I7 Waterblock Mini Review EK Supreme Vs Koolance 350 Vs Dtek Fusion V2

[Hondacity]

Waterblocks:
1. swiftech gtz
2. ek supreme
3. koolance 350
4. fuzion v2


loop order

gtx480 > 355 + res top >waterblock

distilled water only…

rad is pictured on the lower part of this page.

Power draw from the wall: @ idle 172w, @prime95 360w hyperthreading is enabled….

Heat source: i940 at 4.2ghz at 1.5v….290w?(extreme.outervision.com)



Summary:

Well, its been good while it lasted..hk3 has no eta, ek supreme Lt will be arriving next week or the following week after that. But that’s for next time.

Fuzion v2, no bracket available…

GTz – 1366bracket is separate, brackets seem flimsy..inluded barbs and clamps are not friendly. Needs double o-rings for barbs to fit right. Cpu -Surface is not as polished as koolance or ek block. Only waterblock that caused my pc to restart during prime95. bow effect is somewhat not reflecting on the temperatures…impingement design? Hardly noticed perhaps its flow is too high? I’m not sure. But this block did ok.but it just lags behind the two blocks.

Ek-supreme, supreme no more, but beats the gtz by a small margin, it’s the best looking block. And it .performs relatively good compared to the gtz. No surprise, In my dual core testing of supreme/fuzionv2/gtz the supreme handed the gtz a beating. here it hardly did so.but it beats it nonetheless.

K-350, is king koopa for today, beats the supreme and the tend-to-be hyped Gtz, kit includes brackets for 775 and 1366, excellent brackets are uber thick compared to gtz’s flimsy backplate and retainer kit. Fit and finish is top in this mini review. The thing that made the most difference, is the bowed surface, resulting to consistent mounting pressure on all sides, this is just crazy but numbers don't lie.