Swiftech APOGEE HD Gold Plated Limited Edition Water Block Unboxing & First Look Linus Tech Tips

[seroyer2]

Isn't gold the best conductor of heat?

[MrDreadlokz]

black tubin PLXOR! it would look better, and you have to change ur tubing anyways ;p

[DavidsPCchannel]

Hi Linus, I have a quick question, how does white tubing look with this block (and other gold fittings and blocks). I'm getting this block and want to use white tubing... Thanks in advance

[Pvtmatchsticks]

Mines number 63 and it looks so good

[TurbidAttack954]

The spring loaded screws should be colored gold

[TurbidAttack954]

For the new extreme buyers guide use the big bang xpower 2

[antster360]

whats the ID and the OD for the compressions??

[RoxxPC]

169 lol

[paradoxdesigns]

unboxing kitty!

[Dr3amVs]

Well i have a broken air cooler. How about that huh?

[AzimSobri]

limited edition  .. TOO bad

[DesertEagleGamer]

Woohoo me and Linus msi for ever! Long story short my for my first build ever which I currently have is a 2500k/gtx590 build at first it was amd/gtx 590 but the asus motherboard I bought for amd (asus crosshair v formula) had horrible drivers and the bios failed me the whole board just failed me so asus ruined amd experience and I switched to intel and will never go amd or asus ever I will stay with msi forever!

[Br3ach]

That cat is famous by now...

[MICHAELZHANG1997]

engraved number: #169... LIKE A BOSS

[Frostedchunks]

for sure the shizzle 

[H3LLSMAN]

I have number 053. Bitspower Matte black rotary compression fittings with PrimoFlex LRT Pro black tubbing.

[XiiMpo]

as a wise man once said, 1:22

[bryanh55]

@XiiMpo lol agreed

[Astrtrick]

its not gold enough:(

[Dhuuum]

FrozenCPU still has some of the limited edition gold plated Apogee HDs. 43 left in stock as of this post.

[Core22k]

i think it will look better with a lighter blue like.. the colour of links or idk.. orrrrr something between green and yellow.. yah but that's only my opinion :)

[BoY860]

Does this come stock with 1/2 barbs? Or will i need to buy that seperate

[H3LLSMAN]

@BoY860 Comes with the gold half inch barbs and clamps.

[Pvtmatchsticks]

@LinusTechTips dose NCIX ship these to other countries plz tell me i realy want to buy one thanx oh and the gold and blue go well together :)

[H3LLSMAN]

@Pvtmatchsticks Buy one from frozen CPU and use coupon "pcapex" at checkout and get a 5% discount, they offer international shipping, and they are one of the few sites chosen to sell this block.

[gulllars]

Yes, it does look god with blue tubing, because it's a deeper blue. The gold + deep blue (royal blue?) gives it a majestic look. :D

[gaming1chair]

lol at 5:35 genie cat appears like so everyone can see WATER COOLING PART 2 PLZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ­ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ­ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ­ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ­ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ­ZZZZZZZZ Linus

[camoxide]

169...

1----69

69 with a camera man.

[TheBenking34]

Oh so nice to just have a core i7 socket 2011 on the table like chips..

[Amaroqdricaldari]

RELEASE THE GOD DAMN WATER COOLING GUIDE BEFORE SOMEONE GOES ON A RAMPAGE! IT IS PRACTICALLY INTERNET GROUND ZERO NOW!

[xG4m3rJ4m3z]

Can you make a video when you upgrade your personal rig.

[1pisa2]

what pure man

[IXcrispyXI]

tell u what looks good pcs that dont look like 1000 other pc's out there

[effee1000]

Very pretty cat. Linus, can you tell me if the block is gold plated internally? This would be beneficial rather than just esthetic. Thx.

[xG4m3rJ4m3z]

Linus, can you make a video when you next upgrade your personal rig. :)

[mad87645]

just actually ordered one of these off frozencpu, very excited. I need to save up for 2 more 580s, a z68 ud7 mobo, 3 aquacomputer 580 blocks, a 480 and a 360 rad and the rest of the watercooling hardware.

[SmexxiWaffles]

You has pet tiger? xD

[Fireretro]

Red or black would look a whole lot better.

