It seems that 2003 is the year of the water block. All the big names in water cooling have released new versions of their high-end CPU blocks as well as several new players joining the market at all segment levels. So when GruntvillE decided to gather up all the big names in high-performance water blocks the list included; Danger Den, D-Tek, Swiftech, and PolarFLO. So we… what? Who is PolarFLO? They are one of those “relatively new” players in the water cooling market. PolarFLO is the brand name used by Horse of Iron to market and sell their CPU water blocks. Horse of Iron is a machine shop that is located in, what this east coast resident considers, the middle of nowhere. Also known as Montana. They decided to get into the water cooling business by jumping in with both feet, right into the deep end. Back to what I was saying, we contacted those four companies and asked them for samples. All the companies sent us blocks almost immediately, except for Horse of Iron. They told us they didn’t have any and would have to wait until the end of the month.

So we waited, patiently working on other reviews. We were very curious about this newcomer to the market. Other sites had reviewed them favorably, but we wanted to see for ourselves. Finally, Steve from PolarFLO told us that not only did he have a block for us, but it was a design that won’t be out until the end of October…Oh, and by the way, can you please put us head-to-head with the Swiftech? Needless to say, we were more then happy to oblige. Let’s face it, we are hardware junkies and anyone who tells us they not only want to let us look at a product before it is released *AND* to compare it to another product we just reviewed better have their UPS account number ready.