Soldato
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Heatkiller waterblocks produce a huge number of blocks with great build quality. If you are struggling to find specific blocks for motherboard's or GPU's I would check to see if either EKWB's or Heatkiller do them, as between them they do pretty much blocks for everything and if they don't do them, its likely the waterblock your looking for doesn't exist.
A certain Heatkiller block caught my eye the other day, it was a DIY RAM/MOFSET block which can be cut down to size for any card. Allowing you to cool parts of the GPU which is often neglected if you only use universal blocks and no heatsinks.
Now obviously a bit of airflow or some heatsinks is enoguh to solve any VRM or RAM heat issues on your GPU or motherboard if you even have any, so this post is NOT about its performance! I myself cant comment on its performance since i haven't tried them but i cant imagine it being substandard.
Don't be put off by the block not covering the whole copper base, since it has to be cut to size, you obviously cant make it cover the whole base. There also isn't any need to, due to coppers wonderfully high thermal conductivity. These block's don't cost much and a new copper base can be bought for 10 euro form the manufacturer, if you want to upgrade components and are afraid your cut base wont fit.
For me the most appealing feature is how unique it looks. Unfortunately these blocks use their own fittings which connects to their own 'push in' tubing. I don't like the idea of anything on my loop being push in without a barb involved, sounds far too sketchy. I was sold on this product until i read that it wasn't 1/4g threads. I thought if this could take standard fittings i could use a 90 degree adapter and loop my tubing from the VRM's and into the universal blocks much the same way you would do it from your motherboard VRM's to your CPU or RAM block. Unfortunately this is not the case. The final thing that put me off was the idea that you might need several of these on a GPU depending on the GPU and that there was no mention of the design having high flow. Multiple high restriction blocks with tiny fittings could cause serious problems if you have a weak pump in your loop.
I do love the idea behind these blocks. Here is a picture of the block used on a gtx660 with their own universal core block.
What do you guys think?
If this block took standard fittings, I would be ordering right now!
Many full cover blocks look nice but i think this is a refreshing change. In terms of function some full cover blocks don't actively cool VRM's (take XSPC's 7950 block), but they don't really need active cooling, so once again im going to say reasons behind getting these blocks are NOT to do with performance gains but rather customizing your loop more and of course for aesthetic reasons.
A certain Heatkiller block caught my eye the other day, it was a DIY RAM/MOFSET block which can be cut down to size for any card. Allowing you to cool parts of the GPU which is often neglected if you only use universal blocks and no heatsinks.
Now obviously a bit of airflow or some heatsinks is enoguh to solve any VRM or RAM heat issues on your GPU or motherboard if you even have any, so this post is NOT about its performance! I myself cant comment on its performance since i haven't tried them but i cant imagine it being substandard.
Don't be put off by the block not covering the whole copper base, since it has to be cut to size, you obviously cant make it cover the whole base. There also isn't any need to, due to coppers wonderfully high thermal conductivity. These block's don't cost much and a new copper base can be bought for 10 euro form the manufacturer, if you want to upgrade components and are afraid your cut base wont fit.
For me the most appealing feature is how unique it looks. Unfortunately these blocks use their own fittings which connects to their own 'push in' tubing. I don't like the idea of anything on my loop being push in without a barb involved, sounds far too sketchy. I was sold on this product until i read that it wasn't 1/4g threads. I thought if this could take standard fittings i could use a 90 degree adapter and loop my tubing from the VRM's and into the universal blocks much the same way you would do it from your motherboard VRM's to your CPU or RAM block. Unfortunately this is not the case. The final thing that put me off was the idea that you might need several of these on a GPU depending on the GPU and that there was no mention of the design having high flow. Multiple high restriction blocks with tiny fittings could cause serious problems if you have a weak pump in your loop.
I do love the idea behind these blocks. Here is a picture of the block used on a gtx660 with their own universal core block.
What do you guys think?
If this block took standard fittings, I would be ordering right now!
Many full cover blocks look nice but i think this is a refreshing change. In terms of function some full cover blocks don't actively cool VRM's (take XSPC's 7950 block), but they don't really need active cooling, so once again im going to say reasons behind getting these blocks are NOT to do with performance gains but rather customizing your loop more and of course for aesthetic reasons.