[neooneeightytwo]

Is that MY block you're holding? ;)

[Testify59]

no teflon tape included? under uv lighting. I don't think anyone will know it's gold plated.

[aeroaa2]

black ones

[iNf3rNuSdI4bLuS1]

no, absolutely no, use green or a soft blue, but don-t use dark blue or red, PS blue tubing looks like my houses gas tubing....

[TRAUMAeagle]

This IS compattible with 1155 right?

[coffey3c]

Okay. The gold is a little blingish for me, but still, if you don't put hot pink pile carpet in the

bottom of your case, and some and some hanging gold fringe along the top, Linus, I'm

going to feel like you've missed an opportunity. I've never seen a pimp-mo-PC before.

Nice block. Awesome Cat.

[nitro300]

what are the dimensions on the fittings.

[TRAUMAeagle]

I will buy it only because it's gold.

[z34gtpz28]

@TRAUMAeagle gold block. you gonna pimp out your pc! cool :)

[TRAUMAeagle]

@z34gtpz28 Look at my videos, I did however get a sound card and an H80, I will be downgrading to 2 Hydro copper 580's

[TRAUMAeagle]

cat loooks like cheetah

[RumbleM0NKEY]

5:35 Linus' genie cat appears out of the water block shortly after Linus rubs it.

[man0z]

blue and gold? werent thoseTutankhamun's colours?

[Phr33d0m]

5:38 - best part of the video!

[aSmallSandal]

it looks amazing. just like you, pretty boy.

(no gay)

[neodynium]

@aSmallSandal (no gay) <= mouahahahahahahahah u gaaayyyyyy

[MrTheLarva]

Wow you looks like a real homosexual idk why people continue to watch your videos

[SurkeaNahjus]

@MrTheLarva because he is really amaizing, he shows some really nice pieces of hardware and gives some good information about them. And he even isn't gay, but even if he would be who would even give a fuck? There is nothing wrong with gay people.

[Franco82bs]

@MrTheLarva Dear MrTheLarva,

I would to inoffensively point out the grammatical error (looks) in your post.

On the contrary, I would like to tumultuously inform you that your attitude and behaviour are not welcomed here or anywhere on the internet.

[JohnnyBNL1]

@MrTheLarva Because he knows where he talks about, i don't give a shit if he is gay, its about the products.

[Idate]

@MrTheLarva oh hey look youre watching too =o

[89x237]

why do cats always like small spaces? mine likes to jump into boxes to catch "prey" but we think he's abit crazy. A very interesting product to see, great video and cant wait to see it installed! ;D

[ahsonk]

GOLD TUBING!

[OrangemanHD]

That would be the last thing that cat ever did if he licked my brand new golden waterblock...

[ForeverAloneAU]

You know what looks good with green tubing? The EXTREME BUYERS BUILD! Hurry up with Part 2!

[TheGeekySalsa]

you should show us what it looks like in your pc

[andrevideosrawsme]

can you tell us in the watercooling video the difference between barbs and compression fittings

[BassPounderX]

its only 100$ and its 24k gold plated wtf win i i had a good cpu i would buy this

[pokemaughan]

lol @ le kitty

[immjab]

Blue tubing looks bad!

[APurpleSpy]

it looks good with blue.

Haters gonna hate.

[Piisceiss]

Plz have a water cooling buyers guide vid

[anguspd]

That Block looks rubbish (not the gold, just the block) looks like something made 10 years ago...

Would be Awesome if they made Koolance 370 fully Gold plated that would look ace !!!

+ Linus what processor you using that block on

[xCherubDecember]

Ur jacket makes you look like a jedi

[DBRMatrix]

Black and gold.. You can't go wrong with that combo for bling..

[Napster2k]

go with black tubing. it´s nicer than blue

[squizwald]

That would look even ore sh*t hot on an asus sabertooth x79 board... Colour co-ordination ftw!

[10r4everr]

Part no. One-69.. XD I'd say black tubing blue looks okay-ish.. :P

[Pozpenguin]

At 5:40 I thought a full scale leopard jumped on the table!

[cal920c]

black tubing: Black gold as fluid... Best coloured loop ever

[cal920c]

hmmm, fill your loop with gold fluid???

[systemofadumb1]

ha 69

[Tangylives]

I've just drooled over my keyboard.

