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Lord Smack · 04-14-2001, 01:14 PM

I didn't mean to sound like a Jerk But the holes are now the standerd and I think they are also on the WTX form factor. Aslo Ith silver polyblocks were tested and TIED the copper water blocks from Danger Den. In my Opinion Your wasting your money on Silver. Copper absorbs heat at a slightly slower rate than silver but releases it much more qiuckly. Here's an example. I did this by the way. Put two small bars in the oven one copper one silver. heat to 300* pull out, put a temp probe on them and watch as the copper cools down faster! There's a web page that explaines this I'll post it when I find it again. Copper absobs slower but dissipates quicker. I would buy the Danger Den Maze2 pr the Swiftech MCW 462. I have a 462 and my Duron 750@1000(105x9.5, 1.8v) after 3 hours on Prime 95 Hit a max temp of 95*. I havn't even tried to push my CPU faster.....yet.

04-14-2001, 01:14 PM	#5
Lord Smack Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Mar 2001 Posts: 33	I didn't mean to sound like a Jerk But the holes are now the standerd and I think they are also on the WTX form factor. Aslo Ith silver polyblocks were tested and TIED the copper water blocks from Danger Den. In my Opinion Your wasting your money on Silver. Copper absorbs heat at a slightly slower rate than silver but releases it much more qiuckly. Here's an example. I did this by the way. Put two small bars in the oven one copper one silver. heat to 300* pull out, put a temp probe on them and watch as the copper cools down faster! There's a web page that explaines this I'll post it when I find it again. Copper absobs slower but dissipates quicker. I would buy the Danger Den Maze2 pr the Swiftech MCW 462. I have a 462 and my Duron 750@1000(105x9.5, 1.8v) after 3 hours on Prime 95 Hit a max temp of 95*. I havn't even tried to push my CPU faster.....yet.