Original Apogee block any good for quad core?

Hades · 29 Nov 2008 at 23:32

I've got a Q9450 arriving shortly. I'll probably be air cooling it for a while but I do have a watercooling setup I may use on it at some point. The cpu block for that is one of the original Swiftech Apogee's (not a GT etc). While I appreciate this is not going to be quite as good as a more modern block designed for quads, will it be adequate?

I'll probably take the nbidge and gpu's out of the loop so will have a 120.3 rad cooling it.

Cob · 30 Nov 2008 at 16:17

It does the job.

shadowscotland · 30 Nov 2008 at 17:00

The older storm block would be even better, but as cob said it will do the job fine.
might as well leave in the NB too, 120.3 is overkill for just the cpu.

MikeTimbers · 30 Nov 2008 at 17:32

I think it wold be better than a Storm as the Storm cools a pretty small area since it was designed for cpus that did not have an IHS.

The Apogee will do fine, maybe not up there with the latest blocks but perfectly adequate.

Cob · 30 Nov 2008 at 17:35

I found the Storm to be grand on a Q6600. I only picked it up as I urgently needed a block for my 2nd system and it was dirt cheap in the MM. Ended up keeping it for as long as I kept that system.

Hades · 30 Nov 2008 at 19:30

Thanks guys. I'd heard the storm wasnt great for quads becaue the water flow in the block is concentrated in the middle while more modern blocks have a larger internal cooling area to allow for the fact a quad is two dual chips with a small gap between them. I wasn't sure if the original Apogee allowed for this wider surface area in the quads but it sounds like it will be fine.

I'd probably not put the nb in the loop as it's a 'new' (used) P35 mobo with adequate cooling. Also a new gfx card and I can'mt afford the waterblock for it.

So while a 120.3 may be overkill for just the CPU, it's the cheapest option to re-use parts I already have

Mr Gimp · 30 Nov 2008 at 19:43

I'm glad this topic came up as I have an original Cascade SS and was wondering how it'd fair on a newer processor

2bullish · 30 Nov 2008 at 23:46

Storm block is not better than an Apogee on a quad, the storms footprint is tiny and flow rate is severely restricted. Worked well on dual cores because the competition was rubbish at the time. Apogee has a larger footprint (for quads) and flowrate is very good compared to the Storm.

As for the 120.3, it has enough cooling power to do a quad, SLI/CF easily.

kerrgreg · 1 Dec 2008 at 10:27

i have an orginal apogee on my e8400 and that stays quite cool 39deg on a 120.1

EDIT: i lie its an apogee gtx one of these