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LordSmack · 09-26-2003, 03:16 AM

I noticed something when I switched over from my venerable swiftech mcw462(non anonodized) waterblock to the mcw5000a. My temps went up by a few degrees!! I reseated and fooled with the block but to no avail. The temps were still unusuly high. While I was examining the block after I had removed it I noticed that the AS3 imprent was not in the center of the "drop plate" but in fact located near the botom left. I checked the instructions and saw that I had indeed installed the block correctaly with the arrows pointing towards the cam arm. Then it dawned on me that the "drop plate" is in fact in the center of the block which would make it off center because the socket mounting clip on the cam side is further away from the core than the other side. I checked the website and the block looks like the one on the site. My main problem is if the "drop plate" is not offset so the core sits at it's center then when you tighten down the rentention screws you will have uneven pressure on the core. I wonder if this is why my temps seem a little off. Any help would be appreciated

here is a photochop image of what the contact area looks like.

09-26-2003, 03:16 AM	#1
LordSmack Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: memphis Posts: 18	Swiftech mcw 5000a problems I noticed something when I switched over from my venerable swiftech mcw462(non anonodized) waterblock to the mcw5000a. My temps went up by a few degrees!! I reseated and fooled with the block but to no avail. The temps were still unusuly high. While I was examining the block after I had removed it I noticed that the AS3 imprent was not in the center of the "drop plate" but in fact located near the botom left. I checked the instructions and saw that I had indeed installed the block correctaly with the arrows pointing towards the cam arm. Then it dawned on me that the "drop plate" is in fact in the center of the block which would make it off center because the socket mounting clip on the cam side is further away from the core than the other side. I checked the website and the block looks like the one on the site. My main problem is if the "drop plate" is not offset so the core sits at it's center then when you tighten down the rentention screws you will have uneven pressure on the core. I wonder if this is why my temps seem a little off. Any help would be appreciated here is a photochop image of what the contact area looks like. Last edited by LordSmack; 09-26-2003 at 12:01 PM.