Verdict and Conclusion
I’m not sure about you … but if I was to build a water cooled rig or project, I tend to use the same brand for all my water cooling components, which includes the fittings, reservoirs, pumps, radiators and of course the CPU water block. It just makes the whole system complete. I hate using different water cooling components from different brands.
Thanks to Bitspower, we were able to get a complete set of water cooling components for project… including the Bitspower Summit EF. The blue acrylic top matched the theme color of our PC build and the good thing is … the water block performs brilliantly too.
The overall construction of the water block is very good. It looks and feel solid and with Bitspower long history of making water cooling components, you’ll be sure that these babies won’t leak!
The only thing I wished for, is maybe some extra holes for adding your own LEDs. Other than that, the Bitspower Summit EF is pretty much
For cooling performance, the Bitspower Summit EF CPU water block performed really well at stock speeds, with idle temps at 28 degrees and load temps at 45 degrees Celsius.
Before we go any further, I have to inform you that Intel’s Kaby Lake processors can run extremely HOT when overclocked. We overclocked our 7600K to a whopping 4.9GHz.
During our overclocking tests, the idle temperatures was around 33 degrees Celsius, which was more than acceptable. However, while at full load temperatures reached 74 degrees. Alarming … but OK, a sure sign that the Bitspower Summit EF CPU water block handled it well.
The Bitspower Summit EF (Intel) can be purchased from Amazon for around USD $100, which I think is a little above your average cost for a CPU water block, but still OK. Buy now at Amazon – https://goo.gl/btxwuJ
Final words
If you plan to overclock your Kaby Lake processors towards 4.9GHz or beyond, then you need to a get yourself a CPU water block that can handle it. The Bitspower Summit EF (Intel) does just that.
