Slightly disappointing

[Techen]

Hey all, After buying two waterblocks. First one I bought people here said it was a terrible block.

HOWEVER, Upon having both of these next to each other. I think the one everyone said was terrible infact turned out to be better than the aqua make?

See here:

XSPC comes with everything, Extra pads, Thermal paste, more weight/better build?

Where is the one recommended to me the Aquac computer block hardly comes with any pads, No thermal paste, Lighter and seems slightly less "well made?"

So whats up with this, Would people still take aqua over XSPC?

 

[Techen]

They both would be fine, I wouldn't have replaced the XSPC.

Around 3 people told me that XSPC has a bad rep for cooling the ram with there blocks and that they said it would be recommended I buy aqua since there brand tends to be better.

Overall, I think there both pretty decent but I think you get more for your money with XSPC.

 

[Techen]

Many mixed results in this thread then it seems...

I think I'll go with XSPC and leave the aqua as a spare/back up I guess. If I get bad temps or something I'll switch over.

 

[Techen]

I'll be interested to see if it's any good and they do look sweet with the led's.

I just don't think the reasons you've given so far are very good tbh mate. It being lighter/heavier has no importance whatsoever for example.
My Aqua block weighed 1.3kg vs EK at 1kg. Should the Aqua block be considered better than the EK due to this?
Having less pads because it uses less pads doesn't mean anything either.

Anyway, look forward to your results

I donno, Am so paranoid with it being a 295x2 I don't want to put some crap/cheap block on it which leads to some short lifespan or death. I just wanted a idea what people think about the two blocks. Overall I have no thermal paste suited for GPUs to use the aqua block anyway, Was kinda expecting it to come with some at the price they charge.