Waterblocks on i7 - Part 5

[Mech0z]

Hey @HESmelaugh1. I do not know what was your ambient temps when you ran this test, can you tell me exactly what it is? I suppose I could not see that in this thread.

Remember ambient do not matter as long as you meassure the Delta T which I am 99% sure HES did as there is no way a I7 will run 30c on load unless you live in some very cold place!

2. HK 3.0 LC has approx. 150g weight and HK 3.0 has approx. 400g weight. If I observed your test with right way, HK 3.0 LC is better than HK 3.0. Your test also says that high copper and stainless steel density are not always good enough to cooling our CPU..

The Copper version of the HK outperforms the LC by 1.3c but the Copper version is 2 - 2.5 times more expensive so you have to decide if you think that difference is worth the price premium!

3. The most of i7 users using the HK 3.0 because of that it has high price (many people believes that if it has high price, it should be better than other HKs) and high copper and stainless steel density on it. If I am right about my second question here, will they sad about their HK 3.0 LOL?

This is answered in part 2, the copper version is the best of the blocks (A tiny bit better than the standard none copper LT) and its more expensive to produce due to the amount of copper in the block. I personally would buy the LT as it have almost the same performance as the copper and its noticeable cheaper, but if the budget is tight then go for the Enzotech or the HK LT. Hope this helps