know this thread is a few months old but am I to understand for i7 the internal plate (inside the waterblock) should be removed?
Also, does anyone have a pic of the HK 3.0 with backplate..installed?
The long bolts don't appear long enough to reach the back-plate!
If I used the nuts (the ones that look like large silver stand-offs!) to secure the back-plate first then surely the mobo will still 'bow'
You only leave out the plastic divider for the inlet.
Mount the backplate with the standoff/spacer nuts.
What plastic divider? I didn't have one when I took it apart. I would have definitely taken that crap out if it was in there.
Mine doesn't have a plastic divider either, just the metal plate, does that stay in for i7?
The plastic divider is included separately in the screw bag for MCM CPUs such as Kentsfield. You leave the metal plate in for i7.
I'm in the process of building my new rig, This is my first complete water cooling set up, I will be water cooling, MoBo: Asus Rampage II Extreme, CPU: i7 975, Cross Fire: 5970 as well as north & south bridge, I will have two loops, maybe even a Smaller Third loop for the North & South Bridge. The case I'm using is the Black Pearl WC ready. And from what I seen so far this CPU water block is a very good Performer. And from what few pictures I have seen of it, it looks like it would need to get lapped, the copper base has a lot of swirl marks in it, well that is what it looks like.
But after searching with google, I found this Version
Which is Chrome plated, but now much better or worse is it being chrome plated.
Any Ideas or Suggestions pertaining to this CPU Block are welcome.
Thanks
Sarg
Whatever you do, don't lap this block. It will absolutely kill performance as it has a bowed base which you will remove by lapping. There's a thread about this in here somewhere.
zombie thread D=
burn it with fire!!!
anyways... crome plated = no diff.. your gonna struggle with 3 decent loops in the black pearl without modding D= else its easy =D
but yeah.. imo i would wait for supreme highflow... orrrrr get apogee xt
(sorry been on steam forums latley)
Why wait on HF? Thatīs almost the same stuff with almost the same performance indeed ...Quote:
Originally Posted by Jamesrt2004
http://www.abload.de/img/09.12.19050_bildgrende4sx2.jpg
i just bought an enzotech, i like the concentric pin array.
http://www.enzotechnology.com/images...cpu_photo2.jpg
Which you can see when the block is mounted?Quote:
Originally Posted by wuttz
Of you just like that 3D render ;)
i meant less restrictive.. but yeah i like to stare at the forged pins too, secretly. =))
@century child & @Jamesrt2004
Thank you for the reply & info, Yeah I know old thread :)
But what gets me thinking, Why would they put a bow in to the block, that makes no sense to me, Should it not be Completely Flat for better Heat transfer. With it being bowed how will it get the performance by not covering the entire CPU Heat spreader.
Sarg
Watercool did revise the internals of the Heatkiller:
The small bolts holding the mounting plates are replaced by headless screws and the two bolts holding the nozzle plate have disappeared completly. The new nozzle plate is just clamped inside the bottom of the Heatkiller. Well done I guess!
Ordered and received two new nozzle plates during 1 day from Watercool directly:
http://www.abload.de/img/002z3j5.jpg
Nice! but i would love to see a heatkiller 4.0 soon really
is the revised nozzle plate compatible with the "old" hk3.0 , scamps?
because of the 2 screws that is
me, too. But if there would be a new version it would be named 3.5...?!Quote:
Originally Posted by Edward88
yes, it is (not tried yet, but Watercool has already confirmed). You will certainly have to remove the 2 bolts ...Quote:
Originally Posted by busterben
Scamps, do you expect performance difference with those new nozzle plates?
yes, by 0,05° on the cores :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Alexandr0s
to be honest: perhaps a little bit more flow because of the better rounding of the inlets (see martins post somewhere regarding Supreme HF), but it wonīt be measurable in complete loop I guess
I will leave one plate as it is and take the other one for a little test (Drrrrreeemel ON :rofl:)