Purchased a new/used water block.
 

I purchased a Swiftech GTZ block. It has s775 brackets I can use with my i7 3770K.

It looks really large on the bottom. How does this block fair for cooling?

Possibly used for TEC cooling cause of Witch_D getting my itch for that stuff going again. I can't stand it cause I can never find a decent way to run a TEC on a PC.... :Dizzy: BUT never the less I really dig the challenges faced when using that type of cooling.

I'd just like to know about cleaning the block. From what I see there's a piece of plastic inside to direct waterflow. If this piece is removed, will it make the water block useless??

And the seal looks to be 2 piece? Should I purchase extras? Has there been known problems with this block leaking??

Thanks in advance!

lol you just got this over at EOCF i got something from that guy also XD

you just need this :D $10 make you holla :laughing:

The GTZs are good blocks, they were the standard up until a couple years ago. Think I got three of em in a drawer somewhere :P

I think i may still have one of them GTZ around the house somewhere lol
it's really based on which motherboard you are using it's different you may have a set of holes for 775 mounts.

http://www.swiftech.com/gtz-uhd-1156-bp.aspx

Yea at least the bracket isn't expensive :D. I also have the s775 hole drilled in the EXtreme 4 also which I'm using now.

Do you guys remove the hold down for the Cpu? I found the thing to be... well... big and bulky. 3 screws it comes right off?

I woudln't cuz you don't want to bent any pins in the socket or you'll be well... SOL lol...

also DOMass, just don't.

Does that plastic bracket that the Cpu sits in comes off with the metal hold down bracket? So just bare pins out of the board?

actually i am not 100% sure..

Lol! well if that little black casing stays there, I think it would be cool. But I need confirmation before I go tearing this thing apart again. I'm trying to make this one last a few months hehe....