Swiftech H20-8500 Series Water Cooling Kit

Company: Swiftech
Product: Swiftech H20-8500 Series Water Cooling Kit
Street Price: ~$230 USD
Date Reviewed: April 9, 2004
Reviewed By: Daniel Swords aka rds0811
Rating: (4.5/5)

The MCR80-F Radiator:

The MCR80-F radiator kit contains the radiator itself, plus 2 80mm fans and mounting screws. The fans are much thinner than normal 80mm fans, but have an attractive appearance similar to that of the Vantec Tornado series fans. One of the fans has an included metal grill, and they are both wired into one 4-pin standard connector. The radiator is much smaller than most radiators you might see on the market, but it is also quite thick, which puts a large amount of fin surface area into a package with a small frontal surface area. The radiator is designed to be mounted over an 80mm case fan hole with one of the included fans mounted on each side. This radiator is quite beautiful I must say, and has a rich blue metallic finish that nicely matches a lot of the components in my system. The radiator uses big black plastic clamps to secure the tubing to its smooth posts, and I already have a suspicion that there could be leakage problems since it uses smooth posts instead of barbs.

Swiftech spec's and features for the MCR80-F:

• 2-pass 80 mm radiator specifically developed for PC CPU and VGA water-cooling
• Double-row high internal volume design
• High-gloss acrylic paint finish
• Tested in our labs and rated for 100 Watts with a 15°C coolant temperature rise.
• 80 mm (3 inch) Copper core consisting of flat tubes for maximum heat conductivity
• High-density copper fin configuration for enhanced heat dissipation
• Built-in enhanced depth plenum chamber for increased performance and noise reduction even when using high-speed 80mm fans.
• 3/8" OD inlet and outlet: 1/2" OD tubing (3/8" ID) is clamped over inlet and outlet with standard worm-drive clamps.