cartago2202
04-29-2012, 02:12 AM
Complete Set: Swiftech H2O-320 Edge kit in Cartago's Review.
http://www.abload.de/img/sam_1968jkeru.jpg
Hello everybody und welcome to my new review,
Swiftech is one of the well-known producers of the water-cooling-sector, which released in the last times a new revision of its all-in-one watercooling-package.
The newest part of the set is the Apogee HD CPU cooler. A GPU-cooler is not part of the set, which is quite logical, because it is hard to manage to create a cooler which is compatible to almost every graphic card.
But let us take at first a closer look of the singular components and technical details:
What is in the box?
http://www.abload.de/img/sam_1971j0feo.jpg
MCR 320 Rev3 Radiator including:
Heat exchanger for three 120 mm fans
Integrated reservoir with dual Filling-Ports and caps
integrated MCP35X PWM controlled pump
(3) 120 mm fans with grating
The common screws for the radiator assembly
(3) 1/2 " fittings and tube-cuffs
(3) 12 to 7 Volt fan-adapters
(3) 12, 5 Volt fan-adapters
Apogee HD Cooler including
Motherboard Backplate for Socket 775, 1155, 1156, and 1366
Separate Screws / plumes for Socket 2011 will be released in further future.
1 / 2 "Black fittings and tube-cuffs
PK1 thermal grease
The special separate AMD clamps and installation materials are not part of the scope of supply, but will shipped without any extra-costs. They are compatible to: Socket 754, 939, 940, AM2, AM3, 770, F, FM1 and older Server socket 771 Processors.
MCB120 "Radbox" including installation parts
Alternative Fan Assembly-package
Alternative Radiator Installation Hardware Pack
(2) 2.1 Liter HydrX Cooling-mixture
(2) Meter 3 / 4 "OD x 1 / 2" Clear PVC tubes
Chute
Installation-CD and and all-embracing installation manual
Radiator-specifications
Brass pre-chambers, tubes and copper fins
POM-pump-case
Optimized fin-structure for maximum heat-dissipation
Patent-registered integrated pump-case
M3.5 tap-holes
G1/4 screw-thread
Acrylic paintwork
ROHS-conformity
Sizes:
http://www.abload.de/img/mcr320-drive-rev3-dim8kcjt.jpg
Pump-specifications
Motor Type: electric brushless spherical motor
Nominal voltage: 12 VDC
PWM controlled
Operation voltage: 9 to 13,4 VDC
Max. operating voltage (12 V): 18 W
Max. nominal current (12 V):1.5 a
Max. delivery-height (12 V): 4.4 m
Max delivery-volume (@ 12V): ~ 4.75 GPM (17,5 LPM)
Max. pressure: 22 PSI (1,5 BAR)
Temperature range: up to 60 °C
Electric connectors: Molex 4-polig
PWM + RPM signals: 4-Pin-Connectors
RoHS: conformity
Screw-thread-conncetion standard: G1/4
MTBF: 50.000 hours
Apogee HD cooler specifications
Polyoxymethylen (POM) Top
Precisely processed copper bottom with 225 µm (0,009 ") micro-structures
Polished bottom-plate
• Sizes: 60x60mm-G1/4 Threat-connectors
Multi-Port technology: Intake (1) and (3) outlet connectors
Universal clamp for Socket 775, 1155, 1156, 1366, 2011
http://www.abload.de/img/apogee-hd-dimensions84ch1.jpg
Fan specifications
Modell: RDM1225S
Electric tension: 6.0 ~ 13,8 VDC
Power: 0,23 a
Round per Minute: 2000
Static pressure: 3,5 mmH20
Volume: 76.9 CFM / 130,6 mł/h
Noise emission: 38 dB (a)
Conncetion-port: 3-Pin
Echo-signal: yes
As you might have noticed the set from Swiftech contains almost every fillips, which means that the customer purchases a complete ready-to-installt-set. Well done, Swiftech!
The pump is pwm-controlled and has a slight better delivery rate than the standard Laing. The andvantage of the PWM-Controlled pump is that the pump can be temperature-dependent controlled by the CPU-Cooler-Connection-port of the Mainboard.
The Apogee HD cooler is the current CPU-Cooler from Swiftech, which comes with a pre-installed Intel-Bracket with a weight of 180 grams. The cooler is 60 x 60 x 20,2 mm big and has a Pom-top. The bottom-plate is made of copper with a high-gloss finish.
Both parts fit together with eight allen head screws.
The biggest feature of the cooler is the optional parallel incident flow.
