Which radiator/water block

[paco83]

Anyone have any experience to compare the Black ice extreme to the D-tek pro core?
And which water block would be best for an 2800+barton? swiftech mcw5000, maze4 or the dtek TC4?

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

 

[drewdogg808]

if you have room, the dtek heatercore will perform better than the black ice extreme. any one of the blocks you listed are decent performers and are close in performance. if you want better blocks, you'd have to spend a little more for the dtek white water or for the best, the cascade.

 

[paco83]

Thanks for the info. I'll probally end up going with the heater core and the TC4 then.

 

[VisableAssassin]

im running a d-tek pro core and TC-4 rev2 i had a maze3 and a lack ice extreme at one point............funny thing is i took everyones advice and changed rads over and didnt see a temp drop at all the block change got me about 3-4 degrees tho

 

[paco83]

Does the black ice extreme need a shroud like the dtek core? or just screw the fan on as is?

 

[VisableAssassin]

Originally posted by: paco83
Does the black ice extreme need a shroud like the dtek core? or just screw the fan on as is?

it has a built in shroud so just bolt her up and go.
no it is smaller than the D-Tek so I dont know how well itll handle a large pelt if you go the peltier route, I only got to test with a small 80w pelt.