Built by Swiftech® to showcase several of its upcoming products for
the first quarter of 2012, this high-end gaming system featured some of
the best and latest enthusiast hardware the industry has to offer; it
was demonstrated at the Xtremesystems.org Poker Tournament Event.
Specs
- Case
- Cooler Master CM Storm Trooper
- Power Supply
- Cooler Master Silent Pro Hybrid 1300W
- Motherboard
- Gigabyte GA-X79-UD5 LGA 2011
- Processor
- Intel Core i7-3930K Sandy Bridge-E 3.2 Ghz Overclocked at 4.5Ghz
- Graphics
- (2) EVGA GTX590 Hydro Copper cooled
- Memory
- Kingston HyperX (2) x 16GB DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)
- Storage
- OCZ (2) x Vertex 3 SSDs in Raid 0 for OS and applications
- Western Digital
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- 1Tb 7200 RPM for storage and games
- Tubing
- Danger Den Dreamflex UV blue ¾” x ½”
- Operating system
- Microsoft® Windows 7 64 bit
Swiftech® featured cooling components & accessories
- Apogee™ Drive II CPU water block with built-in MCP35X pump
- EVGA Hydro copper GTX590 full cover VGA water blocks
- MCR220 Drive™ dual 120mm radiator with built-in MCP35X pump
- MCR220 XP dual 120mm radiator
- MCR240 QP dual 140mm radiator
- Lok-Seal™ compression fittings
- Helix™ 120mm fans
- TIM-Mate™ thermal compound
- HyDrx™ PM coolant
- COOLER MASTER®
- EVGA®
- GIGABYTE®
- KINGSTON®
- nVIDIA®
- OCZ®
The Apogee™ Drive concept was first
introduced by Swiftech mid-2007, and was the first high-end waterblock
to ever incorporate a built-in pump. Coming up for the first quarter of
2012, the Apogee™ Drive II is a complete re-design of the original, and
it squarely targets the extreme enthusiast market with such features as:
- Unequaled thermal performance to date: superior thermal performance even to our flagship Apogee HD waterblock.
- First waterblock ever to increase the system flow rate instead of restricting it, resulting in massive system flow rate.
- Unparalleled Reliability (redundant pumps).
- Fully speed adjustable (PWM).
- Adjustable port fittings, G1/4 compatible, compression fittings compatible.
- Multi-port technology compliant (dual outlet option available).
- Compatible with all modern desktop CPU’s.
- Additional pump cooling heatsink to increase pump lifespan and reduce heat dump into cooling loop.
- Cool looks (diode lit logo).
Compression fittings have been gaining
great momentum in the enthusiast community because they are somewhat
simpler to use than the traditional barb-and-clamp fittings, and they
look more streamlined once installed. Outside of the PC industry, this
type of fittings is used in high pressure applications, and known for
its reliability. But in an effort to simplify their utilization even
further for DIY users, vendors in our industry have adapted these
products for tool-free usage, and we found during extensive testing of
these fittings that such designs could easily lead to unsafe
installations.
In 2012, Swiftech will be introducing
the Lok-Seal™ line of compression fittings: specifically designed to
eliminate the safety issues found in current market offerings.
- Easier and safer installation: the base of the fitting features a combination of hand grip and hex-nut so that it can be started by hand, and then safely locked in place with a standard tool (adjustable wrench, flat wrench or socket), instead of just “finger-tight”. Without this feature, competing fittings risk either being unsafely tightened (finger-tight), or almost always damaged by the use of pliers, even when the plier jaws are protected by cloth or tape.
- Easier on the fingers: to ensure that fingers have a positive grip on the fitting, most competing products feature a diamond pattern on the compression nut, and many users complain of sore fingers after a while. User fatigue may lead to neglecting safety essentials, and result in catastrophic leaks. Lok-Seal fittings feature a simpler groove pattern which is gentler on the fingers but still offers a very good grip; more importantly, the compression nut features flats so that one can also use a tool to finish off tightening the nut, if desired or needed.
- Lower flow restriction than any of our competitors: the Lok-Seal™ fitting’s base features the largest internal diameter of any G1/4 compression fitting.
- A complete range of fittings will be introduced, including rotary (swivel), 45°, 90°, SLI extensions, for ¾” OD x ½” ID, 5/8” OD x 3/8” ID, ½” OD x 3/8” ID, in durable black electrophoresis coating, or true chrome plating.
- Excellent contact-resilience (ability to perform well even with poor or medium contact).
- Outstanding overall performance (superior to PK1 in our tests), in “great contact” applications.
- Reasonable cost.
- Will be packaged (1 g syringe) with all Swiftech waterblocks
- Will be sold separately in 5g syringes
- Samples will be distributed at CES
A high-performance 120mm PC Cooling fan specially optimized by
Swiftech for liquid cooling applications, featuring equivalent noise to
cooling ratio as the legendary Scythe Gentle Typhoon, and a 50,000 hours
MTBF.
This new dual pump housing is already in
stock and scheduled for release to the channels immediately after the
CES. Designed for enthusiast users who want the absolute best flow rate
in their complex liquid cooled systems, there is really nothing better
than comparative curves to show what the new MCP35X2 can deliver:
The product will be shipped with
Swiftech’s designed exclusive PWM splitter capable of controlling either
2 pumps, or 1 pump + 1 PWM fan (or 2 PWM fans); the splitter cable can
also be daisy-chained to use multiple pumps and fans.
- Can be used as a standalone 5 ¼” bay reservoir
- Can be used with the MCP35X or the MCP35X2
- Coolant temperature probe included with digital temperature display (not shown here)
Two radiators in the Quiet Power (QP) series designed for 140mm fans will be available towards the end of Q1 2012:
- MCR140 QP
- MCR 240 QP
In 2012, Swiftech will develop liquid
cooling solutions for high-end X79 motherboards in co-operation with
Asus, EVGA, Gigabyte, and MSI; shown below is the OEM cooling solution
for the EVGA Classified motherboards including VGA and chipset
water-blocks.
source:www.motherboards.org
