Slightly disappointing

Techen

Techen

Techen

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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:

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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?
 
Minstadave said:
They both would be fine, I wouldn't have replaced the XSPC.
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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.
 
Maybe you should try them before you rush to conclusions :)

Also, the Aqua block comes with less pads because it uses less pads. The VRAM just needs a dab of TIM and it's directly in contact with the block, whereas the XSPC one uses pads on those like EK.

Oh, and the reason I gave was nothing to do with ram. It was to do with very uneven temps across the two cores with the XSPC block. In the region of 15-20°C difference in fact.
I did find a few others around the web with the same issue.
I've also used EK and Aquacomputer blocks on 7990's too, so I do have a pretty decent base for comparison here :)

Like I said though, perhaps they've sorted it out with the 295x2 version, but I wouldn't pin all your expectations on how it feels in your hand and what comes with it.
 
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I always had issues with bad nickel plating quality on Aqua computer blocks.

As for the stock TIM - get it in the bin and get some decent coolant anyway!
 
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.
 
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 :)
 
Uncle Petey said:
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 :)
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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.
 
You are being paranoid mate :) The worst that can happen is that you get crap temps or very uneven ones due to poor contact/internal flow etc.
There would have to be a very serious design flaw or a ridiculously bad installation for anything worse like a short for example.

As for the TIM, perhaps they expect that if you're going to the kind of trouble and expense that watercooling involves, you'll be getting yourself some of the good stuff anyway.

Either way, neither of those two brands can touch EK when it comes to packaging and included items like quality TIM etc.
 
Aqua computer blocks tend to get good reviews for cooling performance. My 290x ones seem to be well made and are built like tanks.
 
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