New EK CPU block!!

[SiGfever]

Now I understand fully why D-Tek made their mounting plate so it was not attached to the block so that you could rotate the block to suit your needs.

[Garrett]

What would horizontal VS vertical orientation be?
Am I correct assuming that horizontal means that the 'EK Supreme' logo is parallel to the PCI slots and vertical means it is parallel to the Ram slots?

Correct

[Jupiler]

Yeah,
it would take about 10 days before they're finished.

Garrett :

where's the cigar?

[Garrett]

Cigar? I don't get that one

[Jupiler]

Mmmh,

Churchill always smoked cigars.
But we're getting OT now.

[RLM]

Cigar? I don't get that one

RLM

[RLM]

now according to RLM that way (which is not logical) is better, but we have to see more testing to see which way is better

I know it's not logical, I was surprised as well.

I wonder about 2 things.

1. Due to the size of the mounting plate, the top heatsink was pushed off the surface by a few degrees (is that mosfets along the top as well on the P5K?), so I wonder if this had any bearing at all on the temps I found.

2. On a horizontal mount the grooves run in parallel with the cores. the nozzle/jet plate however runs with lines across the cores. I don't understand the physics involved, but might this have any bearing?

RLM

[Garrett]

For those who still wonder

If the cpu is mounted the cores will be "on top' of each other, so vertically stacked one could say
the little 'cuts' are horizontally placed.

[Zeus]

Maybe you could just turn the cpu 90 degrees?

[Mekrel]

Then what RLM found makes sense because the impingement plate spreads the water over both cores, if it were the other way around, the middle impingement slot will jet water between the dies, and the two shorter ones each side would be near enough on top.

[marauder16]

Maybe you could just turn the cpu 90 degrees?

don't even say that, cause I'm sure there are some people that would actually try that one

[Waterlogged]

he means that is ok for a dual core because it has only one die, so it doesn't matter which way the hole in the bracket goes, but with quads you have two dies to cool so it matters how you position the hole, now according to RLM that way (which is not logical) is better, but we have to see more testing to see which way is better

Pretty much dead on.

With a C2D, both cores are on the same die, which is right under the impingement plate. It still might have an affect on temps if mounted "wrong" (using term loosely here), but it would likely be so minimal that your likely to never notice.

With a quad, I'd rather have the water come down between the dies and have 50% of the water cool one die and the other 50% cool the other die. If mounted the "wrong" way, your now asking 50% of the water to cool all the cores and the other 50% to cool the rest of the die. Problem is, the 50% of water your asking to take the heat away now has 50% more heat to deal with thanks to the 2 extra cores. When mounted "properly", the water will hit between the dies (center slot) or just at the inside edge of the dies (outer slots), this "should" give slightly better performance.

Yes, RLM's test results make no sense to me either, which leads me to believe there is some variable that isn't being taken into consideration here. At this point in time, I can't tell if it's something in his setup, or something wrong with our collective thinking. I think that only time and much more testing can tell us the answer to that question.

[rommel]

How about a plate just for C2Q's? Would this work?

[sonofander]

Maybe you could just turn the cpu 90 degrees?

Ok, so I turned my processor and now my machine won't boot... never had any problems before, so I don't understand what's going on.

There was this loud crunch as I put the processor in... do you think I did something wrong?

[karbonkid]

Ok, so I turned my processor and now my machine won't boot... never had any problems before, so I don't understand what's going on.

There was this loud crunch as I put the processor in... do you think I did something wrong?

that wasn't funny

[shabranigdo]

Ok, so I turned my processor and now my machine won't boot... never had any problems before, so I don't understand what's going on.

There was this loud crunch as I put the processor in... do you think I did something wrong?

LOL maybe you need more voltage, steal the cord from a lamp and attach it to the proc socket.

Good thing those things only fit one way, i could see alot of people still trying to force it though.

On topic, I think D-Tek got it right letting you move the block w/o moving the mounting plate, I always wondered though if you want max pressure at the center of the block to maxamizes pressure and contact to the proc die (bowing, step etc) why push on the corners of the water block? I would think some kind of solid cross frame (like a backplate) from the 4 mounting holes to a single screw pushing directly on the center of the water block would give you better contact pressure on the die. Maybe i am missing something as to why this would not work.

[kinghong1970]

Ok, so I turned my processor and now my machine won't boot... never had any problems before, so I don't understand what's going on.

There was this loud crunch as I put the processor in... do you think I did something wrong?

are you serious?

[Jupiler]

Ok, so I turned my processor and now my machine won't boot... never had any problems before, so I don't understand what's going on.

There was this loud crunch as I put the processor in... do you think I did something wrong?

I really hope you're kiddin', right?

[Exaby1e]

guys tested this block with the asus maximus and i can confirm that it will fit.

block fits asus maximus

Would you like to post a picture of the supreme mounted on the maximus, because i'm planing to buy that block and mosfet-blocks etc, so it would be nice to see how much space there would be betsween the supreme and the mosfet-block.

[sonofander]

With my processor turned my temps are at 0c
best ever!!!

[karbonkid]

With my processor turned my temps are at 0c
best ever!!!

that was even less funny. subambient

[rabor]

that was even less funny. subambient

Didn't you know he lives in an igloo..?? with a bunch of elves..?

[sonofander]

I can't post though... The code on my mobo reads "fubar"... Any idea what that means???

[awhir]

Would you like to post a picture of the supreme mounted on the maximus, because i'm planing to buy that block and mosfet-blocks etc, so it would be nice to see how much space there would be betsween the supreme and the mosfet-block.

wont be remounting for another week but it is very close to the top mosfet heat sink i would say about 1cm or less.

[marauder16]

I can't post though... The code on my mobo reads "fubar"... Any idea what that means???

that means it needs another 90 deg. turn to work even better, try it

seriously guys, there WILL be some destroyed CPU if we continue with this
and this is some kind of spam after all

EDIT: oh, and eddy when can we expect the 'full performance' plate to be available, I need that one to replace my Storm so my pump wouldn't feel a big shock of having such low restriction