OCLabs PlexyBlock B3

Etacovda · 10-31-2004, 09:44 PM

http://www.xyzcomputing.com/index.ph...d=197&Itemid=2

jaydee · 10-31-2004, 10:04 PM

Certainly not performance orientated. One big channel around a lump of copper in the middle? And look at the base? More concerned about a polished finish as opposed to the more critical flatness. Chroming the base dosn't help either. The coolest part of the whole thing is that massive hold down clamp! Damned expensive for what it is. SHould be more around $35.00US. Hell the Maze 4 is more complicated to mill...

Oh yeah, their testing part is complete shit and should be ignored completely.

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How did the OCLabs PlexyBlock B3 test? Simply put, very well. Using a system that was not specifically designed for it, the B3 was able to deliver very solid temperatures. At 2800 mhz the block kept our CPU at only four degrees above the ambient temperature and the total temperature delta was only seven degrees! So looking at it on its own, the B3 did very well and it is a formidable CPU cooler.

Enough said on that...

DryFire · 10-31-2004, 10:28 PM

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Originally Posted by jaydee116

Oh yeah, their testing part is complete shit and should be ignored completely.

Enough said on that...

but the water ran in one end and came out the other without a hitch.

and it's really expensive. $66 for what probably preforms like a maze 4?

jaydee · 10-31-2004, 10:35 PM

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Originally Posted by DryFire

but the water ran in one end and came out the other without a hitch.

and it's really expensive. $66 for what probably preforms like a maze 4?

Well the highly technical testing said the Swiftech 6000A beat it and that block is only $40.00US. Of course the testing is rediculous though. Would love to see pH run this block as it has nothing in the design to show it should perform good. I doubt it would even beat the Maze 4 but proper testing would prove me right or wrong.

mastermind2004 · 10-31-2004, 11:00 PM

Apparently the reason the 6000A performs better is that their test system "was specifically designed to be used with the MCW6000 block." I guess it couldn't be that the block is a poor design, eh?
:shrug:

Delirious · 11-01-2004, 07:30 AM

May not perform well but it polishes up nice! Its from Italy too, thats got to count for something too

jaydee · 11-01-2004, 09:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Delirious

Its from Italy too, thats got to count for something too

Yeah, shows their a good 4 years behind in block design.

10-31-2004, 09:44 PM	#1
Etacovda Cooling Savant Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Dunedin NZ Posts: 735	OCLabs PlexyBlock B3 http://www.xyzcomputing.com/index.ph...d=197&Itemid=2 __________________ Hypocritical Signature I tried to delete: Procooling: where scientific principles are ignored because big corporations are immune to mistakes and oversights.

10-31-2004, 11:00 PM	#5
mastermind2004 Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: MIT Posts: 78	Apparently the reason the 6000A performs better is that their test system "was specifically designed to be used with the MCW6000 block." I guess it couldn't be that the block is a poor design, eh? :shrug:

11-01-2004, 07:30 AM	#6
Delirious Cooling Savant Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Twilight Zone Posts: 152	May not perform well but it polishes up nice! Its from Italy too, thats got to count for something too

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