Alphacool NexXxoS XP Core i7 water block review - Photos setup & installation - Alphacool NexXxoS XP

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 02/01/2009 02:00 PM [ ] 0 comment(s)

Photos setup & installation - Alphacool NexXxoS XP

On the next few pages we'll show you some photos. The images were taken at high-resolution and then cropped and scaled down. The camera used was a Canon 450D 12 MegaPixel.

Alphacool NexXxoS XP Bold HIGHFLOW CPU Cooler for Socket 1366

So for 45 EUR you'll receive the water-block and mounting system, for Socket LGA 1366. Mind you, you'll still need to order two fittings (barbs) each for 3/8" or 1/2" inner diameter tubing, for you to be able to mount tubing at all. That and two clamps.

The package includes the water-block, screws, studs, springs and a little thermal paste. The spring mounting system will require you to remove your motherboard, as the screws need to be inserted at the back of the mainboard for optimal mounting. But heck, this is water-cooling, you already knew that right? First glimpse of the water-block ... that's looking mighty fine in my eyes. Let's see if it has a flat copper bottom finish.

Alphacool NexXxoS XP Bold HIGHFLOW CPU Cooler for Socket 1366

Oh yeah, that's just perfect really. 100% flat that is just an remarkable flat finish right there.

Alphacool NexXxoS XP Bold HIGHFLOW CPU Cooler for Socket 1366

Mounting the screws aka retention system. You simply push the four screws each with a washer into / through the backside of the mounting holes. You secure it with a rubber washer, and then apply a nut to secure it completely. It's now a question of inserting the CPU, guide the screws through the CPU block. BTW before doing so, apply a little thermal paste (smeared out evenly).

Alphacool NexXxoS XP Bold HIGHFLOW CPU Cooler for Socket 1366

And here we can see the final results. We have now mounted the CPU block on top of the processor. Inserted the springs and with a nut secured them. A pretty spectacular sight really. Let's have a look at a couple of photo's.

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Alphacool HF 38 Niagara Intel Core i7 CPU water block review
There aren't that many companies out there that offer liquid cooling products which you can purchase separately. There's a handful of them. One of them is the German based Alphacool. Recently they introduced a new CPU block called the Alphacool HF 38 Niagara. This new water-block is designed for Socket 1366 processor, aka Nehalem aka Core i7. A high-end liquid cooling CPU block priced fairly. Let's check it out.

Alphacool NexXxoS XP Core i7 water block review
In this article we test the Alphacool NexXxoS XP HIGHFLOW Core i7 CPU water block. We will apply a nearly passive water-cooling kit to it and observe installation and temperatures. Since we could take a Core i7 965 processor up towards an overclock of 4 GHz we'd say this ia a very succesful product from the guys over at Alphacool.

AlphaCool External 240x128 Display
Today we are testing this cute External LCD-Display with the colossal 240x128 Pixel dimensions. Now that by itself is cool, but the software controlling the unit is where the magic happens. You can display pretty much any system info, yet it goes way beyond that. RivaTuner is supported, Fraps, Mainboard Monitor (MBM), SpeedFan and it does not stop there.

Alphacool Ready2Go Stacker (Passive)
Alphacool can deliver pre-fitted and modified PC Cases with water-cooling (prefilled and leak tested) installed. Today Guru of 3D will test the Coolermaster Stacker Silver with preinstalled water-cooling from their Ready2Go series of products. Pretty much install your components and you are good to go. The beauty of this beast is the fact that it is passive water-cooling, the only thing connected to the power circuit is an inaudible pump. That means this system just does not make any noise, at least not that we can hear.