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PolarFLO TT
Waterblock
Water-cooling is
such a normal thing now. It seems that with the consistent product development,
with assorted manufacturers, we now have quite an assortment to choose from.
However, there still remains the line between the serious and casual
water-cooling enthusiast. There are your serious products from the likes of
Danger Den, Swiftech, and a few others, whilst the casual market consistently
gets bigger as time goes by. I can say it is certainly nice to see a new
contender in the serious category, that being PolarFLO. Much like a few others
that have come and gone, the PolarFLO TT CPU block has literally stunned the big
guns like the DD TDX and Swiftech MCW6000 blocks. Every review I have seen so
far has the PolarFLO TT kicking some serious butt, but at ClubOC we only believe
others until we've done our own research, so lets go about doing it, and check
out the PolarFLO TT....

Specifications
"The PolarFLO TT CPU is the latest in pc water cooling technology. We bring you
the best performance at much lower flow rates and at high flow rates. The new
design is fully comprehensive and future proof. We decided to take a more
feature-rich and performance approach with the TT Series. The features this
series offers is unprecedented. The PolarFLO TT Series CPU block is a simple
two part design. If you can change the batteries in a flashlight, you can
service a PolarFLO TT CPU. The main body of the block rotates to relieve stress
and deflection on hoses. All the components are available individually. You
can take apart the new PolarFLO TT CPU to clean, modify or interchange parts.
The PolarFLO TT CPU uses the PolarFLO TT Series Posi-Seal Barbs and Plugs.
These Posi-Seal barbs and plugs are easy to interchange. You can get the
PolarFLO TT CPU in a 2 port or 3 port configuration. The low profile design
will fit into the smallest cases and with the low flow performance, you don't
have to worry about your pump-life. The new PolarFLO TT Series CPU water block
is the first in the series, which will be the most professional, high-quality,
and top performance series available."
Design and Features
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2
part design for easy assembly and disassembly
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Designed for processors with Heat Spreaders (Semi-Super Finished to lower
cost)
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High performance heat transfer geometry (diamond machined flat to 0.0003" -
0.0005" with a 0.000009" surface finish)
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Low flow resistance
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Easy cleaning and resealing
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Low profile (great for ever-shrinking PC systems)
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Universal mounting plate fits AMD socket 754, 939, 940 and Intel socket 478,
603 and 604. (Not for use on AMD socket 462)
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Universal mounting plate has intrinsic spring force for uniform mounting
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Future proof (when a new enhanced performance copper base is released you
may purchase only the base)
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100% Interchangeable parts (available separately)
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Unique mounting system allows 360 degrees of rotation to relieve hose stress
(kinking)
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2
port or 3 port configuration
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Threaded copper base for uniform assembly force (assembly does not distort
base flatness)
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Uses Posi-Seal barbs and plugs (ensures positive sealing every time)
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two tone colors (red, blue and black)
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Chrome plating available
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Made in the USA!
Package Includes:
- Mounting hardware
- (4) 6-32 x 2" Screws
- (8) Nylon Thumbnuts
- (8) Nylon washers
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Instructions
- Y-splitter (only included with 3 port configuration)
- (2) Hose clamps ( 5 hose clamps included with 3 port configuration)
Features

The TT is a stunner in the looks category, and looks very
intimidating compared to the flagship blocks offered from others...

Using a triple inlet configuration, the PolarFLO will depend
on an excellent high GpH pump for good temperatures.

The surface of the TT is flawless to say the least... notice
the universal application for any processor, so long as you have holes in your
board.

The only thing that I want to nitpick about is the lack of
extra pieces of tubing that you'll have to clip off your existing arrangement.
Nevertheless, installing the PolarFLO was relatively easy for those of you with
any experience with Danger Den or Swiftech blocks. PolarFLO includes everything
you need (except for extra tubing) to install your block onto your AXP, A64, P4
processor...
Performance
For our testing we used the following configuration:
- Intel Pentium 4 Prescott
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Asus P4C-800E
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Crucial Ballistix PC-4000
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Visiontek x800 Pro
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DangerDen D-4 Pump, MicroBIX Radiator, Maze 4 GPU Block, Z-Block Chipset, Tygon
1/2" Tubing
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Thermaltake Butterfly 480W PSU
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Lian Li PC V-2000 Case
Much like our Danger Den TDX review we used a lot of Danger Den
stuff which in our opinion is really excellent stuff. Danger Den has helped us
an immense amount and we credit a lot of water-cooling testing and research to
them. Just to stir up the pot a bit we used our Danger Den configuration to test
the PolarFLO TT block and compare it to our TDX block. We use 2x80mm Sunon
medium RPM fans on our Micro BIX radiator and we tested at full load and idle
using several different configurations to place load and to unload the Prescott
processor which we ran at its default 3Ghz until summer breaks off its torturous
90F+ Idaho heat. At the same room temperature that we tested the TDX at the
Prescott's default 3.0Ghz, we proceeded to get some numbers from the PolarFLO
after the 48Hr curing period needed for our Artic Silver 5 paste.

So there you have it, much like every site we've seen thus far
the PolarFLO beats the TDX by only a small but to some a significant margin. Due
to our processor's 250fsb max we found that it still had that max even though
the PolarFLO cools a bit better than the TDX. Oh well, you can't win every time...
The PolarFLO is a very nice water block more than worthy of your
existing configuration, although one of the things that we didn't do nor have I
seen anyone else do is to try the TT on a configuration with a not so worthy
pump that flows less than what is needed. Not to say that the TDX may actually
be more efficient in that kind of arrangement, but with the double inlets on the
PolarFLO it could present a problem in flow, and therefore, overall
temperatures. For now the TDX is going on a F/S forum, the TT is staying on our
test bench, so yeah, its ClubOC recommended...
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Club Overclocker
Rating |
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Innovation: |
9.0 out of 10 |
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Performance: |
10.0 out of 10 |
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Quality: |
10.0 out of 10 |
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Stability: |
10.0 out of 10 |
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Compatibility:
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10.0 out of 10 |
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Overclocking: |
10.0 out
of 10 |
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Software
Pack: |
N/A |
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Value: |
9.0 out of 10 |
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Overall Rating 9.5 |
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Skill Level |
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Project Skill Level
(10 being hardest) |
5 out of 10 |

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