New Swiftech CPU block: Apogee GTZ

[Rike]

NEW PRODUCT RELEASE

Swiftech® introduces new flagship waterblock, the Apogee? GTZ for Intel® and AMD® processors.

?The ultimate cooling Machine??

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Lakewood , CA ? August 12, 2008 1:45 PM Pacific Standard Time - Rouchon Industries, Inc. dba Swiftech® today announced the release of their new flagship waterblock. The Apogee? GTZ aims at capturing the world?s top performance crown thanks to an entirely new design which features a pin matrix composed of 225 µm (0.009") micro structures, and a patent pending topographically mapped cold plate. The product is shipped with a tool free retention mechanism for Intel® Core? families of microprocessors (LGA 775) and Swiftech® offers optional retention systems for all popular desktop and many server processors by AMD® and Intel®. The Company expects the Apogee? GTZ to be compatible and equally effective with the upcoming and highly anticipated Intel® processor code named ?Nehalem? thanks to an optional retention mechanism. ?While the Apogee? GTZ retains the name of its very successful predecessors, it leaps ahead of both relatives and competitors by consolidating Swiftech?s ten years experience with months of research & development, and it represents a manufacturing achievement that is nothing short of a technological prowess.? said Gabriel Rouchon Swiftech's Chairman & CTA. The product is being shipped to the distribution channels now.

MSRP: $69.95

Swiftech Apogee GTX Product Page Pics, diagrams, data, everything you want to know except how it will work in your system.

It looks like Gabe has a new baby. Something of a hybrid impingement block with really small pins. I may end up with one of these if Swiftech's performance data holds up.

Any thoughts? Anybody have a pre-release GTZ block they can talk about?

 

[Gillbot]

There's been some discussion on this block over at XS for a bit now. I'm waiting for reviews to get posted up.

 

[Rike]

I've been lurking on and off over there on the main GTZ thread. It had devolved rather badly at one point, but everyone seems happier now that Gabe is releasing the product. I guess reviews will be up in the next several days.

 

[Sylvanas]

It looks pretty nice IMO- and would go well with my MCW30's and MCW60's . So many blocks to choose from these days....and new releases coming out left right and center!

 

[Soulkeeper]

according to their specs page, there is an 18% reduction in flow rate, and cooling efficiency went up like 16% which could be interpretted as a trade off.
micro grooves vs. pins
things are getting interesting

not sure what i think of it yet ...


I've accumulated these pics of the popular blocks right now

 

[Rike]

Nice collection of pics. It looks like everyone is heading towards smaller and smaller structures inside their blocks. It looks like it's still the same game though; surface area & flow.

 

[aigomorla]

and i also mentioned a concern stating the surface area might not be adaquit for neha.

Guys, Try to not buy new blocks until neha comes out. Its a different chip.
Much bigger then what you expect.

 

[Rike]

Originally posted by: aigomorla
and i also mentioned a concern stating the surface area might not be adaquit for neha.

Guys, Try to not buy new blocks until neha comes out. Its a different chip.
Much bigger then what you expect.

Well I've got to buy something. I'm still using a Apogee! No GT, no GTX, nothing, just Apogee. Granted it was a good block in its day, but its day is long gone.

By the way, testing is progressing over at XS among the chosen few. Since most of the real first hand data will come from these guys, figured I'd post a link to the main GTZ thread over there. If you head over, go to the end of the thread and work your way back; it's getting a bit long at this point and anything really interesting will be much closer to the end than the beginning.

 

[Soulkeeper]

i still think the DD mc-tdx looks better with the lucite top
i find it hard to believe that any block is more than 5% better ...

micro grooves don't impress me for some reason

 

[Gillbot]

Originally posted by: Rike

Originally posted by: aigomorla
and i also mentioned a concern stating the surface area might not be adaquit for neha.

Guys, Try to not buy new blocks until neha comes out. Its a different chip.
Much bigger then what you expect.

Well I've got to buy something. I'm still using a Apogee! No GT, no GTX, nothing, just Apogee. Granted it was a good block in its day, but its day is long gone.

By the way, testing is progressing over at XS among the chosen few. Since most of the real first hand data will come from these guys, figured I'd post a link to the main GTZ thread over there. If you head over, go to the end of the thread and work your way back; it's getting a bit long at this point and anything really interesting will be much closer to the end than the beginning.

I got an apogee GT and my temps are pretty dam good considering. Most people think im running a fuzion after they look at my load temps.

 

[40sTheme]

Looks pretty dang good. I like how their stuff on the site is mostly objective; they don't try to put the old GTX near the top or anything. And that is possibly the MOST well organized and in depth product page I've ever seen.

 

[Soulkeeper]

i saw a early forum review of it at xtreme
i'm not impressed, it basically ties with the dtek offering
the numbers are within the margin of error (not even 1c difference)

i guess it mostly comes down to which one has "the look" you like the most
or which company you like ...

 

[Gillbot]

Originally posted by: Soulkeeper
i saw a early forum review of it at xtreme
i'm not impressed, it basically ties with the dtek offering
the numbers are within the margin of error (not even 1c difference)

i guess it mostly comes down to which one has "the look" you like the most
or which company you like ...

QFT!

I aggravated a few over at XS with my replies in the GTZ thread I think. To me <1C is not a good enough margin to declare it the new king of kings. Nor is it enough to justify an upgrade over the current offerings.

 

[Rike]

Originally posted by: Gillbot

Originally posted by: Soulkeeper
i saw a early forum review of it at xtreme
i'm not impressed, it basically ties with the dtek offering
the numbers are within the margin of error (not even 1c difference)

i guess it mostly comes down to which one has "the look" you like the most
or which company you like ...

QFT!

I aggravated a few over at XS with my replies in the GTZ thread I think. To me <1C is not a good enough margin to declare it the new king of kings. Nor is it enough to justify an upgrade over the current offerings.

Yeah, you were poking the hornet's nest over there. I'll still be interested to see what the other XS testers come up with. I decided to go ahead and order one as I'm three generations behind on my blocks at this point and I just can't push my Q6600 like I'd hoped. It should arrive by late this week.

I need to clean out my system anyway, so I'll switch in the new block and see how it works for me.