Got curious about this statement, from athe Apogee page
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It should be added that under certain circumstances, the Storm water-block may perform better than the Apogee water-block. We cite for example earlier generations AMD Athlon XP, MP and Duron processors where the die size is smaller in surface area (100 to 140mm2) than current microprocessors. In such instances, the difference in temperature was found to be 1.4°C at 100 Watts, and at the maximum flow rate allowed by our test equipment (about 3.3 GPM for Apogee, and 2 GPM for Storm). Such test were conducted using the alternate testing procedure described in the link below.
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The Storm (@2g/m) is superior to the Apogee (@3.3 g/m) with any single core cpu made the last few years, and the next few years to come. I guess I had better toss my 114mm San Diego and 14Xmm Newcastle as they are "earlier generation", along with my Storm.
Gotta love market speak.
I don't understand how the Apogee can cool the center of the IHS better than the Storm, single or dual, as the cooling power is concentrated there. If the diameter of the jets matrix on a Storm is less than 21.7mm (apprx. diagonal of X2 2Mg cache) I can see how the Apogee can outperform the Storm on a dual core as far as overclocking.
Can't wait for more data to see if the results hold up.