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Hi Guys

we have uncovered a box of Swiftech Apogee GTZ Waterblocks in our warehouse, these blocks are being sold at a great price to clear stock

These blocks are fully compatible with upcoming boards and provide immense cooling performance.

They look the biz too!

they come with a pair of 1/2 and a pair of 3/8 barbs too!



Swiftech Apogee GTZ Waterblock - 1366 & 2011 Compatible @ £59.99 inc VAT

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The Apogee™ GTZ is Swiftech's new flagship water-block. While it shares the same name with its predecessors, it also leaps beyond the GT and GTX performance charts thanks to an entirely new design that pushes and refines both thermal and mechanical specifications to the limits of today's technology. Thermal design of the cooling engine combines the benefits of direct coolant impingement over the CPU area with an entirely new copper base plate design which is primarily characterized by a pin matrix composed of 225 µm (0.009") micro structures. This results in a 20% improvement in thermal resistance compared to the Apogee™ GTX. Mechanical design of the copper base plate is optimized for Intel socket 775, 2011 and 1366 and features a topographically mapped CPU contact area which results in a 75% and up to 300% improvement in TIM joint thermal resistance compared to the Apogee™ GT/GTX series. It should be noted that other types of sockets (AMD socket F, AM2, 940) may also benefit from the enhanced contact area to a lesser extent.

Only £59.99 inc VAT.

ORDER NOW

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agreed, very sexy block and superb counterpart for the upcoming 2011 platform

I have tested this on 2011 boards and it fits perfectly.
 
These are selling like hotcakes at the moment.
I will remind you that these are the last of the stock we will have, so once they're gone, they're gone!

And trust me, I'm looking forward to 2011, they WILL NEED WATERCOOLING
 
the raystorm is an exceptional block, good purchase

these GTZ blocks are slowly running out. we have just over half left, i guess everyone is anticipating X79
 

Just taken delivery of the black version of this new "HD" block.

Currently have full water cooling with the old "GTz" block so I'll upload some temp comparisons. Hopefully get chance one night this week or at the weekend to drain down, flush, swap out etc. Once sorted, I'll bang a quick review up. ;)

THE GTZ block has served me incredibly well. Its seen me through a 965EE, 920 DO, 970 Gulftown, 980X and 990X. If you're not in the market for spending a fortune, The GTz's on offer here will definitely not disappoint. My 990X is currently sat under my GTz at 5GHz HT on with full WC R2E and 2 X GTX 480 WC in same loop on 1 X triple 120mm rad!
 
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Right chaps....new block fitted (Some pics below - phone cam - apologies for quality)

Old block was GTz with Arctic MX4
This new HD Swifty block shipped with Prolimatech PK1 so I thought I'd give that a whirl.

Room Temp was 22 Degrees yesterday.......Idle Temp (GTz/ 990X 4GHz HT on) was around 42. Half hour of crysis at max settings, temp was around 64.

Clamped the tubes and installed the new HD block (to keep same feser1 coolant) and idle was around 38. Half hour of Crysis at max settings, temp was around 59.

Flushed the lot with Di and some Sysclean, then filled with Mayhems Gigabyte Pastel Orange......Old fluid was over 12 months old, so probably tired along with the TIM....but what a difference DECENT coolant makes when paired with good quality components in your loop......

Today:

Room Temp was 23 Degrees .......Idle Temp (Swiftech HD/ 990X 4GHz HT on) was around 34. Half hour of crysis at max settings, temp was around 52.

Nice, well protected lapping:
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Block ships with lovely black barbs, but couln't resist giving it the FULL Bitspower treatment :D
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More Bitspower Goodness:
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Installed:
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Random shots of rest of loop:
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Full loop consists of:

Bitspower fittings throughout
Swiftech Apogee HD CPU block
EK R2E X58 Block
EK R2E Mosfet blocks
EK FC 480 GTX 480 Full cover (X2 SLi)
Laing D5 Vario (Bitspower Modded)
Triple 120mm Rad (Swiftech)
Big Bitspower Res
 
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