[rommeldude1]

Does this create mold?

[iTK98]

if you can't go with black tubing, it's really depend on the MB/Case color.

[iTK98]

@iTK98 Black will emphasis the gold plating, while blue will emphasis the MB/Case colors.

[Platlander]

looks good Linus

[hickspixx]

@LinusTechTips You know we are going to expect to see the new rig when its done!! Plus black tubing would probably look better. ;)

[Warrockeryeah]

pink tubes. pants (hands) down

[onlyreallifematters]

you have to go with black tubing with this build. blue and gold will look weird! thumps up to make him see this!

[TheSSLPowa]

Geez, I think all the colors are epic with gold waterlock.

[alt572]

+1 for GOLD tubing

[elvedin999]

IMO any tubing would look bad with gold (maybe except black) but if I had to choose a real colour i would go with blue

[MrKj3ll]

Blue looks good, gold would look better.

[ChwyNiblet]

White tubing, hands down.

[hahano404]

Pyro. Jus don't talk anymore.

[Plettification]

"They're true pioneers when it comes to mounting... ehm, Hardware"

[eskci0]

Black tubes of course. lol

[mswsus]

pyro637 is so wrong in his or her thought process. A CPU is a CPU no matter witch manufacture makes the product. Heat kills a CPU. If you want to protect your investment so you have good reliable computer system over the years buy a top quality heatsink

[modernXpc]

Are you going to upgrade your silverstone tj07 as well?

[March1997GTX495]

Black +1

[AndreaFranchitti]

how much do you earn in a month? 5000$?

[shootbootleg]

how to get it in CROATIA? never ever

[alukardFE]

@shootbootleg we are screwed

[amdebk4ever]

switfech rocks im still using the apogee xt extreme and its GREAT!!!

[TortillaGaming]

Black tubes, gold plated waterblock and a Sabertooth motherboard?

[TheABYSSCINIAN]

Seriously any color tubing would look good but that all depends ion the color of all other components .( Mobo, RAM,Fan LED`S,Coolant, sleeving .ETC) .... Hahahahaha i also take it that you will be using a MSI base socket 2011 board..... Right for Me X58 was BLUE but Socket 2011 means BLK/WHITE..... super sleek and super super SEXXXXXXXXXY....

[AntiHamster500]

My Friend: Dude check out this picture of a gold plated Aston Martin.

Me: BORING! Check out this gold plated water block. So sexy :D

My Friend: ಠ_ಠ

[M0koto]

blue tube is nasty

[BeSweeeet]

FOR SURE THE SHIZZLE!

[way2shy]

I think my gold plated EK Supreme HF looks better.

[hookalounge]

Your cat looks amazing! His coat <3

[hulleyguy]

Blue tubing looks terrible!

[mswsus]

Do we have to buy the pump and the radiator separate? Also it sucks that there is no AMD FX socket mounts in the kit. How long does that take for them to UPS us the AMD mounting kit for there heat sink?

[pyro637]

@mswsus You really should only be watercooling a high performance rig. AMD just doesn't even compete in the high performance segment right now. Go with Intel.

[shaolindreams]

gold tubing ftw

[trdi]

Blue tubes look... terrible :s

[calvinblinkee]

gold piping

[Armin242]

It looks nice, but I would recommend a gold tube.

[phimac10]

How about danger den?

[connro22]

clear tubing gold uv reactent coolent

[Militarwizard]

I would rather use EKWB

[Militarwizard]

I would rather use EK

[Awandakidz]

Blue and gold doesn't match with each other.. Black ftw

[BulliesandHoodlums]

Rich white boy!!! Upgrading just to upgrade!!!!!

[Zink300]

it shows you how to put the thing on the thing and line it up with the other thing and the goop on the other thing .... hahaha i <3 you Linus xD

[yuri00r]

It not to put in a PC, we put this in a stand to show everybody how fucking rich we are rsrsrs

[jetpackswasno]

Blue tubing looks superb!

[mhaneline]

Swiftech thumb screws strip really easily, you have to be careful. 3 of mine stripped. Swiftech is really cool about it though, they mailed me free screws.

