Quote Originally Posted by mojododo View Post
hi stren, great write-up!

Silly me grabbed a swiftech block before searching the net for comparisons! Someone might have an answer for me, i went from 2 ek gtx580 blocks in paralell @ 4.2 L/min and now have one swiftech titan block @ 2.6 L/min. I didnt think the swiftech block would be that restrictive! Anyone got any thoughts?
The swiftech should be very low restriction, similar to the hydrocopper restriction data I took earlier in the thread. I'd expect it to be similar to the old GTX580 blocks, but because you had 2 in parallel vs one now therefore you should see restriction increase. However that sounds like a bigger change than I would expect, having said that, it does depend what else you have in your loop. I wonder if your swiftech block is running at much higher restriction like my sample is. I just took mine apart and I don't see anything wrong with it, but I'll send Gabe some photos to see if he can see anything wrong. If not I'll take the hydrocopper apart to compare.

Quote Originally Posted by Church View Post
Hmm, somehow i dig looks of new EK block. AC's still best look wise, but this is unexpectedly close. Damn, how i wish old EK waterbridges back though.
I know those old bridges were much sexier, still I feel like they're on a upward trend in terms of style

EK SE (second edition) data:

The finer fins in the cooling engine did not alter the poorer performance at low flow. However I was able to get a better TIM spread and at very high flows the block now performs at the top alongside the XSPC:



This time I didn't apply TIM to the VRMs/VRAMs which may explain the slightly poorer performance. However the VRM section design did change.



Still to do:

- verify Koolance performance when you don't warp the card
- stick my new temperature probes to the back of the card to log VRM/VRAM temps more accurately
- run the EK SE vs flow (expected to be similar to the older EK block based on flow numbers)

Still waiting for
- Bitspower sample (Redesigning I think)
- Alphacool sample (OOS)
- Phobya sample (Not even sure if this is still happening)