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Overclockers are always in search of the best
cooling option for their system based on their budgets. Not everyone can
afford a high performance water-cooled system and not many would want one
either. You are left with an air-cooled solution and finding one that will
offer acceptable cooling performance while maintaining low noise levels is
quite difficult. Swiftech, as a leader in PC cooling technology, offers air
cooled solutions without compromising performance. We have looked at a few
high-end water blocks from Swiftech in the past and were highly impressed with
them. Today, we'll take a different turn and take a look at their high-end P4
air-cooled heatsink, the MCX478-V. This uniquely designed heatsink was
designed to provide the highest level of performance while maintaining noise
levels at a minimum. How is this acheived? They focus more on the heatsink
design itself rather than relying on a high RPM fan to do most of the work.
Its one of a kind design is quite remarkable and rather intriguing and one
can't help but take a closer look at it and possibly consider it as an option.
Packaging & Contents
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The heatsink comes in the usual plain box that
most other Swiftech heatsinks come in. Included are the P4 retention
clips, four 80mm to 90mm brackets, four convenient snap-in plastic rivets,
installation instructions and Arctic Alumina thermal compound.
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This is one spectacular looking heatsink.
It's quite heavy and of the highest quality. Unlike its similar
predecessor, it consists of a full copper base and unique helecoid shaped pins
that are bent at multiple angles. The spacing or angles between them
have been precisely calculated not only to optimized cooling, but to reduce
noise levels as well. Overall, the design is quite clever and its main
purpose, aside from the fact that it is quite stunning to look at, is to
promote increased turbulence for more efficient heat dissipation.
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The copper base is polished and has a near
mirror finish. Ours had some dark marks on the CPU area but they were
not actually scratches. Although the marks did quite bother me, the
surface is lapped and polished so well and feels so smooth that I would not
dare to touch it.
Specs
CNC machined, C110 copper base, 3"W x 3.3"L x .500"H,
flatness better than 0.0003",
micro surface finish 8 or better.
374 Helicoid Pins made of High Thermal Conductivity Aluminum Alloy,
press fitted in the base.
Heatsink base dimensions: 3"x3.3"x1.66"
Heatsink top dimensions: 3 3/4" x 3 1/2"
Weight: 22 oz (620g)
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