Swiftech Releases Komodo HD5800 F/C Waterblock For ATI

[dejanh]

Unfortunately, the Komodo is not the most "extreme" block as far as VRM temp is concerned. It's all about expectation and you ought to be looking at EK for the lowest possible temp. Like I mentioned earlier, if Swiftech can bring down the temp by such a huge degree just by using paste, there's no reason why EK will not benefit from this tweak as well.

Phil

My comment was only intended as a rebuttal to your statement of pushing the card to the extreme. I hardly pushed the card to the extreme, and personally I even stated that I do not think the card died because of VRM temperatures but rather all of the mounting and remounting. Anyway, the main reason I took everything down again last night is so that I can get data for Gabe to show him the problem. I got the data, but unfortunately I also got a dead card now. I had no choice anyway though but to take down the loop again last night since the VRM temperatures were out of control. I was intending to replace the paste with pads again but once everything was done the card would no longer start. I'm loading the images and doing the write up now, they will be up shortly.

Edit: @Philwong, I forgot to mention something. Furmark got nerfed by ATI in their drivers after I reported a problem with it overheating the VRMs at launch of HD 4800 series cards several years ago. I realize that Furmark is not representative of normal load however it is a great test tool and shows problems quickly. After the VRM debacle that happened with the HD 4800 series cards I did not expect a repeat of the problem, and as you can see below I was right. Furmark or not, the block is not making contact as it should be so the VRMs burn, burn, burn