Water blocks for amd 64
 

Hey guys I haven't been keeping up with the scene. I have my maze 3 and a blackice 2 rad. I'm going to be getting the amd 64 3200+ and i was wondering which block would work best for this . Seeing how none of the motherboards have the 4 holes that i use for my current block.

:drool:

maybe there is a way to convert the maze3 for the amd64 socket

no products announced for the upcoming amd 64 chips ? Come on guys your the best of the best when it comes to this :-)

well the asetek waterchill waterblock can accept pretty much any modern day cpu. and the upcoming ones. http://www.asetek.com/default.asp?sh...on=2&menuID=-1

the zalman waterblock can accept socket 754 cpu's.

and #rotors custom hammer blocks
http://3rotor.homelinux.com/index.html

#rotors block is sweat but expensive as all heck. I have to email him to ask if this will work on current athlons too so i can sell my old block to help pay for this .

#rotor's prices are in canadian dollars (seeing as how he's Canadian and all). 0.7 US dollars or so.

ohhhhh i see so i guess the block is about 50-60$ usd ? Dang those canadians. They are sly

I will be taking delivery of a batch of A64 conversion plates for the Cascade blocks end next week. Come the 22nd September these plates will be available for anyone to convert their existing Cascade block to A64 mode.

Enough of a plug for the Cascade though.

The only other A64 compatible blocks I'm aware of is the Asetek Waterchill, and the Zalman's, as mentioned above.

the answer to virtually any config today....

http://3rotor.homelinux.com/SCM-BB/g...5168.sized.jpg

can be used on
Athlon
A64
Opteron
and p4(478p))\Xeon

and yes I have been Opteron ready.... eermm.... for a long time actually... :)

How does that work on the athlon 64 boards. They don't have the 4 holes.

its only 2 holes now.

ah okay i get my board next week . I ordered it but really no pics were avalible. #otor how much are u selling that block for usd ? I will pick it up next week if i have the money.

did you get my email.... :)

no :-( didn't notice that my precable email was here. My new one is jvd81@optonline.net. Thanks man

i didnt read the rest and am gonna post this straight away.. first off be sure u want that 64, then get a block from #rotor

edit: oops

Is there a reason that AMD decided to go with 2 holes, even though everyone loved the 4 hole setup so much? Or is it just for shits and giggles?

I just got my new board in let me tell u the 2 hole idea is great. They are Pegs that are screwed down in this plastic thing that goes around the socket almost like the p4 set up. Its very easy to install and i think just about anyone can do it with out damaging the cpu core. Which was a major complant

jip I can not find anything wrong with 2 holes.... much better than 4 if you ask me.... AMD did well.... :)

can someone post an image of this 2 hole plastic holder thing on the mobo?

the MCW5000-64

http://thermal-management-testing.com/MCW5000-64.jpg

can't see it so well against a black mobo
another sort on the MCW5000 page at swiftnets.com

sexeh...

how's things going over at swiftech bill, got some influence on upcoming designs yet (or is it all secret :p )

hmm, something new ?
how about
http://thermal-management-testing.com/MCW CHILL 552.jpg

my fingers in all 'big' things, but a group effort overall

That's a sexy sandwitch Bill.

Anyway, i was checking OCworkbench and i saw this :

http://www.ocworkbench.com/2003/aliu...012%20copy.jpg

It's an ALI board. 4 standard mounting holes?

what the hell is that?

Assuming the other side equal and form the assembly, and the two wire pairs, it looks like it's a peltier sandwitch, at least. Double that is. One on each side. It would be interesting to see the middle plates without the neoprene.

Basically it's a chiller. The blocks cool each of the hot sides, both cool sides must be attached to a maze type block? (usually, for maximum effect) . Althou i am intrigued about the noticeably smaller size outlet (inlet?) barb.

( Well, you could just circulate water to a deposit for the main cooling rig. And you dont actually need a very large id (or very large flowrate) with a chiller setup (less restrictions when you eliminate the radiator). But i'm just guessing )

quite correct TM
the chilling chamber has 2 diamond pin matrix bps back to back
-> low flow is the unappreciated key to chiller performance

pHaestus has been sent a loaner to test

> low flow is the unappreciated key to chiller performance

That was my initial thought, seeing the barb size (and makes sense), but i wasn't sure .

Looking forward for the review. :)

And while we're at it ..

http://swiftnets.com/products/MCW20.asp

Looks very good. It was the missing piece. ;)

PS: isnt it...well, big? Almost the size of some of cpu blocks.

those are just 4 exposed pads, for grounding the EM shield.... indeed they would have been handy, if they where holes... but they are not..... yet anyway....... SOOOOOO any mobo manufacturers lurking...... hows about it.... make them pads into holes.... your boards will become holy in more that one way :D

I believe Cathar was experimenting in pelt based water chilling about a 7 months ago. You can see it HERE

BillA, I would have thought for sure that we would have seen COPPER tops out of Swiftech by now?