AquaXtreme MP-05 Pro Water Block
Introduction & Packaging
Published: 19th September 2006 | Source: AquaXtreme | Price: |
When it comes to high-end water blocks a name that generally springs to mind is Swiftech or Alphacool. However, it's not always the best known blocks that have the best performance as proven many a time by people who go to the trouble of designing and milling their own custom designs.
Today I'm going to be taking a look at a block named the "MP-05 Pro" by a little known company called AquaXtreme. Searching around the internet, I wasn't able to find much information on this mystery company - in fact the only information I could find, is that AquaXtreme blocks and pumps originate from a website named CoolTechnica.com.
Many enthusiasts have already hailed this block as the best on the market when it comes to price vs performance, and today I'm going to be comparing the MP-05 against the Swiftech Apogee block. The Apogee falls into the same price bracket as the MP-05 block, and therefore makes for a very good comparison.
Packaging
Copper is a very soft metal and doesn't fair to well when thrown around by a rough courier. Most companies package their blocks up very well and even go to the trouble of placing a plastic film over the blocks base to prevent scratches and oxidisation.
The MP-05 comes in a plain white, single walled cardboard box - not exactly a great talking point! Disappointingly the block was placed inside the box without any form of padding or other protection. The base of the block was also unprotected, being left to rub against the bottom of the cardboard box.
Continuing in the MP-05's minimalist ways, the box contained no instructions on how to mount the block. However, those of us with previous water cooling experience shouldn't find it too difficult as the MP-05 comes with a universal socket mounting adapter that caters for most of the recent socket and motherboard layouts.
Continuing in the MP-05's minimalist ways, the box contained no instructions on how to mount the block. However, those of us with previous water cooling experience shouldn't find it too difficult as the MP-05 comes with a universal socket mounting adapter that caters for most of the recent socket and motherboard layouts.
Most Recent Comments
Nice block but I can't believe that they didn't clean it out before shipping it to you, that's a good way to screw up an expensive pump getting nasty debris in it.
Looks a very nice block, shame about the shortcoming of the packaging and care taken during manufacturer 
Sorry if its in there & i missed it but what do these retail at?
awesome review as usual, that would suck h/e if u didnt open the block
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great review, yet again!!! well done 
Shame about the negative points, we can actually get hold of these but sadly the bad points are putting me off
Shame about the negative points, we can actually get hold of these but sadly the bad points are putting me off
I love mine. Mine came slightly dirty as well but a few hrs in vinegar solved that . Great review XMS.
. Great review XMS.Yeah, I used Arcticlean to sort mine out - but vinegar would probably have been better.
In a way it's good to know that i'm not the only person to have a dirty MP-05 block - so now it can't be shrugged off as an isolated incident.
In a way it's good to know that i'm not the only person to have a dirty MP-05 block - so now it can't be shrugged off as an isolated incident.
While the block is a good performer: they will have to improve their quality testing. I am totally unimpressed with manufacturers who let QT slip and there is simply no excuse. I don't think I would recommend people to buy this over a Swiftech Storm - as I know Swiftech's QT is at a very high standard.
nice review, didn't know the core2's put out that much heat! lol
Shame about the manufacturing fall downs though.
Shame about the manufacturing fall downs though.
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nice review, didn't know the core2's put out that much heat! lol
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Yeah they can be hot buggers when you start pumping the voltage thru. I think the IHS on mine is slightly concave anyway - time to lap 
Hi...
Wanna ask wat addictive was used in the setup..?
The red addictive.
Wanna ask wat addictive was used in the setup..?
The red addictive.
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Hi...
Wanna ask wat addictive was used in the setup..? The red addictive. |
That is actually UV Red tubing available from dangerden.com (and lots of stores that stock Danger Den products).
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