Cooling What's the inside of a cuplex evo look like?

Anyone know? Anyone have pics? All other water blocks (the maze type, or the jet impingement over mini-fins type) are easy to see how things work, but never could understand how the evo works. Always wondered how it was channeled out inside...

-L6

 

I think it's something to the effect of stacked coins on a spindle with some spacing between them.... use your imagination a bit with that one.

http://aqua-computer.de/prodimg/nd_products/evo_blenden_500.jpg

That pic on AC's site kinda gets the general idea across. Not sure exactly how it works over a maze type design... I do know that the Cuplex Pro is a higher performer and people tend to choose the Evo over it for the looks (although persoanlly I prefer the look of the Pro to the Evo)

 

Here are some pics: http://www.watercoolplanet.de/index.php?open=5&type=kuehler_hersteller&pagenum=1&show=2

http://www.watercoolplanet.de/gfx/kuehlergalerie3/kuehler-2-1.jpg

http://www.watercoolplanet.de/gfx/kuehlergalerie3/kuehler-2-2.jpg

It's my favorite water block, and I haven't been able to convince myself to bother with anything else.

 

Sweet, I see the design now. I can see why it's such a good performer now too, it's like submerging a mini-air heatsink that acts like a water manifold and it's got the mass to store enough heat to make a decent transfer to the water. I'm surprised no one else has thought of something like this, it'd be so easy to make with a lathe and a bit of milling. (scheming to making my own now... muhahahaha)...

-L6

 

It looks funkyfresh, but according to a review i read on a norwegian site, it performs worse than even the "normal" block from AC, the one with just a regular "M" channel. But that might change under really heavy load

Edit: Linkowich to a graph: http://overklokking.no/cooling/vann_aktiv/ac_cuplex_478/index3.html

 

Yeah, it's (in order of performance) Pro, normal, Evo. Presumably XT before pro once it's avaiable. Most people choose the Evo for it's looks, and it looks like it would have the least flow restriction of the three. I think they'd be really smart to design a short heatpipe in the center of the core though! The way it's designed the most water will be moving at the top and not the bottom where the heat is primarily.

 

I use one and have no problems. Again, it's a matter of personal performance, and it's only a few degrees under "the best".