XSPC Razor 4870 Full Coverage Water Block

Introduction

Video cards these days are just as powerful in some applications as the main processor in today’s top end systems and all this power comes at a cost of generating large amounts of heat. Most of the stock coolers are barely sufficient to keep these top end cards cool under the most ideal circumstances. Put them in a crowded cluttered chassis and you’re just asking for heat related problems.

The ATi HD4870 is no exception to this rule. Under load, the GPU temp can easily reach upwards of 80 degrees centigrade and hotter in a closed case. When I was asked to take a look at XSPC’s new Razor full coverage GPU water block for my MSI HD4870 factory overclocked card, I jumped at the chance because I’ve already been getting great results from an other full coverage cooler on my Sapphire HD4870 factory overclocked card.

So let’s get on with this review and see just how well the two water blocks compare performance wise to each other. It’ll be interesting, to say the least.
 

About XSPC

XSPC is a UK based company founded in 2003 and incorporated in 2005. Our main business is the design and manufacturer of PC watercooling components. Our aim is to provide the market with the highest performance liquid cooling components at affordable prices.

We released our first product the R120 radiator in 2004, the following year we released our X2O CPU Waterblock, Pump and Watercooling kit. Since then we have released many award winning products covering all components of watercooling systems, most recently our Razor full cover GPU waterblocks.

All our products are designed for the PC enthusiast market where they are used by gamers and PC modders. Over the past year our products have been proved very popular with boutique PC manufactures and in specialist areas like recording studio PC's.

We are constantly revising our products to improve performance and in 2009 we will be releasing many new exciting products.