Swiftech GTX Copper Housings

[IanY]

When are you going to change the Stealth as well ?

[Waterlogged]

When are you going to change the Stealth as well ?

Might as well hang a 5-8lbs dumbbell off your card, roughly the same effect.

[Pigeon]

Might as well hang a 5-8lbs dumbbell off your card, roughly the same effect.

Would be nice if a gpu waterblock was made that could use the expansion card brackets in a case to help support itself, possibly coming with a single slot backplate for the graphics card itself.

[Solarfall]

damn thats pretty HOT.. but what about staining, doesn't copper start to loose its shine after a while.. or is there some sort of metal varnish covering the copper housing.

[Gabriel Noraa]

What about a Delrin or Acrilic top. I've seen somewhere that somebody made a custom Acrilic top, it look very sexy, plus no aluminium. I have the opinion that swiftech should go back to delrin tops.

[Solarfall]

What about a Delrin or Acrilic top. I've seen somewhere that somebody made a custom Acrilic top, it look very sexy, plus no aluminium. I have the opinion that swiftech should go back to delrin tops.

i believe that there is a Acrilic top for swiftech gtx..

edit: the one i found was not manufactured commercially.. it was done by a german fellow.

[AllAgainstPaul]

I believe the common fear with delrin and acrilic tops for the GTX are how they handle the bowing. It is unknown at this time whether they crack or bend when bowed.

[Jedda]

"Common fear"
What common fear? Like the boogie-man, they don't exist.

[OPPAINTER]

Update

Word on the street is that Swiftech may sell a complete Copper version of the GTX. This would bring the price of the GTX up about $10 more.
http://www.swiftnets.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=286

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[1Day]

Thank you OPPAINTER for the heads up I will be placing an order as soon as it is in stock at Jab-tech.

[Gabriel Noraa]

i believe that there is a Acrilic top for swiftech gtx..

edit: the one i found was not manufactured commercially.. it was done by a german fellow.

Yes, the acrilic top was from someone in Germany and it was just a prototype or something for his own use. It would be nice if they get comercialized, like alphacool´s or petra´s top for the DDCs.

I believe the common fear with delrin and acrilic tops for the GTX are how they handle the bowing. It is unknown at this time whether they crack or bend when bowed.

Regarding the bowing, I belive there are Apogee GTs (delrin top) being bowed with a thiker o-ring. What is more, the bowing king of the hill (Fuzion) its made out of delrin. I don't think thats the reason. In swiftech they like alu tops for their blocks. I still remember the galvanic corrosion problems I had with their MCW5000 series. No alu for me. Dosen't matter how high grade treatment they put in it.

[troisanh]

worth a try i guess, thanks.

[OPPAINTER]

damn thats pretty HOT.. but what about staining, doesn't copper start to loose its shine after a while.. or is there some sort of metal varnish covering the copper housing.

That’s what I was thinking.

I think the hot idem would be to squirt some kind of clear sealer on it to keep the air off of it. I’m not sure how well copper reacts to coatings but maybe some basic polyurethane clear coat would do the trick.

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[nikhsub1]

Update

Word on the street is that Swiftech may sell a complete Copper version of the GTX. This would bring the price of the GTX up about $10 more.
http://www.swiftnets.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=286

OPP

That makes very good sense! Swiftech will see that people will be more than willing to spend $10 more to have this top.

That’s what I was thinking.

I think the hot idem would be to squirt some kind of clear sealer on it to keep the air off of it. I’m not sure how well copper reacts to coatings but maybe some basic polyurethane clear coat would do the trick.

OPP

Yep, clear acrylic would do the trick, just only spray the OUTSIDE.

[Bun-Bun]

Thank you!!!

I totally Agree with nikhsub1! This is how it should have been from the start... no aluminum and no dye... and honestly $10 is nothing to warrant risking your loop with aluminum... but lets not get into that now because this is happy day!!!

Now I just need to hear the final work on whether the GTX will be sold with the copper block or not and then I will purchase 1 or 2... Glad to see a top only for sale for those who already purchased the block...

[nealh]

Update

Word on the street is that Swiftech may sell a complete Copper version of the GTX. This would bring the price of the GTX up about $10 more.
http://www.swiftnets.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=286

OPP

That's a bargain ..so block will be $80 or so....perfect

[Pete]

Whooo bloody last is all i can say! $40 thats cheap for us Brits!

[OPPAINTER]

Yep, clear acrylic would do the trick, just only spray the OUTSIDE.

I just got word that it has been passivated, meaning it is supose to hold its looks.

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[virtualrain]

I'm going to get mine nickel-plated (I admit, I'm a nickel-plating junkie! ... http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=156308)

[nikhsub1]

I just got word that it has been passivated, meaning it is supose to hold its looks.

OPP

[Monk0101]

Any idea when we will see the complete Copper set for sale or is this just a rumor?

Thanks,

[The_Beast]

wow it looks really good

[JAG87]

I dont know why, but the bare copper doesn't attract me. I guess im like virtualrain... I hope the regular aluminum plated top will never cause me any troubles. Perhaps before it causes any troubles Ill be replacing the waterblock because of a socket change...

[commie]

I'm still waiting for someone in the UK to actually have the stealth in stock, so perhaps I might be able to buy one of those in a year, or two.

With any luck......

[k00lance]

$40 just for the top.