Mini Apogee GT review

[Martinm210]

I know, it's not something new, but I'm working my way through the pack. Since I did the GTZ last, I figured I'd see what sort of difference there is between the lower end model....My quest "What does "Z" mean or the lack of "Z"?..

Here is my site review if you want details:
http://www.martinsliquidlab.com/Swif...GT_Review.html

The block (sorry I don't like the plastic barbs, had to replace them with some D-Tek barbs)


You do get one heck of an accessory package, that's one area I really like about this block, backplate and all the goods are included:


And the bowed base is cool, it does a nice job at minimizing TIM thickness:


Flow rate was actually better than I expected, I'll know more after pressure drop testing, but these bar charts give you the actual as tested resulting flow rate:


My testing setup, ignore the case as I get my tech bench ordered...


The raw summarized data of the 5 mount runs:


Thermals of hottest core graphed:


So while I didn't expect it to perform as well as the GTZ, it did pretty well and was only 2.5C behind. It's a good block for folks on a budget than are not worried about a couple of degrees, it's also fairly low in restriction which is good for multiple block loops.

And most importantly, I found Z = -2.5C...

Cheers!
Martin