[ssrjjg92]

Anvy of you

[Deathshamy24]

it looks good with blue tubing but with the black mounting id say black tubing but hey it still looks good with blue now if you had some blue mounting then blue all the way

[bdpakaknox]

more info on your new build Linus? Perhaps a video later on?

[SpeedyDrawMcGraw]

Heh. Coolest water block.

[pete17989]

looks bad with blue

[gutrenchladd]

+1 for clear tubing with blood red liquid....

[mc3driver24]

The blue looks beautiful

[Falcrist]

+1 for Black tubing. The blue looks terrible.

[Candyman97]

I can tell you have been fighting with your cat, by the scratches on your hand, because I have the same scratches.

[FractilOpacity]

What he said about the inlet/outlet ports is wrong! There's only 1 inlet and the other 3 are outlets. Read everything before you assume please :)

[QuantumRise]

"Cool new toys." I see what you did thar

[motomado540]

Blue looks good but better in green (Extreme Buyers Guide Part 2)

[RDFStudios]

Blue looks good

[Boosthunter2010]

Cats are awesome..



[twistedalpha]

No to blue tubing.

[To0t]

go with black coiled tubing

[eddles777]

blue tubing looks awesome =D

[Kentri6]

only $100 DOLLLOOOS?

[b1gdaddy317]

DO green tubing. Green for the money and gold for the Honey

[darfung]

humm nice block

but i notice it is mainly for looks

we all know gold is a much better heat conductor than copper

i am disappoined to see that the base where it will be making contact with the CPU is copper

what is the point of it being gold plated

it might as well be sprayed with gold paint instead of wasting very good and efficent conducting metal on the outside of the block

[8bitassassins]

@darfung although gold is a better conductor it has a low melting point low enough where melting might be an issue, that and 24 kart gold is 1200$ an ounce.

[xkblxcripple]

@8bitassassins Its a 1 micron thick Gold Dying "Plated" i work in an engineering workshop and its only an extra $30 worth of metal but an hour of extra work. and that gold would have been with mixed with another "lighter" metal to increase its heat threshold but also makes it more "Dull".

[xkblxcripple]

@darfung The problem is with some coolants being Acidic and rapidly corroding or "Wearing" and then the problem of the Ceramic thermal paist (Sometimes Silicon based) and its reaction to the gold plaiting.

[Tehscottinator]

I think the gold is tacky.

But the apogee HD white is gonna be the sexiest thing on my black gigabyte mobo in my white silverstone raven.

[mismoutube]

Linus, would four of those Bitspower compression fittings fit easily on the block (one for each of the inlets/outlets)?

[MikalKD]

Black tubing 10000x times better. Be sure to get good black tubing like primochill. You need real black color.

[fightingfalconfan]

blue tubing looks sweet!

[tnartey]

black tubing would be epic! 

[gtf0myface]

not good with blue tubing

[CAC1291]

pardon my ignorance, but what exactly does a water block do?

[Mdemons12]

@CAC1291 A waterblock is a block that goes on top of the CPU. The water flows into it and takes the heat away and then goes into heat exchange in the radiator, I think.

[fightingfalconfan]

@Mdemons12 your actually spot on. I was just trying to find the best words to explain it; but you beat me to the punch. Its essentially a micro heat sink with water running through it. Just think of a cars cooling system and you have the basic principal.

[CAC1291]

@jkraw1 i know a decent bit about computers, i just don't know what this is. like i said, pardon my ignorance

[jkraw1]

@CAC1291 kk man only joking

[fightingfalconfan]

@CAC1291 high end cpu water block...they also make water blocks for video cards, motherboards, ram, and hard drives too.

[CAC1291]

@fightingfalconfan thanks, i figured maybe had something to do with water cooling but i didnt want to assume

[johnnymh1111]

Blue does look good.

[tuss4dzigns]

are you going to use this in Water Cooling PT 2? Where is water cooling pt 2?

[ryanctf]

Use distilled water



[remcobeijers1987]

don't use blue...

[kc88kc]

kittayyyy meowwww  5:38

[iGoosE]

Skip to 4:00, to see the water block itself..

[fhunkydelix]

Blue and gold= royal

[Sleinous]

Yeah blue looks good

[Blackra1n5]

OMG Linus 1'69'...

[Win7Fan]

Put the ting to the thing, then the thing to the other thing, and that thing to the thing. :))))