water block advice please

prt · 9 Jul 2011 at 15:18

rebuilding my rig soon, going to install a

Motherboard: Asus P8Z68-V Intel Z68
CPU: Intel Core i5 2500K 3.30GHz Sandybridge CPU

Question is will my old cpu water block from my I7 920 1366 fir my new cpu and motherboard, or will I have to buy a new water block aswell.

If I have to buy a new waterblock what one should I get, as never used anything but I7.

Regards

Phil

Cleeecooo · 9 Jul 2011 at 17:43

Should do. Just use the 1156 fittings that came with your waterblock.

1155 and 1156 use the same mounting mechanisms do they not?

prt · 9 Jul 2011 at 18:50

That's the big problem, I don't got them.
so will need to find a 1155 / 1156 mounting kit i suppose, or buy a new water block.lol

Thanks for the quick reply

pastymuncher · 9 Jul 2011 at 19:21

If it's a heatkiller you have then they only come with mountings for a single socket. They do sell extra brackets but are very difficult to find.

Quite a few other block manufacturers do sell upgrade brackets that are widely available.

What block is it?

prt · 10 Jul 2011 at 00:13

I have a delta v3 or a heatkiller v3 blocks.
neither have 155 or 1156 mounting kits with them

pastymuncher · 10 Jul 2011 at 14:43

You can get a upgrade kit for the Delta from XSPC for £4.99 so that it will fit 775/1155/1156/1366.

As expected, can't find the Heatkiller kit anywhere despite their promises of a easy upgrade path. However, luckily for you and others i found that someone is doing custom kits for the Heatkiller blocks. Do a search for Pulse Modding Heatkiller Universal CPU Waterblock Mounting Plates and you should find them for the reasonable price of £4.49 plus delivery. This kit makes the block compatible with 775/1155/1156/1366 plus all of AMD's sockets.

The Heatkiller is the better block of the two you have.

prt · 10 Jul 2011 at 23:17

Hi Pastymuncher,

thanks for the info.
Just managed to buy a XSPC i3, i5, i7 Mount for Delta CPU Blocks .

Will give it a go, and see how it goes.

Peace Out

pastymuncher · 11 Jul 2011 at 09:16

Best remove the competitor name.

prt · 11 Jul 2011 at 12:07

Sorry guys forgot to change it after i c+p it was late and a little sleepy.
wont let it happen again.

staffyuk · 11 Jul 2011 at 22:42

don't see thats a prob really oc don't sell the kit. they do a gd mix of things, but others r more w/c. if there that tight lipped geez should chill abit