Help!!! Need to find best place to get Swiftech water blocks

[Mt_Goat]

I have been looking and need to find where to get the Swiftech MCW5002-A CPU block and the Swiftech MCW20 chipset block. I am having a hard time locating them in stock and I will need the 1/2" ID hose barbs for them also.

[TheLostSwede]

Order from them directly or ask them if they can hook you up with a vendor that can deliver. That's their job. I have to warn you though that they where VERY slow to ship my stuff. Took a week before the stuff left their building.

[Mt_Goat]

Yes, I remember how slow it was when you ordered and that's why I was trying to avoid going direct myself. Is there really that much difference between the 5002 and the 5000 CPU blocks???

[TheLostSwede]

No idea of the exact diffference. Can't be much. Isn't it different socket fittings on them? Check their reseller list.

Edit/ The difference is that the 5002 has 1/2 sized nipples and the fittings is vertical while the 5000 only has 3/8 holes for their quick-tubing thing and have horizontal (kind of) fittings. They do have adapters that you push into those holes though. I use them adapters on the chippy and Radeon block. Thin-walled as well so it won't have so big impact on flow as the case with thick-walled is. I don't like the idea with the horizontal fittings though.

[madmat]

Xoxide has them in stock.

[madmat]

Oops, my bad...they just have the 5002 in stock.

[Mt_Goat]

Xoxide Has the MCW5002-A CPU block I want. As for the Chipset I may look at others since the Swiftech blocks are only based on 3/8" and I am afraid the whole system would take a hit If I Had 1/2" on the CPU and smaller on the others. Something else I thought of concerning my NB is that it is far from flat. Can I safely true it or do I need to find another way to get better contact between it and a cooler???

[madmat]

You could Y the hoses to the CPU and chipset off and run 1/2 to the CPU and 3/8ths to the chipset...I believe you can find Y's with 1/2 in and 1/2 out and 3/8ths out
And just split it upstream and downstream.
Then again you could get a DangerDen Maze chipset block with 1/2 barbs in it.

[Mt_Goat]

I think I am going to get the Danger Den Z-Chipset block since it has 1/2" barbs. I will give this more thought and order my stuff this weekend. It looks like I will end up ordering from 3 different places and found my tubing at a local pet shop.

Now I guess I need to figure out my far from flat NB dilema.

[madmat]

Well, you could lap it, I did see a guide for it somewhere (I know, without a link it's not much help) but if you go too far then you'll just have a dead board.
Rock and a hard place kind of situation.

[madmat]

HEHE, I found it... http://www.rojakpot.com/default.aspx?**********3&var1=70&var2=0 there you go.
Good luck.

[Mt_Goat]

Thanks! Looks like what I will be doing.