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We are now taking orders for our first CPU water block!

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Hi everybody!

We are now taking orders for our nickel plated front and side engraved CPU water block on our website at www.optimuswatercooling.com. Our first block is compatible with Intel LGA 115X and 20XX processors. You can see pictures of our block in this thread and through our website . We are taking orders in the USA at this time, but we will sell internationally in the future. Any order placed before 12/20/17 will qualify for free ground shipping. We will start shipping blocks by the end of December. Please let me know if you have any questions and any feedback is greatly appreciated.

Thank you,

Chris from Optimus Water Cooling



 
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Hello can you ship to the no mans land up north aka Canada plzzzzz i was in the market for a new block and yours look mighty fine
On our website, we are currently shipping with FedEx. It looks like the shipping rates in Canada are not too much more than in the USA. If you wouldn't mind, could you pm us your address, so we can figure out what the shipping price would be?

Thanks for your interest!

Optimus Water Cooling
 
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Made in America!
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Well now I need one.
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Do you have any performance test results?
We have our own test results, but we will have results from reviewers soon. Kyle from HardOCP is just finishing his review. There are a couple of changes that we want to make before we start shipping units to our customers. We saw that putting a loose piece of plastic to try to protect the bottom plate actually scratched it more. To fix this we will be putting a static cling sticker on the bottom, so it won't be scratched during shipping. The other thing we want to change is getting some stronger springs for better mounting pressure. Those are both things that will be fixed for retail units.
 
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Made in America!
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Well now I need one.
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Do you have any performance test results?
We have our own test results, but we will have results from reviewers soon. Kyle from HardOCP is just finishing his review. There are a couple of changes that we want to make before we start shipping units to our customers. We saw that putting a loose piece of plastic to try to protect the bottom plate actually scratched it more. To fix this we will be putting a static cling sticker on the bottom, so it won't be scratched during shipping. The other thing we want to change is getting some stronger springs for better mounting pressure. Those are both things that will be fixed for retail units.
I look forward to the test results.
 
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Its great you are offering a new, american made product! As you can see, consumers want to see some performance tests before slapping down that cash. Having some solid numbers and reviews before presenting your product would do wonders. I'm sure you are proud and a bit impatient at this point, but you need to put the horse in front of the cart.
 
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HardOCP stated shipping needs improvement since it was minorly marred from mirrorfinish during shipping. It could probably be polished by the end-user back to mirror-finish.

The inclusion of Arctic Ceramique is a bit puzzling. I don't believe it is a top compound , unlike MX-4 or MX-2. Is it ceramique due to corrosion of the copper baseplate with more metallic pastes or perhaps ones more likely to marr it due to composition? It's at best a 2 degree difference but MX-4 is a better compound. If spreader style application was the goal, Gelid GC Extreme is typically spread.

Having done a fair share of machining I'd say the block + mounting hardware is excellent but the spring stiffness isn't, going off the review.
 
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HardOCP stated shipping needs improvement since it was minorly marred from mirrorfinish during shipping. It could probably be polished by the end-user back to mirror-finish.

The inclusion of Arctic Ceramique is a bit puzzling. I don't believe it is a top compound , unlike MX-4 or MX-2. Is it ceramique due to corrosion of the copper baseplate with more metallic pastes or perhaps ones more likely to marr it due to composition? It's at best a 2 degree difference but MX-4 is a better compound. If spreader style application was the goal, Gelid GC Extreme is typically spread.

Having done a fair share of machining I'd say the block + mounting hardware is excellent but the spring stiffness isn't, going off the review.
They are shipping with stronger springs for consumer, so the results should be close to HardOCP's "HVY Spring" result.

They got a pre-release, hence the marred surface.. Not an excuse for the marred surface, as I believe that a review product, even pre-release, should have the final shipping layout.
 
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They are shipping with stronger springs for consumer, so the results should be close to HardOCP's "HVY Spring" result.

They got a pre-release, hence the marred surface.. Not an excuse for the marred surface, as I believe that a review product, even pre-release, should have the final shipping layout.
It likely wasn't marred when packed into the foam. As they haven't had vast retail exposure through distribution channels, as long as that "issue" gets fixed before retail it's not really a problem.
 
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It likely wasn't marred when packed into the foam. As they haven't had vast retail exposure through distribution channels, as long as that "issue" gets fixed before retail it's not really a problem.
Agreed. They know the issue and know we want that shiny shiny finish even if it doesn't diminish performance.

EDIT: Small company trying to get a foothold, it was a test model.
 
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Its great you are offering a new, american made product! As you can see, consumers want to see some performance tests before slapping down that cash. Having some solid numbers and reviews before presenting your product would do wonders. I'm sure you are proud and a bit impatient at this point, but you need to put the horse in front of the cart.
That all makes sense. Fortunately Kyle from HardOCP finished his review. I know KCDC already gave a link, but I will include one as well.

https://www.hardocp.com/article/2017/12/14/optimus_water_cooling_v1_intel_cpu_block_review/1

Acrylic tops are coming soon! And I can't wait to see what coolant looks like flowing through there. The heavier springs will be more representative of the final product. That I promise. We also won't have the scratches from shipping. We will include a static cling sticker to protect the bottom plate and keep it a mirror finish.
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Originally Posted by AlphaC View Post

HardOCP stated shipping needs improvement since it was minorly marred from mirrorfinish during shipping. It could probably be polished by the end-user back to mirror-finish.

The inclusion of Arctic Ceramique is a bit puzzling. I don't believe it is a top compound , unlike MX-4 or MX-2. Is it ceramique due to corrosion of the copper baseplate with more metallic pastes or perhaps ones more likely to marr it due to composition? It's at best a 2 degree difference but MX-4 is a better compound. If spreader style application was the goal, Gelid GC Extreme is typically spread.

Having done a fair share of machining I'd say the block + mounting hardware is excellent but the spring stiffness isn't, going off the review.
We chose arctic silver, because their thermal paste is also made in the USA and we wanted to source as many US components as possible for this product. If you know of any other brands that are made in the USA, we could switch over to those in the future. Or if the made in USA part is not super important, we could source thermal paste from other countries. Our goal is to make products that you are happiest buying, so any feedback is greatly appreciated.
 
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They are shipping with stronger springs for consumer, so the results should be close to HardOCP's "HVY Spring" result.

They got a pre-release, hence the marred surface.. Not an excuse for the marred surface, as I believe that a review product, even pre-release, should have the final shipping layout.
I completely agree, and I am sorry that the bottom plate ended up looking like that after the shipping. We are new to this, so we didn't know how to properly protect the bottom plate during shipping. I put a loose piece of heavy plastic from one of our bags that holds the mounting hardware, underneath the bottom plate. I thought this would protect it during shipping, but it actually made it worse and that's where the scratches came from. Kyle suggested using an static cling sticker, so that is what we are going to do going forward. We were not at all happy with the scratches that occurred and we will make sure that is resolved before customers receive their blocks.
 
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