Aveks BephaMart CPU Water Cooling Block Waterblock 50mm Copper Base Cool Inner Channel

Pleasantly surprised with this block, keeps a overclocked xeon 3680 @4ghz very cool, looks pretty decent. Mounting system could be better, a back plate is highly recomended. The mount could interfere with board components and if you are using a mitx then you may need to mod the mount for it to fit. The included fittings are not standard 3/8 barbs, they are smaller, maybe 9mm, just use your own and it will be fine. Took 6 weeks to get to NC USA so if you need it in a hurry look elsewhere. Update After almost a year of use it is still working great, no corrosion or wierd buildup, temps on a 8 core xeon that is over clocked are still great.

Been using this water block for a while, and the lamination is coming off. I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW IT WAS A LAMINATED BLOCK! I expected it to be a solid hunk of copper... It's not, he copper is a thin lamination... and it's peeling...

For the price did not expect much. But, works very well. On a Ryzen 2700x kept the temps in control. Will use on my next water build.

The water block seems to work fine of my LGA 1200 CPU. It doesn't leak and handles the thermals fine. My one (pretty big) issue is that the block does not play nice with an LGA back plate. The included hardware would suggest that you are supposed to mount the block on the CPU with a plastic washer holding it on against the motherboard's PCB. The whole point of a back plate is to secure the cooling solution so that its force is spread across a larger area, preventing damage by stressing small parts of the board. What I ended up doing to spread the load evenly was I took a multi-socket back plate and pulled out the threaded metal part; and I stuck the included hex nut on the bottom of the back plate, carving out some plastic so that the hex nut would have a little more security, which was not strictly necessary but it made mounting the block a little easier (not that it was easy to install, in fact it was quite difficult). Long story short, its an otherwise good block with bad back plate compatibility. If you're willing to mod a back plate, then I do recommend this block. Otherwise, I would advise against mounting any cooling solution without a back plate; there is a reason that every included AMD and Intel CPU cooler has one.

What can I say, this cpu block is better than I thought it would be. I do have a few pros and cons so please read. Pros: 1) G1/4 threads for swapping out the barb fitting to whatever you want. 2) The clear top part allows me to see if anything is wrong with the cooling (ie, air bubbles, debris) 3) The block is very sturdy build quality. Doesnt flex like my last one. 4) Came with everything I needed, mounting screws, hose clamps, hose barbs. Cons: 1) Mounting/ Setting this up is a pain in the arse. There is no back plate just 4 screws that have plastic washers. 2) Screws have lots of wiggle room on the block. It isnt a tight fit by any means but at least it works. If you are looking for a cheap and working cpu block, this is the way to go. My Xeon x5650 never goes over 130F(54C)(Unless im stressing the cpu for over 2 hours) The rubber seals that seal the top part to the bottom are very well made.