Stren's 2012 CPU Water Block Roundup

[stren]

Hi everyone and welcome to my 2012 CPU Waterblock Roundup. First off let's thank the sponsors who made this happen, if you like reviews like this please support those who sponsor the tests:

Performance PC's were generous enough to sponsor six blocks - so big love to them:



Thanks to my other sponsors (in alphabetical order):

DT Waterblocks for sponsoring the 5Noz and Sniper blocks



Danger Den for sponsoring the M6 Block



EK Waterblocks for sponsoring the Supremacy Block



Indigo Xtreme for sponsoring the TIM



Koolance for sponsoring the CPU-370 Block



MIPS for sponsoring the IceForce HF Block (and Frozen/Aquatuning for getting me it)



Sidewinder Computers for sponsoring the Bitspower Summit HF



Spotswood Computer Cases for sponsoring the tech station



Swiftech for sponsoring the Apogee HD Block and a MCP35X2 pump to enable the measurements vs flow rate!




Blocks tested:

Alphacool NexXxos XP3 Light - Acetal Edition
Bitspower Summit HF - Acetal/Nickel
Danger Den M6 (aka CPU600)
DT 5Noz
DT Sniper
DT Direct
EK Supreme HF Rev 4 (Full Nickel)
EK Supremacy (Nicekl/Plexi)
Koolance CPU-370 Rev 1.1
Koolance CPU-380
MIPS IceForce HF
Swiftech Apogee HD
Phobya UC1-LT
Watercool Heatkiller 3.0
XSPC Rasa
XSPC Raystorm
XSPC Raystorm Full Copper

Test Setup:

Rampage IV Extreme + i7-3930K @ 4.8GHz, 1.45VCore
Pump: MCP35X2 - PWM controlled by CF-635
Reservoir: - EK 400 Basic
Radiator: XSPC EX 560 with Push/Pull 2150rpm Gentle Typhoons using Bgears 120->140mm adapters
Quick Disconnects: Koolance VL4N series
Temperature Probes: Dallas DS18B20 fitted into a bitspower brass barb
Flow Meter: King Instruments 7520 series 10" 0-3.5gpm scale
Data logging and PWM control: CrystalFontz CF-635 with SCAB module

You can see more details here: http://extremerigs.net/2012/07/build...e-sensors.html

Results

In brief on XS here

In full on my website here