Therefore the cooler has one input and three outputs. As you can see on the following image, the cooler operates in parallel duty as an allocator of the cooling-medium, which is consistent distributed to the three outputs. The usage of this constellation requires specific radiators or a radiator with three inputs or three single radiators.
http://www.abload.de/img/apogeehdojf0d.jpeg
The cooler from Swiftech does not use any kinds of jet plates or nozzles, because the cooling-medium is pressed from a small pre-chamber over the filigree cooling-structure to the output-chamber. The processing quality of the top and the bottom of the cooler is on a very high level.
The assembly of the cooler is very easy. You have to glue the backplate on the backside of the mainboard, apply thermal grease to the cpu and mount the cooler on the cpu by using the spring-screws.
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The Swiftech-Radiator is part of the so called „slim-fraction“ and is therefore only 34mm thick. It has a very compact fin-structure, which points to the optimization of fans with high fan-speeds. Therefore you have to accept a higher noise level, if you want the best cooling-performance.
The reservoir and pump is integrated into the radiator, which reduces the complexity of the assembly and makes the installation quite easier.
The radiator comes with pre-installed fans, but unfortunately the cables have no sleeves. That is the only negative aspect of the blameless appearance of the Radiator.
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Let us take a closer look and the testing-platform and the results:
Testing system:
Mainboard: Asrock Z68 Professional
CPU: Intel Core i7 2600K @ 4,5 Ghz at 1,35V
RAM: 8 GB (2x4GB) Corsair Vengeance
Graphic: Club3D HD7970
Power Supply: Corsair HX1050
SSD: ADATA S510 for OS
HDD: Samsung F3 HD502HJ
Case: Xigmatek Elysium Super Tower
Watercooling-Setup:
CPU: Swiftech Apogee HD
Graphic: Air
Pump: Swiftech MCP35X
Reservoir: Radiator-integrated
Temperature sensors: 2x Phobya IG/AG
Control unit: Aquacomputer Aquaero 5 XT
Quick-connection ports: 2x Koolance VLN3
Tube: 19/13 Swiftech
Phobya Radiatorstand 360
I used the cooling-medium HydroX from the Swiftech set.
Structure of the cooling-circuit:
Reservoir-pump-unit in Radiator > Quick-conncetion ports > CPU > Quick-connection ports on Radiator input
Sensors are installed on the radiator in- and output.
Prime95 was used as stress-testing method with fixed 12k values. Fixed Values are important to reduce deviations in stress-testing. 12K values stress the CPU most.
Testing-procedures are always the same: Prime runs for one hour and the Setup is tested on five different fan-speeds 600 / 900 / 1200 / 1500 and 2000 RPM. All tests are repeated for three times. Values are detected with Aquasuite and Coretemp. The average temperature of the three tests takes part in the charts. The most important value is the difference between the water- and air temperature (Delta T), which is detected on the radiator output.
The Phobya Nano G-12 fans were used for the comparison to the stock fans.
Here are the results:
http://www.abload.de/img/edge320hsias.png
If you take look to the charts, you might have noticed that the setup gains with higher fan-speeds more and more efficiency and cooling-performance.
Unfortunately the fans of the set from Swiftech are not the best fans. Therefore the fans are in my point of view the only point for criticism. The fans from Phobya are showing the right direction ;-)
Conclusion.
The producer Swiftech, which has its seat in the warm California, has developed a complete watercooling-set with a very good cooling-performance. The fans could have been better produced, because they make some dizzy noises around 900 RPM and the driving collar of the fans hides too much space of the radiator. The comparison with lower fan-speeds with the Phobyas show, that you will loose some cooling-performance. Therefore it might have been better, if Swiftech reworks their fan-designs and applies sleeves to the cables to the fans for better outward appearance. The set is technically excellent equipped and the pwm-controlled pump is easy to handle. The concept of the CPU-cooler is unique and innovative and offers a broad variety of possible connection-styles. The possibility to chose between a parallel circuit or connection in series shows that Swiftech gave many thoughts about their product. The cooling-performance and the processing quality are on an excellent level. The price of 269,95 USD is completely okay.
The set gets for its very good cooling-performance, the perfect scope of supply and problem-free assembly and operating the coveted Cartago’s Review Award in Gold.
http://www.abload.de/img/gold501ve2y.jpg
Thanks.
I would like to thank the company Swiftech (www.swiftech.com) for supporting my reviews.
http://www.abload.de/img/sam_1968jkeru.jpg
Hello everybody und welcome to my new review,
Swiftech is one of the well-known producers of the water-cooling-sector, which released in the last times a new revision of its all-in-one watercooling-package.
The newest part of the set is the Apogee HD CPU cooler. A GPU-cooler is not part of the set, which is quite logical, because it is hard to manage to create a cooler which is compatible to almost every graphic card.
