Help me identify a waterblock...

[GhengisKhan]

I'm sorry, but I don't have a way to get pics of it, so I'll try and describe it as best as I can.

It's about 2-3 years old (could be 3-4, not really sure)
Rectangular shape (about 2" x 3" footprint)
Copper base (about 3/16" thick)
Polycarbonate top (about 1/2" thick)
3 black plastic hose barbs (middle is input, 2 outside ones are output)
has 7 fins milled into the copper in the middle (altogether only about 5/8" wide, each one is maybe 2mm thick)
middle hole milled in the polycarb top is round and threaded where the barb goes in, but is a slit no more than 3/16" wide, and spreads across the fins.
the 2 outter holes are the same width as the center channel outside edges.
there is a black o-ring that goes around the area that water flows through.
the 2 pieces of the block are held together with 4 allen, tapered head bolts that thread into the copper block.
there are 4 mounting holes that go through the polycarb top and the copper base (uses 4 bolts to mount straight to the motherboard)
I previously had this mounted on an Athlon XP 1800+ setup.

I seem to remember vaugely that it had to do with someone that went by the online name of Cathar (or something similar), who was then hired on to a bigger name company, and this is one of the first 2 rounds of his blocks that they manufactured professionaly.

Any ideas?

Edit.. the terms "White Water" and "Cascade" come to mind also, but that may just be something from the same time period when I bought this one...

 

[Petra]

The block that you are describing sounds like a good 'ole WhiteWater block. I don't recall Stew doing an acrylic/polycarbonate version, though, so it's probably one of the D-Tek WhiteWater blocks.

In the past, Stew had deals with both D-Tek and Swiftech to produce some of the blocks that he designed (namely the WhiteWater and Storm G4... the Cascade, Storm G5, and Storm G7 never really saw mass production outside of the few that Stew sold directly to people through the forums).