Andreoid & Finnzwerg watercool tinkering

[Bruno007]

I am discussing about the Andreoid & Finnzwerg watercool tinkering. I'm a real big fan of Andreoid's block - i recon they will soon be selling on some popular sites and eventually filter over to Europe to rival MIPS and EK on the grand scale.. The cooler a little surprised. Not with the specified benefits, but are very well with his performance. A direct comparison was cooling his performance against a current top model, has disappointed the cooler yet. The flow values are excellent, optics and processing also agree. Only the price of about € 70 at the end but a little pricey, but you can certainly present a cooler, which is not in any water system can be found. In addition, you should remember that the cooler not from a mass production with highly specialized machines, but with relatively simple means and a lot of manual work is manufactured. Nevertheless, we must purely objectively and with the same standards, which also apply to other coolers, evaluate. And in this light can Anfitec EXF the RS in the performance and price points are not really against other coolers on the market.

This is just a cool Exotic and speaks as such even more fans this division. Really something wrong with him you can not, because its cooling capacity for each CPU on the market is sufficient. When flow is without doubt a par with the current peak of the market. So, our recommendation to Anfi-tec so on, design and above all: A send-AM2 or even universal mount. Anfi-Tec has been known to enthusiasts for awhile now. Up till now, they have mainly been known as fabricators for mobo coolers, but this seems to be changing. With the introduction of the Anfi-Tec EXF RS, they are showing their first endeavor in CPU block fabrication. The "ext" stand for "extreme Flow". Whether the product can up to it's name remains to be seen live.

Whoever buys this product, will be surprised at what first seems to be an ordinary tin can turns out to be Anfi-Tec's exclusive choice of packaging. The can bears a brushed steel plaque which shows off the company logo. A neat idea that is not commonly seen with PC related items.

Any more information is warmly welcomed.

[squirekat]

Inside, apart from the CPU block, you find a detailed manual, mounting kit and a keyring, which is also made of brushed steel. It's worth mentioning that the plaque and the keyring are made from off-cuts from the CPU block manufacture. This creative usage of "litter", gives thought to what other interesting and unusual products that may be in the works. Appearances are always a matter of taste, you can not please everybody. But perhaps Anfi-Tec can satisfy a large range of customers with their EXF RS. The mixture of block POM, brushed steel is appealing to the eye and gives it a less than ordinary look. A total of 10 panhead screws, mounting and four for six in the block itself, give a nice contrast. Including the mounting plate, the CPU cooler is made up of five parts.

[marlyn]

Beginning from the bottom, we start with perhaps the most important part of the block, the baseplate. Compared to other current high-end blocks, the structure has been kept quite simplistic. Five jagged lines run through the copper. The surface, which actually does the cooling, is able to cover the heatspeader of a quad core quite easily. The structural design should help flow, but Whether the cooling performance is as good remains to be seen just. The baseplate has been left unpolished and shows marks of a typical beltsander. This should not impact performance, but it would be advised to apply thermal compound.

[Adripathi]

The following are some more information about the same :

• Directly on top you find the mounting plate made of brushed steel, which is interchangeable.
• Currently there are mounting plates for Intel 775 and AMD AM2 (+) available.
• Interestingly there are no springs or other items that provide any pressure to push the block down.
• The screws and spacers have been measured precisely So that the mounting bracket alone exerts sufficient pressure.

[Donald]

I am knowing some more things about this cooler. The mounting plate is located via six hexagonal spacers. Within those spacers, you find the middle section made from POM, which distributes fluid via two slotshaped jets. This method should benefit especially quad cores with better and uniform cooling. Because the middle section is made from one piece, it's exchangable, which could help future upgrading. To finish it all off you find the top, that is made from POM, into which you screw the connectors. Between those connectors you'll find the company logo and the cool name engraved. The top is held on by a "Ring of Steel", which is screwed onto the six spacers.

[Bantu]

To see how the cooler in practice suggests, has a Core 2 Duo E6400 overclocked to 3.15 GHz processor. In conjunction with a core voltage of 1.42 V under load loss increased to be cooled considerably. Mainboard served as an Abit IP35 Pro. The water cycle consisted of a dual Magicool Xtreme 240 Radiator (equipped with two Black Noise XL1 Rev.3.0), a Laing DDC 1T Pro Pump, a Digmesa FHK 70 flow meters and hose with an inside diameter of 10mm. The water temperature with a thermal sensor was determined in the reservoir, the reading of flow and water temperature was performed with a Aqua-computer. Other components were not involved with the cycle. Directly after the installation of hours the system was put under a load. This was the program Orthos 0:41 and the setting "CPU stress" on both cores generated with. Following a cool place. Once the temperature reached a constant value of the idle temperature was determined. Then the system was put under load another hour to temperature values to determine the load.

[afidelino]

The cooler did surprise. Not with its spec, but with its performance. In a direct shoot-out against the market leader, it fell slightly behind, but it did not disappoint. The flow rates are excellent and the visual appearance and finish are great. The price tag of approx. 70 Euros is a bit steep, but for the money you get a cooler that is not found in most water-cooled PC's. You've also got to consider that this cooler is not a highly specialized mass-produced using machinery, but handmade comparably with simple tools. Nevertheless we have to be objective in our review and score accordingly. Thus we cannot give an award for the Anfi-Tec EXF RS, because it did not outshine any other cool currently available in regards to price and performance.

[B_Hodge]

The Anfi-Tec EXF RS does itself proud. Under load it's only 3K away from the D-Tek Fuzion, one of the best performers on the market currently. In terms of flow they both score even with 250 L / h using the TestRig. It's worth keeping in mind though, that this TestRig did not test the CPU block to it's limits. There will be a follow-up test with a Quad Core.