Koolance CPU-350 Pictures!

[cegras]

They look as though they're heated and pressed into place.

Forged?

[SoulsCollective]

As I've said before, Koolance appears to now have learnt how to make WC products.

Anyone reminded of the Mother ad campaign? "tastes nothing like the old Mother"

[dinos22]

It is nickel plated copper like all our current blocks.

hi mate

what is the reason behind "nickel plated" copper W.B. design?

Dino

[AndrewZorn]

Looks, mostly... if not entirely.

[Utnorris]

Looks awesome Dean. Kudos for Koolance for getting another great block out. Can't wait to see the reviews.

[dinos22]

any performance hit?

[aspire.comptech]

I think the nickle is so you can use it with the aluminum rads they make witha little less risk of corrosion. Same reason their old blocks were gold plated.

[alexio]

any performance hit?

Not really, if anything copper oxides that would usually form have a bigger effect on performance (still very very small). Nickel is better for estetics and it will keep the loop cleaner and somewhat more safe if there's any aluminum in it, though I wouldn't count on it.

*edit* Copper does help against microbes though, but usually in a loop the water will contact copper directly somewhere else so that shouldn't be a problem.

[dinos22]

ok i see
that mounting mechanism is very cool
i like that

[SNiiPE_DoGG]

Can I get a job as a psychic? ( I called this over 2 weeks ago) good move on koolance's part, sucks for swiftech to have spent R&D designing the GTZ just to have it ripped off.

Were getting to the point where liquid cooling is mass market enough to have a price war..... I LIKE!!!

[Utnorris]

There are only so many ways you can make a block. I really don't think it is a rip off of the GTZ, but as I stated, you can only make a block so many ways.

[aspire.comptech]

Theres a reason why I asked for internals...

Threw the top the grid array on the bottom looks awfully familiar...

[skinnee]

Pin Matrices look a lot alike to...a bunch of pins. So a micro-channel and pin matrix design is going to look similar.

Why all the speculation of copying, Dean knows the community here...do you think he would come to post and unveil the new Koolance block if it was a duplicate design from another well known company? Sure, there are going to be similarities between blocks, lots of LC companies collaborate...just quit with all of the negative insinuation when a company comes here to give us news and details on an upcoming product.

[b@llz0r]

I like the way the inlet goes directly to the centre of the block

+1 on internals please

[Jiangxue]

looks cute... the central acrylic portion looks sorta like a bubble... heh.

I would also like a peek at the internals

[MomijiTMO]

If you can legally copy it, it just shows the other company's failure to have a decent patent on the design and is their loss. I don't pity the companies that had plans 'stolen'.

[kevinbo03]

Very interesting top, And glad to see it's Allu free! I'm hoping pricing will be as competitive as it usually is from you guys.

Also, again, Nice to have you here on the forums Dean.

[Marvin_The_Martian]

If you can legally copy it, it just shows the other company's failure to have a decent patent on the design and is their loss. I don't pity the companies that had plans 'stolen'.

Proof please

[DeanB]

Very interesting top, And glad to see it's Allu free! I'm hoping pricing will be as competitive as it usually is from you guys.

Also, again, Nice to have you here on the forums Dean.

We're currently working on pricing, we will be selling three different CPU blocks for different markets, so its a bit of a trick pricing them correctly . Pricing should be available when I get the internal pics sometime next week.


As for it being a copy... I'm not really sure how to respond. Water blocks are fairly simple, not many ways you can make them different. In terms of design/ascetics it looks very different from the GTZ, I think what people are seeing is that the bracket looks similar. As for internally, we do use a micro-grid that is similar to the GTZ, but I hardly think that because they both have pins that one must be a rip off of the other . If we used micro-fins it would look like the EK Supreme! And the bowing, this was done partially do to posts here on XS about bowing vs stepping, and after our own testing we used what worked best on this block.

[rocket733]

We're currently working on pricing, we will be selling three different CPU blocks for different markets, so its a bit of a trick pricing them correctly . Pricing should be available when I get the internal pics sometime next week.


