Quote Originally Posted by ell View Post
Hey blazarcher calm down on the old slander there. I use koolance motherboard blocks and I find their communication, quality, delivery and service of a very high standard and alot of people are happy with them. They also participate very actively on this forum when it comes to helping and new products unlike 90% of wc companies.

also I cant believe http://extreme.pcgameshardware.de/me...gross2-002.jpg is the included backplate!

That german roundup is literally no where near as thorough as Skinnees testing either, not a deciding factor for me at all.
Thorough or not, you can't ignore the horrid state of that Koolance block. I have nothing against Koolance, I mean they came out on top in terms of cooling performance. I just don't like the quality of their blocks, more specifically, the quality that they come in.

After a thorough clean, I'm sure I'd be happy with a Koolance block. But in my opinion, AC looks better and is the block that I will be going for.

And on a side note. I'm not going with the EK because the plastic (blue) washer things that they include ruin the look of the block because they tend to stick out of the block.