But let us take at first a closer look of the singular components and technical details:
What is in the box?
http://www.abload.de/img/sam_1971j0feo.jpg
MCR 320 Rev3 Radiator including:
Heat exchanger for three 120 mm fans
Integrated reservoir with dual Filling-Ports and caps
integrated MCP35X PWM controlled pump
(3) 120 mm fans with grating
The common screws for the radiator assembly
(3) 1/2 " fittings and tube-cuffs
(3) 12 to 7 Volt fan-adapters
(3) 12, 5 Volt fan-adapters
Apogee HD Cooler including
Motherboard Backplate for Socket 775, 1155, 1156, and 1366
Separate Screws / plumes for Socket 2011 will be released in further future.
1 / 2 "Black fittings and tube-cuffs
PK1 thermal grease
The special separate AMD clamps and installation materials are not part of the scope of supply, but will shipped without any extra-costs. They are compatible to: Socket 754, 939, 940, AM2, AM3, 770, F, FM1 and older Server socket 771 Processors.
MCB120 "Radbox" including installation parts
Alternative Fan Assembly-package
Alternative Radiator Installation Hardware Pack
(2) 2.1 Liter HydrX Cooling-mixture
(2) Meter 3 / 4 "OD x 1 / 2" Clear PVC tubes
Chute
Installation-CD and and all-embracing installation manual
Radiator-specifications
Brass pre-chambers, tubes and copper fins
POM-pump-case
Optimized fin-structure for maximum heat-dissipation
Patent-registered integrated pump-case
M3.5 tap-holes
G1/4 screw-thread
Acrylic paintwork
ROHS-conformity
Sizes:
http://www.abload.de/img/mcr320-drive-rev3-dim8kcjt.jpg
Pump-specifications
Motor Type: electric brushless spherical motor
Nominal voltage: 12 VDC
PWM controlled
Operation voltage: 9 to 13,4 VDC
Max. operating voltage (12 V): 18 W
Max. nominal current (12 V):1.5 a
Max. delivery-height (12 V): 4.4 m
Max delivery-volume (@ 12V): ~ 4.75 GPM (17,5 LPM)
Max. pressure: 22 PSI (1,5 BAR)
Temperature range: up to 60 °C
Electric connectors: Molex 4-polig
PWM + RPM signals: 4-Pin-Connectors
RoHS: conformity
Screw-thread-conncetion standard: G1/4
MTBF: 50.000 hours
Apogee HD cooler specifications
Polyoxymethylen (POM) Top
Precisely processed copper bottom with 225 µm (0,009 ") micro-structures
Polished bottom-plate
• Sizes: 60x60mm-G1/4 Threat-connectors
Multi-Port technology: Intake (1) and (3) outlet connectors
Universal clamp for Socket 775, 1155, 1156, 1366, 2011
http://www.abload.de/img/apogee-hd-dimensions84ch1.jpg
Fan specifications
Modell: RDM1225S
Electric tension: 6.0 ~ 13,8 VDC
Power: 0,23 a
Round per Minute: 2000
Static pressure: 3,5 mmH20
Volume: 76.9 CFM / 130,6 mł/h
Noise emission: 38 dB (a)
Conncetion-port: 3-Pin
Echo-signal: yes
As you might have noticed the set from Swiftech contains almost every fillips, which means that the customer purchases a complete ready-to-installt-set. Well done, Swiftech!
The pump is pwm-controlled and has a slight better delivery rate than the standard Laing. The andvantage of the PWM-Controlled pump is that the pump can be temperature-dependent controlled by the CPU-Cooler-Connection-port of the Mainboard.
The Apogee HD cooler is the current CPU-Cooler from Swiftech, which comes with a pre-installed Intel-Bracket with a weight of 180 grams. The cooler is 60 x 60 x 20,2 mm big and has a Pom-top. The bottom-plate is made of copper with a high-gloss finish.
Both parts fit together with eight allen head screws.
The biggest feature of the cooler is the optional parallel incident flow.
Therefore the cooler has one input and three outputs. As you can see on the following image, the cooler operates in parallel duty as an allocator of the cooling-medium, which is consistent distributed to the three outputs. The usage of this constellation requires specific radiators or a radiator with three inputs or three single radiators.
http://www.abload.de/img/apogeehdojf0d.jpeg
The cooler from Swiftech does not use any kinds of jet plates or nozzles, because the cooling-medium is pressed from a small pre-chamber over the filigree cooling-structure to the output-chamber. The processing quality of the top and the bottom of the cooler is on a very high level.
