Watercool Heatkiller CPU Block V4 Announced

— Simon Leigh

Watercool have announced the long awaited Version 4 of their Heatkiller CPU block.  The V3 did very well in our 2012 CPU block roundup despite being quite old still at the time.  The official press release isn’t quite ready yet as it hasn’t been translated but this is what Watercool told ExtremeRigs:

“New key features:

– Tool-less easy mount system
– Distance between threads increased to 25mm
– Massive holders (mounting plate) made from stainless steel
– Two new models (anthracite nickel and Acryl)
– Redesigned cooling stucture without jetplate
– 1-2 degree better coling temperature compared to HK 3.0
– High Flow design
– Nickel plated blocks get also nickel plated bottom plates
– Reduced socket chaos, we now offer one mounting for INTEL and one for AMD”

Due to the phrasing of “two new models” we believe (and Watercool have since confirmed) that there will be five versions – copper, nickel, anthracite nickel, clear acrylic/plexi, black acetal/pom. The other key feature was that the distance between ports has been increased – this was important because a lot of larger size fittings could not fit on the V3.

We will be getting a review sample and testing it ASAP!  Gallery of pictures from Watercool below: