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the difference is the reversable outlet methinks...so that you CAN use 3/4"od compressions without a 45deg if you want (I think...don't quote me). The pin structure, however, is only half of the block. The other half of the block is the nozzle which pushes the water into the pins and generates the turbulence in the flow. If that is different performance will almost certainly be different since it's an impingement block.
Hi Gabe, good to cya here once and a while.
I think Mor means the bottom half is half. He's meaning I think the design of the top is the other half.
The top is the same flow design etc as the metal top, just doesn't have the movable hole right?
Hey Gabe! Thanks for the Kudos. You guys really did put together a great product here.
At the base 13% (its minimum I believe) the pump is silent and performance still solid beating out stock air by far. I found the 40% area to be completely acceptable, especially for the performance it yields there. Its only audible . At 100% its louder than anything I have in my case at its 24/7 speeds (3 120mm Yate Loon High's @ 1k RPM). But its not like a video card fan or something of that sort. And my setup was more or less made for silence so its not a feat to be louder than 3 YLHighs @ 1k and a couple of Corsair 140MM fans at 800RPM.
Gabe, om reference to M0r7's statement I recall seeing a blurb, and hopefully this was about this block, about if you use the different top there may be an almost negligable 1-2C difference just b/c of where the inlet is located over the pins???? Maybe it was skinee labs? Im not sure, and not confident it was even with that block to be honest.
Yeah that 1300RPM I believe is the minimum and you cant hear it run at all really, especially over case fans, even quiet ones.
Joe C posts here and there, but I cant say I know him at all outside of his TIM test threads which several members including myself participated in. Best to ask our current active admin, I.M.O.G on that one.
Again, thanks for chiming in over here on the review, quite a solid product!
Great to see you taking an interest, Gabe! I think he was talking about the shape/size of the "nozzle" in the XTL maybe being different than the cone-shaped nozzle in the XL since it's a different top.Hi Guys, this is Gabe, CEO at Swiftech.
@m0r7if3r;6691616 : not sure what you mean by "the pin structure is only half of the block". Do you mean compared to the XT? If so, you are incorrect. The base plate and pin bed for the XT and XTL are exactly the same. So there is no performance difference whatsoever.
@ EarthDog: Excellent article - I note that you find the pump noise somewhat high at 40%.. did you try it at lower speed?
@m0r7if3r;6691616 : not sure what you mean by "the pin structure is only half of the block". Do you mean compared to the XT? If so, you are incorrect. The base plate and pin bed for the XT and XTL are exactly the same. So there is no performance difference whatsoever.
Was just curious if he was still involved here. Joe and I date back 10 years.
Wow, it is pretty cool that the ceo posts here.
yea, the watercooling community is pretty tight-knit, Eddy (the guy who runs EK) posts over at XS and gabe is super regular over there...skinnee of skinneelabs posts here a bit and at XS a lot...there's a whole bunch of people who're active in the community, staying down in the trenches.