Monday, November 17th 2014
Swiftech Announces the MCR140-X Drive Radiator, Pump, and Reservoir Integration
The next case of juggling with the way parts are arranged in a liquid cooling loop, comes from Swiftech, with its MCR140-X Drive. This contraption fuses a 25 mm thick 140 x 140 mm radiator with a reservoir and a pump, so you could plumb it to a conventional CPU or VGA block. Its pump unit draws power from a SATA power connector, and can spin between 1,200 and 3,000 RPM. It features a ceramic shaft, and PTFE bearings, which lend it an MTBF of 60,000 hours. The unit features conventional G1/4 fittings, and an additional fill port. An acrylic window lets you keep tabs on the coolant level. Selling now, the MCR140-X Drive is priced at US $89.99.
14 Comments on Swiftech Announces the MCR140-X Drive Radiator, Pump, and Reservoir Integration
I kinda like this thing it makes building a custom loop that much smaller simpler which is a good thing
The cooling performance of this unit by itself probably wont be all that great, but you also have to factor in the fact that it's taking care of pump and reservoir placement (which can be a huge pain when you're trying to configure a water loop in your case) inside a 140mm fan space. The pump should be strong enough to add plenty more radiators and multiple blocks (assuming swiftech/rouchon took care of the initial reliability issues the earlier ones had), which is, I think, the main idea behind this.
should put on top?
they should put full shroud and change the ugly white sticker
Someone must force ASUS to stop to launch cards with inferior clock to MSI, Galaxy and EVGA. Their random chips among all models spoil reputation of ASUS ROG.
Clock for ROG Platinum series must be 10-20MHz more or less than highest fabric OC model for same chip. Less marketing for Alloy chokes, higher clock.
120mm to 140mm adapter on front panel than 140mm fan and this X-Drive connected to Poseidon and you will see temps. She cry for this.