Swiftech H20-220 Compact Extreme

[Guest r3d c0m3t]

Arrived yesterday morning and I was surprised, because I wasn't aware the USPS delivered on the weekends, let alone on Sunday. In any case, installation was a breeze (despite my little mishaps most likely due to rushed efforts - such mishaps and me filling the reservoir and the coolant leaked onto my pajamas.) Other than this installation was a breeze, simple as could be, almost feels like the real thing - in fact it it's only side of ease is the reservoir is combined with the radiator, and the pump is combined with the CPU block (Apogee Drive.)

 

Picked this up just for the Q6600 and it performs just as Swiftech's temp calculator dictates, if not better. Highest load temps I've seen so far is 44-44-38-38, respectively. Lowest idle temps are in the low 20s.

 

Definitely the best $190 I've spent in a long while.

 

Oh, before I forget, those temperatures are the result of an overclock to 3060MHz. I plan to go a lot further now.

[Guest r3d c0m3t]

To date the lowest idle temps are 19-23-16-15.

 

Insanely badass. :tooth:

[sailindawg]

What voltage you running that quad at, Red? How are ambient temps? How high on the voltage can you push that cooling system?

 

Seems quite the deal and frozencpu.com has it on sale.

 

That seems to be one of the better all in one kits I've seen in a while. Plus, it's easily upgradeable.

[Guest r3d c0m3t]

What voltage you running that quad at, Red? How are ambient temps? How high on the voltage can you push that cooling system?

 

Seems quite the deal and frozencpu.com has it on sale.

 

That seems to be one of the better all in one kits I've seen in a while. Plus, it's easily upgradeable.

 

Recent stable settings were 3336MHz at 1.3v, now I'm testing 3.4 via 1.312v. The ambient this morning was pretty low, about 8-10C. Right now the ambient is about 20-something (22, I believe) evenso the 220 Compact is hardly working up a sweat, as neither of the four cores inch above the mid-40's.

 

Simply amazing.

 

To be honest, I'd imagine being able to push about 1.5 - 1.6v, maybe even a bit higher, it really handles itself that well.

[MACarter02]

8 C indoors?!

[Guest r3d c0m3t]

8 C indoors?!

 

 

I might be off a bit, but that's what the temperature probe read, the windows were left open.

[sailindawg]

Geez Red, turn some heat on! 8C is quite chilly for inside!

 

Here's some interesting reading about that water cooling system, here and here.

 

The guy at XS ran his OC'd quad in a tech station. He had good results with the cooling kit, but it was an open system.

 

The first thread is from someone that first bought the 120 rad kit and added a second 220 rad to the loop. What is interesting here, is that the poster used an Antec P180 case, which did not have a lot of ventilation. The 120 kit still did pretty well. The addition of the 2nd 220 rad helped keep his quad even cooler. What is also intersting here is that the poster started off with a B3 stepping quad and was running 1.5-1.6 volts through it. He then switched out to a GO stepping and ran about 1.4 volts. The kit is a very good kit.

 

I have been going back and forth about water cooling for a while. I was getting set to buy a kit from Petras Tech, but this kit is more of what I'm looking for. Ease of installation, the rad/reservoir combo is a good idea. I also like the fact that it's easily upgradeable over time.

 

The price is pretty good as well. I will be ordering one tonight. I'll let you know how I make out.

[Guest r3d c0m3t]

You'll be happy with the decision to purchase one, trust me. I've gone around the web (for no apparent reason) searching good ol' Google for any possible reviews or insight on the H20-220C before I actually brought mine, and a few people had negative opinions about the 220C.

 

Saying such things as it would be outperformed by a custom setup, sure, a 360mm (320, going by Swiftech designation) would outperform this because of the extra 120mm of dissipating power, but that matters not seeing as how you can swap the radiator for your 360mm rad.

 

I'd say this thing performs on par (if not better than) the Apex Ultra GT.

 

Oh, and by the way, current idle temps are 30-33-26-26.

 

It's damn-near silent too, if you don't put your ear toward either the Apogee Drive or the radiator, you'd swear it wasn't working.

[sailindawg]

I'd say this thing performs on par (if not better than) the Apex Ultra GT.

 

It's pretty close to the Ultra because the block is from the Apogee water block and the pump is the same pump, except it's all one unit for the Compact. I also like the fact that the reservoir is built into the rad. It would be quite the trick if Swiftech made a 360 with a built in reservoir.

 

I've read that the waterblock is bowed, is this true?

 

Heck, even IanY at XS has used this system and seemed to like it. As he says, it's not for everyone, but it seems to be quite the performer for a all-in-one kit. Hopefully I'll have it for the weekend. Right now it seems that I'm limited by my Big Typhoon with my 4400. I can hit 2.9, but it seems to need more volts. With the BT, I'm unwilling to put any more volts into the cpu. Under P-95, my current temps range from 45-49C. Not bad for 321 FSB @ 1.45V. I'm interested to see what this cpu will do with this kit. In a few months, I'll be putting together my quad core system for the ultimate test of this kit. It should be fun!

[Guest r3d c0m3t]

I've read that the waterblock is bowed, is this true?

 

It most certainly is, and to be honest, I've never heard that term used for a convex surface, I even had to google "Bowed".

 

This thing will definitely allow you to push your 4400 further, much further. It'll hardly break a sweat. Hell, it hardly breaks a sweat with the Q6600.

 

Total badassery.

[sailindawg]

I even had to google "Bowed".

 

lol....yea that was a new one to me too. I had read that the APogee GT could be bowed, it was made to flex, however, once I read how to do it, I decided that I would never try to do it.

[RHKCommander959]

it's supposed to be 'bowed':

 

more pressure= better contact with the cores through ihs. especially on cheap 'bowed-inward' ihs like back in the days of the pentium 4's

 

also the ihs is meant to protect the cores, not help with heat transfer... so 'squeezing' the package together (via the shape of the block) decreases the distance from core to ihs, and ihs to block.

 

*replace 'bowed' with concave or convex depending upon what i was speaking of