Swiftech H20-120 Compact

WJA96 said:
I think a lot of people don't believe the reviews and are waiting for someone else to point out that it's not that great actually, at which point we'll all go back to recommending D-Tek/Thermochill/Laing/Masterkleer.
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i think that sums it up quite nicely ;)

personally it's the combined pump/waterblock that puts me off, if the pump fails your thumb twiddling till the pump/waterblock unit gets RMA'd, at least with a traditional loop, if the pump fails, you can allways nip down your local aqaurium/tropical fish shop & pick up a wee hydor to tide your self over if need be.
 
One advantage of an enforced delay is the opportunity it presents for reflection which is often a good thing.
 
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i dont think im going to bother with this kit, and get my self a custom kit instead, pitty ocuks stuff is mostly out of stock :(
 
OcUK only stock a bit of Swiftech and mainly DangerDen products. They don't seem to bother with water cooling as much. None of the latest and greatest products seem to be on sale bar the ApogeeGTX.

No EK blocks, no D-Tek stuff such as FuZion.
 
i think ill get a D-tek, 120.2, decent pump, rez, tubing. will be better than this anyway and cost about 30 quid more.
 
well being that there is 0 feedback on this product, it would be the logical thing to do IMO. but yer for another day :D.
 
After trying for nearly a day trying to get the waterblock to mount i've changed my mind when i get it into windows i get a drop of about 10 degrees on a E6400 overclocked to 2.54GHz from 54 down to 44 under load from TAT From a Sythe Ninja 2. but it requires me to hold onto the waterblock/pump pressing it to the motherboard, the problem it seems is the screws are too short to fit through to the backplate, i wish intel would come up with a better mounting mechanism my old A64 never had this problem
does anyone have any tricks to get this to mount board is a Gigabyte 965-DS3, they just seem to not make contact, would super-gluing the screws in help.
 
Sounds like you need longer screws?

If the screws aren't going in far enough, then no amount of superglue is going to help I'm afraid...
 
Thats odd, are you using the supplied back plate? Unless you have a super thick mobo im guessing you have to be mounting it wrong, cant really see them doing all the R&D then sticking screws in that are 10mm too short :D
 
Cmon *andrew_simpson* you can do it, double check the manual to make sure you didn't make a mistake (we all do sometimes) failing that use the force! :)
 
Just got one of these through the post today along with a Q6600 G0.

I was pretty sure it would be a tight fit inside my Akasa Eclipse 62 and I was right, I ordered one of the Swiftech Radbox's at the same time, but that hasnt arrived yet so installation and testing will have to wait a day or 2 :(

I'll post some pics if I remember too. This is my first attempt at water cooling so I'm being extra careful :)
 
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Leaving the case fan in-situ is it possible to set the radiator on the face of the case fan with the fixing holes lining up.

Does that give clearance from any obstructions or is it something else.
 
Realised last night that yes I mount the radiator to the case fan inside first and it will fit in the Akasa Eclipse 62 quite snuggly. Also fitted another 120mm fan to the other side to give a push/pull flow out the case throught he radiator.

I've not done any overclocking as yet as I only finished it a 1am this morning :)
 
I’ve no idea how comprehensive the instructions that come with this kit are but this link on cleaning the radiator is interesting.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17683179

Apart from initial cleaning and flushing before installation it appears you should repeat the exercise regularly.

The appeal to me of this system is that it seemed simple and could potentially solve the issue of heat dissipation - as far as the CPU is concerned.
With modest overclocks a virtually maintenance free air system still appeals.
 
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