Swiftech Apogee™ GTZ Vs. The D-Tek™ FuZion V2

gabrieljaquish

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Hey Guys, i just want to see the community's opinion on these 2 blocks, both seem to have great performance and the prices are almost equal give or take.
so i thought i would just create a thread to see how people feel.

i plan on buying the GTZ myself sometime this week, unless someone changes my mind

Both come in both 775 and 1366 flavors, although depending upon where and how you buy it, you may have to buy an hold-down plate if you go 1366, but most stores are selling the 1366 plate and waterblock together now.

Martins ( http://martin.skinneelabs.com/ ) did a wonderful side by side comparison while doing the GTZ review ( towards the end of the review, However i suggest you read the whole thing through).

Performance seems to be quite similar, the V2's pressure drop, as shipped, does top the GTZ, but the GTZ isn't horribly restrictive either.


Swiftech Apogee™ GTZ

http://martin.skinneelabs.com/Swiftech_Apogee_GTZ_Review.html

http://www.swiftnets.com/products/APOGEE-gtz.asp

http://www.jab-tech.com/Swiftech-Apogee-GTZ-Extreme-Performance-CPU-Waterblock-pr-4246.html (Socket 775)

http://www.jab-tech.com/Swiftech-Apogee-GTZ-Extreme-Performance-CPU-Waterblock-Core-i7-pr-4467.html (Socket 1366)

Or

The D-Tek FuZion V2

http://martin.skinneelabs.com/D-Tek_Fuzion_V2-Review.html

http://www.dtekcustoms.com/d-tekfuzionv2cpublock.aspx

http://www.jab-tech.com/D-tek-Fuzion-V2-pr-4155.html (Socket 775)

http://www.jab-tech.com/D-tek-Fuzion-V2-1366-pr-4490.html (Socket 1366)


Or is there another wondrous block someone can suggest?


thanks
 

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I have the Swiftech Apogee GTZ. It's a great block but I think you will find the Heatkiller 3.0 will win out over both blocks you have listed.
 

gabrieljaquish

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ok i have done some looking around and it looks like it would be worth the extra $$ to get the XT, some people are showing pretty significant temp drops over the GTZ. i also like the HK 3 but from what i have seen around, as well as what conumdrum stated the XT even beats that out in some tests.

 

gabrieljaquish

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yea that was the reason for heding the XT Route, Beautiful mounting system, almost the same as the gtz. plus if i am not mistaken the HK doesn't come with a backplate.
 

gabrieljaquish

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that is very true, the HK has it all over the XT as far as looks go, but im not so worried about looks, as much as the price/performance ratio. and considering the xt comes with the backplate, aswell as beating the HK in some tests. i went with that.

thanks for your help everyone, although i wasnt planning on spending that much in the beginning i think the performance increase will be worth the extra dough.
 
Personally i favour the EK supreme, but GTZ i cant recomend cus its a bit easy to have galvanic corrosion with it after 6 months-1 year.
The fusion D-tek is great, but a bit 2 low restriction if u use a powerfull pump.
Dunno about HK, many sites measure them diffrently.
 
anyway almost all of the popular waterblocks perform in same "range" of effectiveness.
I dont remmber where but i read a 775 waterblock round up with 5 mounts each block, and results were almost same. Considerating the reviewer said that he cant measure more acurate then +/- 2 degrees, all blocks performed "the same".

I belive more impact would have the size of the rad, fans used, where is your reservoir and thermal paste quality as well as how well u install it all.
 

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The GTZ has been out for over 10 months and has been tested and dissected a million times.

Now, if the poster is confused with the much older Apogee that had a anodized aluminum top, I understand. That was a LONG time ago.

The HK has been proven to be the king for a while in Skinnee's and others tests. but the new Swiftech XT is a new one out. Equal in cooling to the HK but a much better mounting system. I think we are pretty much maxxed out on CPU blocks now, not many more improvements can be made.

I got an XT waiting for Xmas, I'll install it on my time off.
 

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