Alphacool NexXxos XP water block
 

We´re rapidly approaching the point where these HSF (Heat Sink Fan) combinations are simply too large and heavy to mount on our motherboards. Given the benefits of H20, it´s only a matter of time until most CPU´s are water-cooled. We take a closer look at Alphacool´s NexXxos XP water block. Can it keep an overclocked Prescott running cool at 4Ghz? Read on to find out

http://www.madshrimps.be/gotoartik.php?articID=246

After reading the review i raced out and bought one :)
No i am to to pleased with it:(
Set up wasnt that hard for a total newbie like me but the manual wasnt the one for the top line kit so i rang them and the reply was its the same setup we dont have another one :(
After playing round got it together(alan key for the cpu block was to big)It seems that this little number will no go under 42°at idal.
So i think you can understand i am not to impressed atm.
I just emailed alphacool to ask if they have any i deas about the problem(there support forums are only in german)so ill see how much support i get for my 300€.
best
joe

Hi there and a great big thxx jmke :)
y?Well thats to your great sceenshots i saw the way you set up your system,Therefore i changed a few things and "bobs your uncle" it now runs how it should.
fx55@2940@245x1226-28idleand32-36load
Booted at 3000 but ram isnt stable(yet)
Now as for alpacool great review and i would'ntflame that butif your thinking about buying this only do it if you think you'll never have a problem with the system.Y?coz the after sales is a big fat 0
I phoned and emailed and got nothing,niks,nada.Really quite negitive infact oooooh yeah i forgot if you read german you can get all the info you need from the support forum :)
Your choice :)
Anyway thanks jmke for you indirect help :)
best
joe

Hi gijoe, glad it seemed to work out, the test setup was done by Liquid3D, I'm but the editor:)

big thx to both of you then :)

Got this block too...

almost the same combo:

Black Ice xtreme with 2* titans and an eheim compact that delivers 1000 liters per hour

just as gijoe...my temps in bios is 39°C

That seems a bit high... everything is mounted correctly, with AS

please help me out on this one, can be the reading of my motherboard too (stock cooling gives 43 °C in bios=idle)

What mobo do you have?

MSI K8N neo platinum, latest bios

Same mobo like me....same bad temp reading like me...

don't rely on temp, rely on overclock:)