best $50ish block for my new opteron165

[zipobilrok]

Im budgeting about $50 for a new water block for new cpu. So whats best these days? I havent paid much attention in the past 1-1.5years.



Thanks folks.

[UncleBob]

A good selection right here: http://www.xoxide.com/amdcpucooling.html
or here: http://www.coolerguys.com/alllicoit.html

Both reputable.

As you can see, $50 is the cutoff point. The TDX would be my favorite, btw.

[zipobilrok]

you think dd's tdx is better than swiftechs current offerings?

btw im not adverse to paying more than $50 if theres a significat performance gain to spend $75....I just keep promising my wallet i wont, wouldnt be the first time i lied to it though

[Jester]

No significant performance gain between most quality waterblocks,
You already have a nice high pressure pump so the Storm g4 would be my pick, well made and finished, good solid mounting plate and enough retention bits to open a small hardware store. (it looks good too)

[UncleBob]

http://forums.pcper.com/showthread.php?t=410396

Cathar original $80 might be worth looking at??

[Jester]

There is always the solid silver G5 if you really want something special, but we're talking the last 1c here.
The Swiftech block is supposed to be equal or a tiny bit better than the original Storm G4.

[dawp]

this cathar's previous design,i happen to have this version and it's at a great price


http://www.dtekcustoms.com/index.asp...rodID=137&HS=1


$29.99

[UncleBob]

Good find!! Man, that's a great price and the top isn't acrylic, either!

[zipobilrok]

So would best performance for $ would go to what, storm or whitewater ?
(didnt know anyone still had them, when i first started looking at water these were always sold out and no one knew when/if more would be out)

i would guess the ww for only $40 shipped?

[dawp]

D-Tek has licenced the design of the WW and this about 1/2 of what I paid.I bought mine from cool technica when D-Tek first started making them.

cool technica's site
http://www.cooltechnica.com/

ya,I'd say the WW is the best bang for the buck.

[Budwise]

Apogee is a good block, just make sure its clean before installing... Its nice for $49.

[sabrewolf732]

Whitewater by far best, Im getting mine for $15

[Papaman]

Danger Den RBX is agood one also...
http://www.frozencpu.com/ex-blc-67.html

nice having 1 inlet & 2 outlets... really gets rid og the heat!
Jsut my 2¢

[supra]

picked up the apogee to replace my mcw462 with my new rig, nothing but good things to say about it, easy install, has all you need for any processor on the market today, and getting solid temps with it, mobo temp prob says 31c full load, but you all know how accurate those are

rest of system is 1/2" ID clearflex, BI extreme, hydor l35? (450gph model), dual 5 1/4 bay res, rad sandwiched between 2 panaflo H1a's 7v modded

[zipobilrok]

well i went with whitewater
either opteron 165 is rediculously less warm than tbred and mobile xp's or the ww kicks the snot out of my previous block, im sitting happy at 22*, 9x300