Swiftech Apogee XT

Serpantine · 5 Oct 2010 at 11:22

Hi all,

Has anyone bought one of these recently, having a bit of a discussion with a competitor regarding if it will fit on socket 775, I'm fairly sure its universal but its advertised on their site as 1156 / 1366 but you know what the marketing lads are like.

Thanks in advance.

Andrew Moore · 5 Oct 2010 at 11:25

LGA 771, 775, 1156 and 1366 from what manu states. I had one on 775 for a short while but I wouldnt know if there are 2 revisions. One for the 771/775 and another for the 1155/1156/1366. Best to check up on that.

Andy

Greebo · 5 Oct 2010 at 11:50

Swiftech Apogee XT supports all three sockets. New ones are meant to have all three backplates. The older ones came with just 1156 and 1366 but Swiftech would send you a 775 backplate for free.

So if new it should have all 3, if old stock then no but you should be able to get a free one.

Serpantine · 5 Oct 2010 at 11:54

Thanks for the responses guys,

Andy, do you have any in stock or any chance of them coming in that you could check for me?

Serpantine · 5 Oct 2010 at 11:59

"Unique Convenience Features: Swiftech's retention mechanism is universally recognized as the simplest and safest to use. It has been further improved to feature universal compatibility with all Intel Core desktop processors."

Well, 775 is of the core architecture so i should be fine regardless, even if it doesn't fit i guess it would be falsely claimed.

Greebo · 5 Oct 2010 at 13:08

And just for the record the 771 and AM socket backplates are available but definitely have to be bought seperately (unless they have changed and added them for free as well)

ChrisLandin · 5 Oct 2010 at 15:47

I have one. Bought it second hand and it didnt come with a back plate. However they are easy to pick up, I paid £3 for mine and it works excellently. Its a very good block for 775 IMO

HW91 · 5 Oct 2010 at 16:02

get the EK supreme HF instead, about the same performance but far less flow restriction

Serpantine · 5 Oct 2010 at 16:33

Already ordered the Apogee XT HW91 but thanks for the reply, i prefer the looks and flow really won't be an issue in this loop.

Just in case i stumbled on a thread in Swiftech's site which advises people to email a Michelle regarding the 775 backplates which are apparently FOC.

Greebo · 5 Oct 2010 at 16:33

HW91 said:
get the EK supreme HF instead, about the same performance but far less flow restriction

Although true about the flow restriction the Apogee XT is the superior cooling block.

1Day · 5 Oct 2010 at 20:17

I have one and it fits on the 775 socket motherboard.

Squakingcow · 5 Oct 2010 at 20:32

Greebo said:
Although true about the flow restriction the Apogee XT is the superior cooling block.

With the right plate fitted to the HF it outperforms the XT.

Greebo · 5 Oct 2010 at 21:10

Squakingcow said:
With the right plate fitted to the HF it outperforms the XT.

I stand corrected. The review I read had the apogee xt half a degree better than the ek supreme but skinneelabs is pretty good with theirs so I'll go with him.

Shame about the awful mounting system with the ek supreme though.