[Review] Round 2: Swiftech Apogee XT Tested

[dethred]

Has anyone else had trouble getting all four back-plate posts to go through the motherboard holes? I had to sand mine down for quite a while to get them to fit through. It is literally impossible if you don't get all four to push through at the same time, but the adhesive foam makes that hit or miss. Other than having to spend way too much time getting the back-plate situated, I LOVE this block. Unbelievable improvement over my old D-tek Fuzion. Getting lower temps from my 4ghz i7 on the XT than my 3.6ghz Q6600 on the D-tek Fuzion.

[Martinm210]

Awesome work as usual, thanks for all the testing perfection and hard work.

I really like that flow rate impacts methodology, that's perrrfect!..

[nutcase]

I guess I better get hold of swiftech. I am seeing the opposite results.

using a swiftech MCP-655 pump, I am seeing the XT having 5-10C higher temps on a 4.5Ghz i5-2500K than my old swiftech GTZ when under full load.

both are within 1C of each other when at Idle, but I never run idle.

i have checked everything and just cannot get the temps down on my XT.

[Mazlov]

Did you try mounting it again after the first result?

[nutcase]

Did you try mounting it again after the first result?

yes. been remounted 4 times with same results.

did have troubles with the block when I first got it though. it had absolutely no water flow through it when I first got the block. I tore it apart and found that the gasket around the inlet was incorrectly installed and was not seated in the slot. after I fixed that, it had flow.

[Martinm210]

I guess I better get hold of swiftech. I am seeing the opposite results.

using a swiftech MCP-655 pump, I am seeing the XT having 5-10C higher temps on a 4.5Ghz i5-2500K than my old swiftech GTZ when under full load.

both are within 1C of each other when at Idle, but I never run idle.

i have checked everything and just cannot get the temps down on my XT.

This wasn't a Sandy Bridge test

There hasn't been any CPU block testing on sandy bridge that I know of, so we really don't know what the heat signature is like in SB and it may very well behave differently.

Also FYI, 5-10C difference is likely something else. An accurate comparison of any two blocks is very unlikely to be anything more than 4C.

[nutcase]

This wasn't a Sandy Bridge test

There hasn't been any CPU block testing on sandy bridge that I know of, so we really don't know what the heat signature is like in SB and it may very well behave differently.

Also you can't compare different processors. You could have a hot 2500K, etc...too many variables.

This block was also on an i7-860 cpu. But I did not have the new bracket to try the GTZ on it. I threw them out because of this.

just want to figure out the problem with it and it appears to be a flow problem. i would like to start using the block again as my i7-860 is just sitting in a box doing nothing. (and I hate idle computers)

5-10C is because I run Distributed computing projects. The load does not stay constant on these depending on what the app is doing.

I want to get it up and running because i love swiftech's mounting system. one if the best on the market!

[Martinm210]

This block was also on an i7-860 cpu. But I did not have the new bracket to try the GTZ on it. I threw them out because of this.

just want to figure out the problem with it and it appears to be a flow problem. i would like to start using the block again as my i7-860 is just sitting in a box doing nothing. (and I hate idle computers)

5-10C is because I run Distributed computing projects. The load does not stay constant on these depending on what the app is doing.

I want to get it up and running because i love swiftech's mounting system. one if the best on the market!

Ahh...I got ya..

I totally agree on the mounting mechanism. After using one, I almost feel like I'm taking a step back in time using loose thumbnuts and oh crap springs that go flying everywhere...

I'm still trying to decide if I'll use my old Supreme V1 vs. some newer block when I upgrade over the next month. I like the low restriction/performance of the new HF, but I really like the swiftech CPU mounting system by far.