Z4 Blizzard kit just arrived...(pics)

[jblaven]

This is my first attempt to post pics. Hope it works. Here is the 12 page manual.

 

[jblaven]

Here is the 3/32" thick tubing.

 

[jblaven]

Here is the fan and radiator

 

[jblaven]

The waterblock...

 

[jblaven]

and the pump...

 

[jblaven]

Well I must say that I am pleased with what I see so far. There are some inconsistencies in the manual, but nothing major that I can see right off the bat.

For instance, they say to mount the springs over the 4 "stainless steel bolts" (in the manual) to mount the waterblock (this might be to prevent overtightening and damaging the CPU-The nylon threads might give out first). In the kit, you receive 4 nylon bolts. I don't think this is a big deal. We will see how the installation goes.

Another thing... It took about a 45 days to receive after placing order. And 30 days after they charged my account. I was going to call them today if I didn't have my kit. It arrived on the 3rd.

Overall, I am pleased

 

[phiber]

wat material is the block made out of>? aluminum?

 

[jblaven]

Yeah, honestly I was expecting copper. It seems like I saw a review, and it had a copper waterblock....

Here is the review... now that p*sses me off.... Whats up with this? Go to the link and compare it to the waterblock I received.

Link:

http://www.2fastcpu.com/z4waterkit/page2.html

That kind of sucks. What do you think?

 

[jblaven]

I went back to Overclockershideout.com to make sure I was not loosing my mind....

http://www.overclockershideout.com/...Store_Code=o&Product_Code=CK&Category_Code=WC

This link will show a "Z4 Copper Aqua sink" as part of the package.

Me don't see no copper!

I think I will make a phone call.

Regards.

 

[schoolie]

supposedly, the new blocks are silver plated now. Also they took the improvements that somebody made to their blocks (without giving any credit to Fixittt and jaydee at procooling). The Z4 'maze' has bigger channels than the picture on their website.

 

[Tecumseh]

Yes, you should have copper and the picture of your
unit clearly is aluminum. THey owe you some copper.

 

[kttdkt]

Its looks nice, tell us what they say about that waterblock, then post pics when everything is fixed and put together.

 

[racecar12]

They do a nice job on tohse resiviors. Not sure about the pumps but unfortunatly the rad and w/b have little to be desired according to those spoken to in the past. I, myself, started watercooling with a blizard kit just to see what watercooling is all about and an expensive learning curv at that. But soon after I setup the kit......BAM> fabbed my own The only way to go

 

[Istari1]

I went back to Overclockershideout.com to make sure I was not loosing my mind....

http://www.overclockershideout.com/...Store_Code=o&Product_Code=CK&Category_Code=WC

This link will show a "Z4 Copper Aqua sink" as part of the package.

Me don't see no copper!

I think I will make a phone call.

Regards.

Its just silver plated, thats all. Actually the aluminum blocks they sell are just square normal looking things, not the Z4 shape. SO dont fret, its copper under all that petty silver.

Josh

 

[Istari1]

They do a nice job on tohse resiviors. Not sure about the pumps but unfortunatly the rad and w/b have little to be desired according to those spoken to in the past. I, myself, started watercooling with a blizard kit just to see what watercooling is all about and an expensive learning curv at that. But soon after I setup the kit......BAM> fabbed my own The only way to go

The pumps are 500 GPH monsters that run on a normal molex connecter. WHich is great cause if you think its loud you can do a simple 7 Volt Molex mod and it will still prolly run around 300 GPH and should be ulrta quiet. Mines in the mail hopefully.

Josh

 

[Tecumseh]

Its just silver plated, thats all. Actually the aluminum blocks they sell are just square normal looking things, not the Z4 shape. SO dont fret, its copper under all that petty silver.

Josh

That's good to know. Seems like they should have been
bragging about it, not that it would help heat transfer.

 

[racecar12]

The pumps are 500 GPH monsters that run on a normal molex connecter. WHich is great cause if you think its loud you can do a simple 7 Volt Molex mod and it will still prolly run around 300 GPH and should be ulrta quiet. Mines in the mail hopefully.

Josh

I would not call it a monster pump just yet They do not give any specifics on the pump nor will they link you to the style pump they are using. It could be a 500gph pump@0' lift and 120gph@4' lift for all we know. That and the fact they call it a blizard kit when it should be called a "Closer to ambient kit" makes me question some of the reality of fact thru cpufx.

 

[mEKbOY]

The waterblock has a copper base you were not ripped off it is silver plated.

 

[H2O2Go]

They sell Z4 silver plated copper parts.

Here is a link in thier forims about the newest silver plated copper Z4.

Z4 silver plated

 

[mEKbOY]

If you will notice the radiator is now a heatercore racecar12.