Quick heads up on what OCZ will soon launch

[skinnee]

The Legion up here near my office...Tuesday is Taco buffet, just grubbin!!

So no, don't cancel your other memberships.

FYI,
After I get this tested, I'm sending it to Skinee for a work over.

Alot of people have sent me parts to test for the good of the forum and testing community, I want to do the same..

Cheers to testing....

Thanks Martin!

[gillbot]

I'd be willing to give it a run but i'm not well known here. What about NaeKuh?

I nominate NaeKuh. He has a solid reputation...

The OP made it clear, he is looking for established rep testers...

[skinnee]

That's a good point Martrin,

@Skinee, let me know if you want my GTZ sample to test so you'll have something to compare against. Then Martin or myself can work along with you on your first couple of test runs if you run into any snags, or need help with your test set up and methodology.

The more the marrier I say. We need all the quality testers we can get here at XS IMO. And I think you'll do a great job.

andyc

Thanks guys...lets take this to PM's as not to muck up the thread here.

[NaeKuh]

Sadly my tinkering days are fading into a distant memory as my time gets eaten up with other things

not just you scott. :P

i buy, and dont preview lately. Too busy to sit down and show off and then answer questions. :\

I pass on testing. I dont have the time to do an accurate and detailed test. Plus my testing methodology is all changed now because i linpack and not Prime or OCCT. So my data would only tell you if it was better then X block and not by how much greater.

I already have too many CPU to throw retesting on.
E6550, E6600, E8500, Q6600, Q9400, Q9550, Q9650, and a QX. oh and a very big guy thats 3.2ghz Extra Special (hint hint)

Rev. C0 C1 E0 G0 R0 :P

Gah... no more toys for me, please... I drowning in them already.

Only toy i want is the BP 780i block right now. But i'll even pay for a sample. :\

Believe me, CC"s ain't everything they're cracked up to be. You're not missing anything Makes more sense to pay the greens fee and play somewhere else.

andyc

pish! i wouldnt give up my locker at my CC.

Also Andy, most privite club houses only take bill me later, and not pay after eat. :\
You cant eat at a privite unless you or a friend is a member let alone play golf there.

Well this is in Cali.

[NaeKuh]

Well yeah...lol....same in VA

40k init., 10k a year with 1k per month minimal food/beverage. Been there, done that and I'll play Muni's from here on out Food ain't that good, and the courses ain't that much better from what I've played.

Allthough I would seriously give a left nut and a couple months pay for a crack at Agusta. But they got way to much money, and plenty of their own nuts down there, so that ain't gonna happen either.

andyc

ROFL...

The courses in VA not that great? The 16th hole at my CC still gives me problems. RAWR! even after playing it for 8 yrs.

[WesM63]

Looks good Tony!

If I ever decide to water cool another PC, I'll give one of these a try. (The last block I had was a swiftech storm)

[BreeSpree]

Looks nice, but that internal pin structure seems like the pins are too big to provide optimal thermal transfer. Most pin matrices are smaller and closer packed to cause more turbulence as in the D-Tek Fuzion and Swiftech Apogee.

[situman]

Hmm I wonder if I can use BP 3/4 OD compressions since there are screws sticking out, getting in the way.

[DeathWalking]

oh and a very big guy thats 3.2ghz Extra Special (hint hint)

Nehalem ES?

[IanY]

Its none of my business, but my opinion still stands. I think manufacturer reliance on product testing by forum enthusiasts is a dubious proposition with minimal upside and sizable downside. If I were to manage a water block company, I will have full confidence that my products will have performance that speak for themselves, and I will not trust marketing channels where I have no control.

[IanY]

ahem tony has come to XS for what? selling his blocks?

or product development, knowing that we have all the smarts to make a performer

Sorry, not my concern, and none of my business.

Merely stating my opinion.

[nikhsub1]

Sorry, not my concern, and none of my business.

Merely stating my opinion.

You know what they say about opinions... beyond that, they are too subjective for my liking anyway.

[John Galt]

I have to agree with IanY. This sounds like a Mickey Mouse operation. This improper English and quotes below don’t instill much confidence with me.

As mentioned earlier i have hundreds of blocks in the first order just about to ship,there is a small issue regarding adding 4x2mm thick washers

OCZ are not looking to win here, we are looking to compete.

It is more restrictive than the Fusion, a friend here who tested earlier prototypes compared and confirmed this to me.

[nikhsub1]

I have to agree with IanY. This sounds like a Mickey Mouse operation. This improper English and quotes below don’t instill much confidence with me.

