Koolance CPU-330 Water Block Review

The Koolance CPU-330 Water Block

Once you catch the water cooling bug there will always be the nagging itch to find the right parts to squeeze every ounce of potential from your cooling loop. Unless you buy a kit, the part that you will most likely pick out first is the CPU water block. Today we will be looking at one of those options from Koolance, the CPU-330 water block. Lets take a quick look at the specifications.

• Model: CPU-330
• Type: CPU Block CPU
• Compatibility (It supports most boards using the following processors):

• AMD

• AMD AM2 + 939 / 940 / 754 processors (64, Opteron, X2, FX, Sempron) AMD “F” 1207 (Quad, Opteron, X2, FX) AMD “A” 462 (XP, Duron)

Intel

• Intel LGA775 (Quad, Core 2 Duo, Core Duo, Extreme, Pentium) Intel 478 (Pentium 4, D, EE, M, Celeron) Intel Xeon (603, 604, LGA771)

Block Dimensions: 60 x 60 x 18mm

Block Material: High Density Copper, 21k Gold Plating, Anodized Aluminum

Tube Dimensions: 3/8″ (10mm); 1/2″ (13mm) and 1/4″ (6mm) available

Port thread: G1/4

Included fittings: None

Packaging

The CPU-330 block comes in a simple box.

Inside the box is the block, backing plate, rubber insulator, retention studs, and thumb screws to mount the block to just about any socket. Since the CPU-330 does not come with fittings Koolance provided a set for us.