Tuesday, November 1st 2011
Swiftech Unveils Apogee HD Flagship CPU Waterblock and MCRx20 Drive (Rev 3) Radiator
Swiftech announced the release for retail sales of their new flagship CPU waterblock, the Apogee HD, concurrently with Revision 3 of the Patent Pending MCRx20 Drive series of PC radiators.
Close to 18 months in the making, the Apogee HD was designed to surpass its predecessor the Award Winning Apogee XT in all critical areas: improved thermal performance, reduced flow restriction, new choices of colors, classic black or fashionable white, fine-tuned mounting system, lower cost, and an exclusive innovative feature that works in conjunction with the new Revision of the MCRx20 Drive PC Radiators: the Multi-port connectivity.
"We wanted the new Apogee HD to best the XT by significant thermal and hydraulic performance margins, which also included competitive testing and we wouldn't quit until we had every sample of the best waterblocks on the market beat", said Gabriel Rouchon Swiftech's Chairman & CTA, adding "We also felt that we needed a clear competitive edge with our enthusiast users by continuing to bring innovative features to the table, so we developed the multi-port connectivity: supplemental ports were added to the Apogee HD and to the MCR x20 Drive radiators; this enables quite dramatic flow rate improvements in complex systems where multiple water-blocks are used to cool CPU, Graphics processor, Chipset, Memory and other devices."
Introduction of the white color was a refreshing addition to the classic black, and was also accompanied by the recent unveiling of similar choices among the company's offerings, such as the MCW82 Universal GPU cooler, the MCP35 pump series, and the new line of SLI/Crossfire bridges. This clearly marked the company's intent to offer a comprehensive line of color-coordinated devices for system builders and enthusiast modders.
In parallel, the company also announced substantial price reductions for the new MCRx20 Drive (Rev3) series of radiators, which were rendered possible by recent investments that the company made in state-of-the-art machinery.
Finally, and with the release of the aforementioned products which are the building blocks for the company's liquid cooling kit business, similar news are expected to follow suit shortly regarding their H20 Edge and Ultima lines of Liquid Cooling Kits.
MSRP & Product Page Links:
Apogee HD CPU waterblock: $74.95
MCRx20 Drive Rev3 radiators: from $85 to $169.95
Close to 18 months in the making, the Apogee HD was designed to surpass its predecessor the Award Winning Apogee XT in all critical areas: improved thermal performance, reduced flow restriction, new choices of colors, classic black or fashionable white, fine-tuned mounting system, lower cost, and an exclusive innovative feature that works in conjunction with the new Revision of the MCRx20 Drive PC Radiators: the Multi-port connectivity.
Introduction of the white color was a refreshing addition to the classic black, and was also accompanied by the recent unveiling of similar choices among the company's offerings, such as the MCW82 Universal GPU cooler, the MCP35 pump series, and the new line of SLI/Crossfire bridges. This clearly marked the company's intent to offer a comprehensive line of color-coordinated devices for system builders and enthusiast modders.
In parallel, the company also announced substantial price reductions for the new MCRx20 Drive (Rev3) series of radiators, which were rendered possible by recent investments that the company made in state-of-the-art machinery.
Finally, and with the release of the aforementioned products which are the building blocks for the company's liquid cooling kit business, similar news are expected to follow suit shortly regarding their H20 Edge and Ultima lines of Liquid Cooling Kits.
MSRP & Product Page Links:
Apogee HD CPU waterblock: $74.95
MCRx20 Drive Rev3 radiators: from $85 to $169.95
21 Comments on Swiftech Unveils Apogee HD Flagship CPU Waterblock and MCRx20 Drive (Rev 3) Radiator
Nice to see some innovation in watercooling..it's been a LONG time. Thank You, Swifttech!!!
The upside of that is WC stuff never goes out of fashion!
I think I like the idea:)
Yes damn sweet radiator too. I would be interested in one of these had I not just bought a new pump/res combo.
From Swiftech's site:
I would have thought by now that someone would have invented to fridge pc where the whole inside is cool like the inside of a fridge / freezer. This would be much more efficient.
Surely if it starts with 68F/18C air inside the pc case and tries to keep it at that then the whole system should be cool instead of having 20 "mini me's" trying to cool each separate part down and having each a drain on power.
One day someone will invent the fridge pc, 1 cooling system with backup on a closed loop air flow and a generic kit to fit on all pc boxes. :rockout:
exactly the same as ur fridge.
WTF tho why aren't both of the GPU PCBs black? Just noticed. At least Photoshop that shiz lol
And Mayhems...more than likely, sir!
What's appealing to me is the finned memory/VRM heatsink and MCW80's. ;)
IS that an MSI BigBang Trinity?
Why is there no crossfire bridge?
Components of water loop.
CPU block Swiftech Apogee HD
GPU block Aquagrafx GTX 470 with nickel coating
Tubing PrimoFlex Pro LRT UV Blue Tubing -7/16in. ID X 5/8in. OD
Pump Swiftech MCP655-B
Radiators 1x120 and 1x360 Black Ice Gen 2 GT Stealth
Reservoir EK-Multioption RES X2 - 150 Basic
I increased the stress test settings to maximum and ran it.
This is with the Turbo Boost over clocked and auto voltage working. Lowest multiplier is 16 and highest is 46.
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