Innovatek Water Cooling

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Brian Kristensen
Kurtis
HighSpeedPC
Feb. 3, 2004

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New Products

Over the past year, Innovatek has expanded on their line of products with new water blocks, radiators, etc. We will be able to compare the older Innovatek products with the new and improved ones including the XX-Flow CPU block, the Graph-O-Matic GPU block and one of Innovatek's newer radiators. We will be able to see how the performance and quality has increased over time, and compare their latest and greatest against some of the competition.

While not really a big deal, I would still like to point out that Innovatek now has blue tubing available in addition to the standard clear tubing. The color matches that of the plastic blue tops available on some of the newer Innovatek water blocks.

XX-Flow CPU block

The XX-Flow is much different from Innovatek's InnovaCOOL CPU block in both looks and design. The XX-Flow is extremely low profile; a mere 20mm thick and the copper core itself is 10mm thick. The lapping job is pretty much the same as the InnovaCOOL block, flat but not a mirror finish. The overall dimensions of the block are 60x60x20 mm without the connectors. The top of the block is made of plastic and can be bought in opaque black, transparent red, transparent blue or clear.

There are a series of straight copper fins covering the entire copper core and a pattern of wavy, textured fins in the plastic to cause turbulence and force the water over the entire block. This flow method seems like it would be a lot more effective than the method used in the InnovaCOOL block. There is a rubber O-ring between the copper base and the plastic top, which are secured by four screws removable with an Allen wrench. The XX-Flow uses Innovatek's standard 3/8" compression fittings.

Below are some pictures of the mounting kit. The Socket 370/A retention mechanism sits on top of the block and holds on to the three lugs on each side of the socket. An Allen wrench is used to tighten the mechanism and hold the block into place. The P4 retention mechanism sits on top of the block and clips into the stock P4 retainer and a lever is pushed down on the mechanism to secure the block against the CPU.

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Page 1: Introduction
Page 2: Original Kit / InnovaCOOL Rev3 CPU Block
Page 3: Pump and Reservoir / Maxxpert 120mm Radiator
Page 4: New Products / XX-Flow CPU Block
Page 5: Innovatek 120mm Radiator / Graph-O-Matic GPU Block
Page 6: Installation
Page 7: Performance
Page 8: Conclusion

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