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Date 2004-03-22
Provider: Swiftech
Author: Niko Lupala
Editor: Amber Lupala
Swiftech Mcx159-r chipset cooler
Ever thought that it might be your chipset that is running to hot for you to be able to overclock a bit more?
Today we might have a solution for you! Swiftech sent us this chipset cooler called Mxc159-r which is a pretty heavy heatsink
with a thick copper base and a quiet fan. We will try and see what temperatures we can get with this cooler both under normal stock speeds
and overclocked speeds.
About Swiftech:
Swiftech was founded in 1994 by Gabriel Rouchon as a Maintenance and R&D Organization for high-end Unix computers and imaging systems.
Early 1998 when Intel® Corporation introduced the Celeron®, we immediately became heavily involved in overclocking. Our engineering background allowed us to develop our own cooling solutions, using OEM products with the introduction of the MC2 sandwich cooler. By the fall of 98, we realized that air cooling was not going to satisfy our clients ever increasing need for speed, and during the course of investigating thermo-electric (Peltier) cooling technology, we immediately recognized the potential application to CPU cooling.
Since there was no serious implementation of this technology commercially available to the personal computer industry, we started our own assembly, focusing on engineering specs rather than economics. The result was the first commercially available Active Cooler using thermo-electric technology to actually perform as intended: the MC1000, introduced in the spring of 99, which quickly became a world standard.
The year 2000 became a turning point in our growth. AMD had just introduced their latest generation Duron and TBird processors, Intel® was coming out with the Pentium® 4, and these new processors radiated twice as much heat as their predecessors. Because we had engineered heatsinks capable of dissipating the combined heat generated by a CPU and a Peltier element, we found ourselves in an excellent position to offer high-end, air-cooled solutions to dissipate the heat generated by these new processors. A string of articles written by leading hardware review sites on the Internet recognized Swiftech socket coolers as the most effective cooling solutions available on the market. Following the sky-rocketing demand, we developed our own manufacturing facility in Southern California in the fall of 2000.
Swiftech is now 20 people strong, and operates in a 6,000 Sq Ft facility located in Signal Hill (Southern California). All our heatsinks and water cooling solutions are entirely machined on site, using state-of-the-art CNC equipment.
Specifications:
Base dimensions 1.59 x 1.59 x 0.5" - 40.4 x 40.4 x 12.7mm
Base material Copper C110
Base flatness better than .001" - 25µ
Base micro surface finish 8 or better
Heat dissipation medium 96 Helicoid pins (patented), made of high conductivity aluminum alloy 1100 (218 W/m-K)
Heatsink overall dimensions without fan 1.59 x 1.59 x 1.63" - 40.4 x 40.4 x 42 mm
Heatsink overall dimensions with fan 1.59 x 1.59 x 2.47" - 40.4 x 40.4 x 62.8mm
Weight with fan 8.4 oz - 238 g
Fan summary specs 40x20mm fan 12V DC 2 wires (no RPM output) - 6 CFM 18dBA
More specifications and installation guide
The product:
 
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The heatsink came in small box that had a sticker with the heatsink on it. The fan is one I will try to modify later to fit the heatsink and have it run on 5V to see if I can get an even quieter system. However, This is a future project.
 
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In the little plastic zip lock bag we have some thermal paste and the mounting kit if you want to use this on an AMD. There is a manual included and one online if prefer that.
We can see that the heatsink has a thick copper base and many fins to transfer up the heat and on top there is a small fan that is actually very quiet,
 
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It has a 3 pin fan connector that you connect to a fan connector on the motherboard. We can see that the fan is not even 40mm so it is very tiny.
Will it make a difference having this small fan mounted or not?
 
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As usual the bottom part of the heatsink is very well made when it comes from Swiftech. It is scratch and dent free and should give the ultimate cooling transfer to the fins.
We can see the clips on each side of the heatsink and those are used to mount it on a P4 motherboard. It's alot easier to do this, but I think the mounting way on a AMD board feels safer and better.
Testing >>>>> Page 2
Thank you Swiftech for making this review possible
Swiftech
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