Swiftech unveils SLI/CrossFire bridge for the MCW82 Universal GPU waterblock

[gabe]

hi gabe

will this product works well with crystal tube type sli link like this http://www.sidewindercomputers.com/bicrlitufor2.html and this fitting http://www.sidewindercomputers.com/big1blspmuad1.html ?

No, this is precut to max length of 30mm. See our installation guide here. Typical tubing length to link MCW82 to Bridge is ~40mm
Fitting: link removed

gabe: imho he referred 'flimsy' not to bridge material itself, but rather to it's flexible/not hard mounting way via tubing, by which it might get skewed/not leveled straight by eg. pressure/weight of attached tubing. With some care imho not much of an issue.

CC

FYI, you can use extender fittings along with 45/90 degree angle rotary adapters to get around the spacing issues if you for example want to use fat 3/4" OD compression fittings that otherwise would not fit side by side.

Upper and lower ports: yes, definitely.

[Church]

Hmm, ~ 40mm .. won't four from these + four from these fit instead of fittings/tubing?
Or if D-fitting's quick disconnect joint is preferred to rotary one, then four of these + four of these.
Of course, price might get higher then that of 8 barbs + it might be a little bit less leak safe. And better looks of "hard tubing" might be lost behind SLI bridge. And because of smaller ID of those extenders it might be tiny bit more resistive to flow. Crap, i see only drawbacks.

[gabe]

Ok, let's budget this in details:

Recommended "soft" Linkage for a standard SLI/CF setup:

MCW82 already includes 1/2" barb fittings. Cost = 0

1/2" Barb fittings: (2 pairs at $5 each): $10.00
Worm-Drive Hose clamps (8) needed @ $.73 each: $5.8
Tubing 1/2' - Cost $1.00
Total linkage cost: $16.80 + shipping

Hard Linkage with After market parts:

4x extenders at $6 each = $24
4x Male/Male adapters @ $9 each = $36
Total linkage cost: $60 + shipping

For a show machine, hard linkage will look cool, but functionally tubes + barbs are hands down best bang for the buck.