MAZE? What?

[aces155]

I hear a lot that I should get Dangerden stuff when I upgrade. My question is thus. I hear a lot about MAZE. What is MAZE, and can I intermingle MAZE with non MAZE stuff. Is all DD stuff MAZE? And if I find a really nice pure silver block, should I use that over some DD Maze block? And is a pure silve block the best hands down?

 

[DaMiEn]

I'm fairly sure that maze is just the term they use to describe the path that the water takes (there are multiple paths so it looks like a maze)

Silver has very good thermal conduction (better than copper, etc) but it's not the absolute best. I've heard that diamond is pretty damn good for conducting heat but it's not exactly plausible

 

[DFI Daishi]

dangerden has their older maze product series and their newer RBX and TDX blocks.

the older maze emphasized low pressure and high flow, over a large area.

that system still works very well for thermoelectric products.

HOWEVER, as many watercooling companies now know, so far as cooling just a CPU core is concerned, it is better to up the pressure a bit, opperate over a smaller surface area and not worry about cooling the substrate of the processor. dangerden RBX and TDX both do this. other companies do this as well.

as for silver vs copper.............silver conducts heat somewhat better, but most of the designs are the same as the companies use for their copper waterblocks, meaning that it is not well optimized for use with a silver block.

now, the silver versions usually get better performance than their copper contemporaries, in spite of the poorly optimized design, but you have to ask yourself if it is worth the price.