Spec me an i5 waterblock?

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Hi all,

Just wondering if anyone can suggest me a decent i5 compatible watercooling block? I've seen a few for sale elsewhere but just wondering what the general opinion is on them?

Perhaps it isn't even worth watercooling i5? You guys tell me? :)

Thanks
 
I'm very fond of the ek supreme, which will fit 775/1156/1366 quite happily. A new "high flow" version has been released, though I can't say I've managed to work out what the difference is. A few types of impingement plate to choose between, otherwise seems to be the same.

The (various types of) heatkiller seems to be the favourite at present, so if that's available in a 1156 version that's probably the recommended. If I had an i5, I'd watercool it.
 
Thanks for the reply mate! I was seeing temps of over 70 on air at 4ghz after a short period of time, I'm not sure what it would have gone up to had I left it running but it was climbing quite happily!
 
The i5 is probably rated up to 90 or so, but the hotter it is, the higher the voltages needed for stability. Water is always going to flatten air cooling, but you obviously pay for it. if you can fit at least a thick 240 or 120.2 radiator and can find the funds I'd say it's a no brainer. Aside from budget, I don't really follow why anyone uses air to cool computers.
 
My temps may have been slightly higher, I read somewhere the tj max needs changing, though I never knew what to?
 
i have a swiftech pump res and dual 120 rad to use if it makes any difference.also have a multifit block but its no good for 1156! Was tempted to sell it but maybe its worth hanging onto and using on my i5 then?
 
Im using an EK Supreme block on my i5 750 and its a great block, would happily reccomend it to you.

The Heatkillers are supposed to be one of, if not the best block you can get at the moment though, so if you dont mind spending a bit more it should be worth it, knock a couple more degrees off your temps.
 
@OP Well worth trying it on the i5 if it'll fit, it'll be better than the intel stock cooler and it'll be interesting to see how it compares with your current air cooling. I think the swiftech pumps are rebranded laing pumps so rather good, is the radiator 30mm or 60mm thick? I daresay it'll sell on MM regardless.

@James The copper heatkiller good value? It's the most expensive on the market and performs fractionally better than the cheaper competition, you must have a different notion of value for money to me.

@dUcKy are you using the steel impingement plate it comes with, or have you removed it? EK supreme reviews seem quite varied, I think the reason being that it reacts very well to high pressure and poorly to low pressure loops.
 
What are your temps like mate?

I'm thinking of using an xbox 360 chassis as an external radbox possibly,was going to use it for something else but i think thats gonna cost too much!
 
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This is the thing.I don't know whether to try it or just sell it on.

The pump is indeed as you said,the radiator is only about thirty mill thick i guess,couldn't tell you exactly as its not infront of me at the minute.
 
I forgot to mention,i've sized up the block to the socket before,in its current state it doesn't fit,almost but not quite!
 
Ah, it'll be sized for 775 then. Could try to jury rig it but probably not worth the risk to the motherboard. 30mm thick performs nearly as well as 60mm, but needs more powerful/higher speed fans as the fin density tends to be pretty high.

My temperatures are something like 60 degrees but that's +/- 10 or so, I don't pay very much attention to them and my loop is oddly arranged. I believe 65ish at 4ghz is about standard for a 240 radiator, but hopefully someone else will have a more accurate estimate for you.
 
JonJ678 said:
@Ducky are you using the steel impingement plate it comes with, or have you removed it? EK supreme reviews seem quite varied, I think the reason being that it reacts very well to high pressure and poorly to low pressure loops.
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Yea, kept the plate in my block. Click my sig to go to my (mini) build log, but basically my loop at the moment is:

Res
DDC Pro (10W version)
120mm TFC Xchanger (65mm thick or so)
GTX275
i5 750 @ 4.2GHz
XSPC RS240 (30mm thick)

Currently CPU temps are around 30C at idle and just over 60 when running IBT, so Im quite happy with that :)
 
The thing is, unless my coretemp is wrong my temperatures aren't all that high under a £20 air cooler! Maybe I've got a super cool running cpu that would benefit from water but without trying it I've no way to find out!
 
I have the heatkiller copper on my 860 and am very pleased with it. I know its a little more expensive but I thought it was worth the extra as I could only fit a 240 rad in my case. I have that and a 5870 (also on a Heatkiller full block) and my temps are fine (cpu about 39 @ stock fully loaded rising to about 63 fully loaded @ 4.0Ghz) I have never seen my 5870 go above 39!
The other thing the Heatkiller has going for it is it looks damn good too :cool:
 
the heat killer is brilliant, i have to say. you have to make sure you get the right pressure on all 4 bolts (mine i did too tight to begin with and it was giving me awful temps)

i think it's suppose to be 19.6mm from the top of the bolt to the hold-down plate to make the best contact (read that in a build log on here)
 
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