Conclusion
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Mounting the hole thing takes about 5 min at a max and by doing this you save quite a bit of space especially in the case. You usually have plenty of space behind the case anyways so having it in the will work well. Hopefully this will also help to keep the system a bit cooler.
Testing:
AMD 64+ 3200+ S939 Winchester
DFI lanparty UT nF4 Ultra
OCZ PC3200 2*1024mb Gold GX XTC
MSI Geforce 7800GTX
Maxtor 80 GB 7200 rpm harddrive
Watercooling parts:
1/2 Tygon Tubing
DD Maze cpu block
Eheim 1048 pump
Arctic Silver 5
Dual Bay reservoir
To archieve full load temperatures we had the computer running loops of 3dmark2003. Idle modes were taken while running Windows. The radiator is compared to a Thermchill 120 radiator provided by Danger and a Black Ice Extreme.
As we can see the BlackIce radiator has some problems even though it has 1/2 fittings so we ran 1/2 tubing with it. The Dangerden radiator and the Swiftech one have the same result in stock speed so it will be interesting to see what type of readings we will get under some overclocking.
The Thermochill and the Swiftech radiator seem to have the same results here to. What I like more about this radiator from Swiftech is the way of mounting it as it saves quite a bit of space.
Conclusion:
Well to sum this review I can honestly say that this is a good radiator. It has a shroud and a mounting system that is space saving and very easy to install. I would personally go for 1/2 fittings but that’s just me. It performed well even though we are sitting in 25 degrees celsius while doing the test. It’s a high quality radiator and as always it has a great support from Swiftech. The only thing I can “complain” over is the fan which is find a bit noisy but during the hot summer months that is excatly what is needed though. Overall I want to give this 5 out of 5 and our recommendations for a great radiator that really does perform as a radiator is supposed to.
Pros:
+ Performs well
+ Easy to install
+ Fan included
+ High quality
Cons:
- Noisy fan
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