Professional Special CPU Water Cooling Block for Intel Water Cool System Computer Clear (Transparent)

The media could not be loaded. FIRST: THE BAD- GET METAL WASHERS! This kit could be perfect with that one inclusion. The problem is that the nylon washers included are not for support, they are for insulation, metal washers on each side of them would help greatly with making the mounting system sturdy. The other problem is that the springs can slip between the screw and the CPU Cooler making them not only useless but a hinderance to getting the cooler snugged down. I had to remove two of them with a pair of pliers that stretched and ruined them, I tossed them in the garbage. AGAIN, metal washer under them would have solved this issue perfectly! I had my old cooler bracket that used on the back of my board and metal washers over the nylon washers on the front of the board. With this mod, I was able to tighten the nuts much more securely and that offered a stable mount for the cooler.THE GOOD: This cooler itself is just about perfect!! The bracket is strong and does not flex. The copper contact pad is LARGE and not only thick, but the front is cut in trenches and grooves to increase the surface areas and gather a lot of heat. The plexi top is thick with well defined nipple threads and is sealed well with NO leaks. Where the nipples thread in, on the underside of the plexi it is cut deeper into half moon arcs that I think really aids in the transfer of cooled and hot fluids and it offers a small well area. I am VERY pleased with this cooler and it VERY WELL! With NO paste, cream or pad between the CPU and the cooler, my temp avg about 135 degrees from idle to light use. With light gaming my temp rose to avg 145 to 170 degrees that ocasionally spiked to about 185 degrees. With my i7 4770 overclocked (bootstrap set to 165) and a heat pad installed, my idle is now about 105 and with heavy gaming it does not go above 140 degrees. EXCELLENT COOLER!! Just don't forget to add a few metal washers.

Currently using it as a GPU cooler for my Vega 64. Part of a CPU/GPU loop on a 420mm Rad.Under load on the GPU temps are maxing at 40c, same for HBM.Works incredibly well for it being less than $20 and I can't see how I would get better performance by spending up.

As an engineer I figured its an extremely simple design, how could anybody mess it up? Well, I got my answer.... assembly. There was a little spot where it pinched the o-ring and started to drip. Wasn't a bad leak, but a leak sitting right on a motherboard isn't good regardless. So pulled it apart for closer inspection and located the pinched spot. Unfortunately it's a combination of wrong type of o-ring and assembly. Even separating the shell didn't make any difference. It had been pinched for so long that the o-ring was permanently damaged. Could measure it and go to McMaster-Carr or Granger and likely get a replacement but I was angry enough to spend the money on a different one. What a waste, since it had good potential to be a simple low cost cpu exchanger.

I bought this one because it looks cool and cheap. In term of the price, it worth 5 stars. However, there are two problems I found. Firstly, it has no backplate. It means the motherboard will receive all force when I try to tie it down to the CPU. Secondly, it has a pretty low flow. When the PC was in a normal mode, it kept the CPU temp stable at 39. When the PC was in an overclock mode, the CPU temp was jump up to 81-86 within a min although the pump and fan were at max speed. When I replaced it with the old Swiftech block, the temp was at 73-76. Obviously, I dont think this block is good for overclockers

OMG!!! It is NOT flashy. It is NOT RGB. It is NOT main-brand.BUT it is great and EFFICIENT! For those who like numbers, here are some for you:Installed in a 12-core AMD processor: Ryzen 7900.If running at ~5GHz, it used to run at >125 degrees Celsius, from what I recall. This was only in testing; I kept my desktop at ~4GHz (still running at >80 degrees, with an AIO!), which is NOT what I spent money for.After this "cheap" - but effective - water cooling solution (more details in a moment), average temps for same processor, but running at max 5.4-5.6GHz were <80 degrees Celsius. More importantly, at my usual ~4GHz, the computer was running at <60 degrees. Seriously?Now, for more details, this cooler was running AFTER the GPU cooler in the loop. Here is how my loop went, which is rare from what I have seen. I had a small pump with integrated, small reservoir. Water went to 120mm radiator with fan. Then, to GPU (RTX 3060, kept at 25 Celsius under these conditions). Then, to CPU (this cooler). Then (here is the kicker) to a 240mm radiator on the opposite side of the PC case with 4 fans (push-push setup, very fast fans), and then back to the little pump. All on FLEXIBLE lines, with good case cooling.Now, under full load, very heavy gaming, or during benchmarking or testing, my GPU was running at 54 Celsius MAX (under 100% load), and the CPU was running at <90 Celsius. My next build will invert the flow, to go to CPU first and then GPU, since I can cool GPU with air as well.Anyway, all that for context - that this little, underpriced, non-main-brand item is VERY effective if combined with a well-built water-cooling system.

Doesn't leak. I grinded the mount holes down to make it fit my GPU. I've never bought an expensive block. Oced my 5700 non xt to 2030 core boost 960 ram game stable, 50% max power using MPT from Igors Lab. Almost outdoing a $130+ block. You can see through it to see if it's clogged or dirty.

It does add a cool look to your build, just doesn't cool as well as some other blocks I've used in the past (runs about 5-8 degrees hotter consistantly). It's still WELL within tolerances even under load though, and is a great deal for the price I paid. I've made a living installing various water cooling solutions on my builds and this ain't my first rodeo. It went in simply, nice quality and all the parts fit well. I've paid 4x as much and gotten screws that were unevenly tapped, etc. It doesn't have led ports drilled in, so do be aware of that.