The assembly of the cooler is very easy. You have to glue the backplate on the backside of the mainboard, apply thermal grease to the cpu and mount the cooler on the cpu by using the spring-screws.
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The Swiftech-Radiator is part of the so called „slim-fraction“ and is therefore only 34mm thick. It has a very compact fin-structure, which points to the optimization of fans with high fan-speeds. Therefore you have to accept a higher noise level, if you want the best cooling-performance.
The reservoir and pump is integrated into the radiator, which reduces the complexity of the assembly and makes the installation quite easier.
The radiator comes with pre-installed fans, but unfortunately the cables have no sleeves. That is the only negative aspect of the blameless appearance of the Radiator.
http://www.abload.de/thumb/sam_1968jkeru.jpg (http://www.abload.de/image.php?img=sam_1968jkeru.jpg) http://www.abload.de/thumb/sam_1969rbi83.jpg (http://www.abload.de/image.php?img=sam_1969rbi83.jpg) http://www.abload.de/thumb/sam_1970a1cyu.jpg (http://www.abload.de/image.php?img=sam_1970a1cyu.jpg) http://www.abload.de/thumb/sam_1978r0dq4.jpg (http://www.abload.de/image.php?img=sam_1978r0dq4.jpg) http://www.abload.de/thumb/sam_197787cy3.jpg (http://www.abload.de/image.php?img=sam_197787cy3.jpg) http://www.abload.de/thumb/sam_1979tqdnn.jpg (http://www.abload.de/image.php?img=sam_1979tqdnn.jpg)
Let us take a closer look and the testing-platform and the results:
Testing system:
Mainboard: Asrock Z68 Professional
CPU: Intel Core i7 2600K @ 4,5 Ghz at 1,35V
RAM: 8 GB (2x4GB) Corsair Vengeance
Graphic: Club3D HD7970
Power Supply: Corsair HX1050
SSD: ADATA S510 for OS
HDD: Samsung F3 HD502HJ
Case: Xigmatek Elysium Super Tower
Watercooling-Setup:
CPU: Swiftech Apogee HD
Graphic: Air
Pump: Swiftech MCP35X
Reservoir: Radiator-integrated
Temperature sensors: 2x Phobya IG/AG
Control unit: Aquacomputer Aquaero 5 XT
Quick-connection ports: 2x Koolance VLN3
Tube: 19/13 Swiftech
Phobya Radiatorstand 360
I used the cooling-medium HydroX from the Swiftech set.
Structure of the cooling-circuit:
Reservoir-pump-unit in Radiator > Quick-conncetion ports > CPU > Quick-connection ports on Radiator input
Sensors are installed on the radiator in- and output.
Prime95 was used as stress-testing method with fixed 12k values. Fixed Values are important to reduce deviations in stress-testing. 12K values stress the CPU most.
Testing-procedures are always the same: Prime runs for one hour and the Setup is tested on five different fan-speeds 600 / 900 / 1200 / 1500 and 2000 RPM. All tests are repeated for three times. Values are detected with Aquasuite and Coretemp. The average temperature of the three tests takes part in the charts. The most important value is the difference between the water- and air temperature (Delta T), which is detected on the radiator output.
The Phobya Nano G-12 fans were used for the comparison to the stock fans.
Here are the results:
http://www.abload.de/img/edge320hsias.png
If you take look to the charts, you might have noticed that the setup gains with higher fan-speeds more and more efficiency and cooling-performance.
Unfortunately the fans of the set from Swiftech are not the best fans. Therefore the fans are in my point of view the only point for criticism. The fans from Phobya are showing the right direction ;-)
Conclusion.
The producer Swiftech, which has its seat in the warm California, has developed a complete watercooling-set with a very good cooling-performance. The fans could have been better produced, because they make some dizzy noises around 900 RPM and the driving collar of the fans hides too much space of the radiator. The comparison with lower fan-speeds with the Phobyas show, that you will loose some cooling-performance. Therefore it might have been better, if Swiftech reworks their fan-designs and applies sleeves to the cables to the fans for better outward appearance. The set is technically excellent equipped and the pwm-controlled pump is easy to handle. The concept of the CPU-cooler is unique and innovative and offers a broad variety of possible connection-styles. The possibility to chose between a parallel circuit or connection in series shows that Swiftech gave many thoughts about their product. The cooling-performance and the processing quality are on an excellent level. The price of 269,95 USD is completely okay.
The set gets for its very good cooling-performance, the perfect scope of supply and problem-free assembly and operating the coveted Cartago’s Review Award in Gold.
http://www.abload.de/img/gold501ve2y.jpg
Thanks.
I would like to thank the company Swiftech (www.swiftech.com) for supporting my reviews.