As for it being a copy... I'm not really sure how to respond. Water blocks are fairly simple, not many ways you can make them different. In terms of design/ascetics it looks very different from the GTZ, I think what people are seeing is that the bracket looks similar. As for internally, we do use a micro-grid that is similar to the GTZ, but I hardly think that because they both have pins that one must be a rip off of the other . If we used micro-fins it would look like the EK Supreme! And the bowing, this was done partially do to posts here on XS about bowing vs stepping, and after our own testing we used what worked best on this block.

I don't think you need to defend yourself to most of us here. Most of us are just looking for good products that perform well. Thanks for posting pics of your new block here, I'm looking forward to seeing pricing and internal pics as well.

[SNiiPE_DoGG]

We're currently working on pricing, we will be selling three different CPU blocks for different markets, so its a bit of a trick pricing them correctly . Pricing should be available when I get the internal pics sometime next week.


As for it being a copy... I'm not really sure how to respond. Water blocks are fairly simple, not many ways you can make them different. In terms of design/ascetics it looks very different from the GTZ, I think what people are seeing is that the bracket looks similar. As for internally, we do use a micro-grid that is similar to the GTZ, but I hardly think that because they both have pins that one must be a rip off of the other . If we used micro-fins it would look like the EK Supreme! And the bowing, this was done partially do to posts here on XS about bowing vs stepping, and after our own testing we used what worked best on this block.

TBH I wasn't bashing for a copy, I think you guys are very smart for doing this, its a win-win for the customer

[luxbel]

Stolen? Nah. You, generally, only have 3 basic current designs for bottoms that work well: micro-pins, micro-channels and the old school pyramid style pins. You can only do so much with those 3 patterns. Outside of that, you have free reign with the actual design work of the top, which is what Koolance has done.

I like the idea of the inlet being off center and carved into the piece, it might work very well - and if restriction is low, I wonder how will it would do with a nozzle there. Only time and tests will tell.

Dean, did you send any pre-production pieces for testing?

[aspire.comptech]

Pin Matrices look a lot alike to...a bunch of pins. So a micro-channel and pin matrix design is going to look similar.

Why all the speculation of copying, Dean knows the community here...do you think he would come to post and unveil the new Koolance block if it was a duplicate design from another well known company? Sure, there are going to be similarities between blocks, lots of LC companies collaborate...just quit with all of the negative insinuation when a company comes here to give us news and details on an upcoming product.

Sorry, but the Big 3 cpu blocks of today, The D-tek Fuzion v2, EK Supreme, and Swiftech GTZ are all completely different designs. And look nothing like each other.

If they can all come up with their own designs any company can.

I'll with-hold final judgment until I see pictures of the internals, but I definitely see A LOT of GTZ in this block.

[evil-98]

Sorry, but the Big 3 cpu blocks of today, The D-tek Fuzion v2, EK Supreme, and Swiftech GTZ are all completely different designs. And look nothing like each other.

If they can all come up with their own designs any company can.

I'll with-hold final judgment until I see pictures of the internals, but I definitely see A LOT of GTZ in this block.

But if you just look at all those blocks strictly from its structure they are all the pretty much the same. The only difference that sets them apart are its design aspects. They all obviously look different but no matter how you slice it the structure of everyone of those blocks come from the same idea.

[aspire.comptech]

But if you just look at all those blocks strictly from its structure they are all the pretty much the same. The only difference that sets them apart are its design aspects. They all obviously look different but no matter how you slice it the structure of everyone of those blocks come from the same idea.

Structure is one thing.

Each of the big three uses a completely different method of transferring heat.

D-tek, water forced through a nozzle onto an array of tall cylindrical pins.

EK, water forced through a spread nozzle to be passed though ultra fine fins.

Swiftech, water is forced across and grid of extremely short and small pins/ square bumps.

As far as I can tell the Koolance one uses this exact same style.^^^