Quote Originally Posted by Fossil View Post
The issue with Storm always seems to have been not poor performance, or that it required a strong pump:
- From what we've seen in test after test, it still scores well (though not best) on dual and quad cores.
- A bad mount can make more difference than having a Storm or a FuZion
- The storm is fine with the pumps that everyone uses now

The Storm's problem is that it's restrictive and doesn't play as well in a multi-block loop as some other blocks.

The FuZion's main win is that it's very unrestrictive, and gains extra advantage in multi-block loops that are increasingly common (maybe).

Another issue with the Storm now is that it's getting a bit rare and expensive, as dealers aren't restocking it, and the price of blocks seems to be falling slightly while the Storm remains at an old price-point.

I was tempted to get one for my HTPC project, but the price put me off. I'll use the Apogee GT that's currently on my main machine when I rebuild ... which will be soon: FuZion and PAs arrived today!

So a question: are multi-block loops increasingly common? It seems logical now that GFX cards are becoming the main heat generator in a case that people will need to w/c that more than they did in the past.

I think with the CPU manufacturers still die-shrinking, and increasingly performance-per-watt driven as they are now, that we could start to see far more dual loops and even GFX only loops (with CPU on air) - and not for o/c but just to shut up those awful GFX card blowers.
I don't understand what you mean by the Storm being expensive. On jab-tech, its only 55 bucks...