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Swiftech Apogee XT High End CPU Water Block Review

Cooling/Water Cooling by leeghoofd @ 2009-12-30

Swiftech is not a company to rest on its laurels. After they successfully launched their Apogee series of CPU water blocks they were at the top of the performance charts for many months. But as time went by, competitors improved over the Apogee GTZ´s performance. Today Swiftech is back with a vengeance, the Apogee XT takes on 14 other CPU water blocks in this review. Can it beat the best? Time to find out

Installation

Installation

Here's the exploded view of the block, revealing all it's innovative secrets:

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The package contains the block, 2 x 1/2 tubing fittings and appropriate hose clamps, a tube of arctic Ceramique and a very clear and concise manual.

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Installing the block is a breeze. Just put the back plate behind the motherboard, a thin line of thermal grease on the center of the CPU and screw down till it's completely fixed. Swiftech's retention mechanism is foreseen to be used with unlapped CPU's. In case your CPU is lapped, the pressure applied by the mechanism isn't correct anymore and you should add some washers for more spring pressure.

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When you install the block take note of these 2 recommendations:

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For the hose connection the center one is the inlet, the outer one the outlet fitting.

For my fittings it wasn't a requirement to change the inlet position, though the picture above clearly indicates it's a very tight fit

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