As mentioned earlier i have hundreds of blocks in the first order just about to ship,there is a small issue regarding adding 4x2mm thick washers

OCZ are not looking to win here, we are looking to compete.

It is more restrictive than the Fusion, a friend here who tested earlier prototypes compared and confirmed this to me.

Umm, what?

[Martinm210]

I can only think posotively when a manufacturer provides parts for testing. To me it means they are standing behind thier products and believe they are genuinly good and perform well. What other incentive is there besides making an effort to get the truth out there. Exposure is always a good thing and it's not costing anyone here anything but time to test some parts. That appears to be a win win for the end users and forum readers...I can only see good coming out of it.....

[[XC] riptide]

I have to agree with IanY. This sounds like a Mickey Mouse operation. This improper English and quotes below don’t instill much confidence with me.

As mentioned earlier i have hundreds of blocks in the first order just about to ship,there is a small issue regarding adding 4x2mm thick washers

OCZ are not looking to win here, we are looking to compete.

It is more restrictive than the Fusion, a friend here who tested earlier prototypes compared and confirmed this to me.

John... you questioning Tony's 'operation' on the basis of his English grammar? You do realise that we all here know who Tony is?

[twwen2]

I have to agree with IanY. This sounds like a Mickey Mouse operation. This improper English and quotes below don’t instill much confidence with me.

As mentioned earlier i have hundreds of blocks in the first order just about to ship,there is a small issue regarding adding 4x2mm thick washers

OCZ are not looking to win here, we are looking to compete.

It is more restrictive than the Fusion, a friend here who tested earlier prototypes compared and confirmed this to me.

WTH? I'm sorry John, but Tony is a well-respected member of these forums and works for OCZ. His 'operation' might just be a little larger and more established than you give him credit for.

John... you questioning Tony's 'operation' on the basis of his English grammar? You do realise that we all here know who Tony is?

I'll say!

[gillbot]

I'll still volunteer myself since NaeKuh has stepped down.

[Tony]

I have results from tests which cover everything you see from Gabe or the guys at D-Tek, OCZ choose to keep this info private. Now I could have come here and quoted this block out performs every other block on the market, i could have said its cheaper than all the other performance blocks and as such its bang per buck is the best...but I didn't and I am not saying that.The block may not be the cheapest and it may not be the best for temps. I came to XS as there are people here who test blocks well, i offered 2 blocks for free with no strings attached for members to test and openly publish what they find. I did this as I respect what goes on here in the watercooling forum and i feel if we compete here with independent tests then end users will look at the OCZ block as a viable alternative to other blocks on the market. I have only shipped 1 other block that has been publicly tested and I linked you to that test, it had some restrictions placed on the info that could be posted as this was with a prototype block.
My statement we came to compete not win is valid, im confident in the performance tests i ran here with temp controlled water, I tested many blocks and some we beat, some we were equal to and a few we lost. Its not for me to quote those tests its up to independent reviews to find the answers and end users to make an informed choice whether they think our block is what they want.

I feel that there is not much performance that can still be gained, waterblocks have come a long way in the past 2 yrs and its going to come down to aesthetics more than performance moving forward. Once you hit that plateau its hard to push higher, but you sure can make it look better getting there.
Blocks will be shipped in a day, they will take 3 to 5 days to hit the testers and then we will all see how they do. Overall as long as they compete with the competition I will be pleased, if they win I get a bonus LOL

Please now stop the bickering

[situman]

Another thread turned into a cat fight.

Tony, can we use 3/4OD compression fittings on this thing? The original question got lost in all the meowing...

[Tony]

G1/4 threaded for barbs, plenty of space round them for any fitting. We did this so you could insulate the tubes to the block.

[[XC] Hicks121]

G1/4 threaded for barbs, plenty of space round them for any fitting. We did this so you could insulate the tubes to the block.

Nice!! Looking forward to see the results.

[NaeKuh]

G1/4 threaded for barbs, plenty of space round them for any fitting. We did this so you could insulate the tubes to the block.

yeah tony the first thing that caught my eye was this block could do some damage on a chiller!

i think i remember you running it back almost a year ago.

[AndrewZorn]

I like the hold-down plate... I designed one similarly minimal: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...0&postcount=31

[mstrmold]

I feel that there is not much performance that can still be gained, waterblocks have come a long way in the past 2 yrs and its going to come down to aesthetics more than performance moving forward. Once you hit that plateau its hard to push higher, but you sure can make it look better getting there.

Please now stop the bickering

I agree with this too. Its probably why I'm still running my Fuzion v1 instead of a Supreme or a Rev2 Fuzion. Cannot wait to see the results.