Intimidator CPU-GPU-Chipset Water Blocks Review
 

Piotke scores a hatt-trick!

http://www.madshrimps.be/gotoartik.php?articID=163

:super: Nice review :super:

Btw, did you realy count all the isomo cubes ? :grin:

Do U.S. customers get the discount??

And, what is the price in U.S. dollar?

well,

for that I would advise you to mail him. Discount should be no problem. but the price & shipping cost...

info@frigus.nl

You showed a rendered pic of the inside, is that the inside of the cpu block? of also of the nforce2 block?
And how does the inside of the vga block look like?

Maybe just open all three of 'em and show us :p

Furthermore, how does it (the cpu block) compare to a block that has the water pressed vertically onto the core (like the cascade, or the rbx)

Oh yes, does the water ever gets into contact with anything else then copper? (apart from the brass fittings).
Because I dont know if I could trust the "anodized copper-alloy" for example.

idonno, I'll try to open one block this evening

piotke is a busy man, or maybe he has problems with his memory :)

Couldn't find the right tools.

The one "imbus sleutel" I have, that fits, has become round.

But, I can say:

BGA block has the same pattern inside, and only the base seems to pure copper. The top (on the inside), is also copper, but anodized.

does that affect the water in the loop, just like a combination of copper and alu give a battery effect?

doesn't give battery effect because its anodized.

You people can't read ?

It's copper & copper ...

I think they are misled because of the copper - anodized copper ;)

Internals

thnx to Dieter !

thanks for sharing the link :super:

looks simple yet affective, wonder if performance can be increased even further if the block would be engineered following some guidelines of the TDX design, meaning that a small nozzle is placed above the copper cutouts to direct the waterflow

nehh, it's not possible for him to make blocks that are much more complicated

LOL, it's not that hard to make.
It's only drilling and tapping once more, and making an extra fitting. This would improve performance a lot. (as I said in the topic @Xtreme-oc)

if he can design the block that it still only requires "just" 2 fittings that would make it a big PLUS, when it comes down to easiness of use.

in my humble opinion, to say it short and simple:

The internal design sucks.

straight fittings you mean?

agree

it's just a piece of copper, with channels milled in. nothing more nothing less. no match for real homemade blocks ;)

but it's ok for a budget-minded setup

Well the layout looks like crap to me too, but didn't want to mention it in the article. (I already mentioned a lot of negative things, don't want to cause fuss)

But in the review here @mad it seems they cool pretty well however?

?

look at the design of the TDX, then come back and edit your ? away ;)

Don't have permission :p

this?

don't try to talk like liquid3D, the poor fellow doesn't understand what you mean

jmke means that jets would improve the performance

top off

yes THAT :)
"1" is a nozzle kit, by directing the water onto the waves below you will increase heat transfer and obtain lower temperatures :)

@Teus and his L3D comment: WTF ?