Swiftech MCX-VCore: another SFF cooling option

[Synthetickiller]

Swiftech MCX-VCore!

I've been searching for options to cool a processor on an H55 mini itx board as some of you know. I've not been happy that certain HSF like the GeminII S block the 16 pci slot or AXP-140 doesn't allow for a 20mm or 25mm thick fan in an SG05/06.

I came across this cooler and have no experience with it. I know there was a 775 extremely similiar HSF by swiftech years ago, but this one came out a few months ago. I recall that you need to blow air down onto the sink to get the most out of it (instead of pulling air through into the PSU).

The heatsink is a hair under 44mm, so installing any 25mm / 38mm fan on this or even possibly a 92mm to 120mm converter + 120mm fan.

Any opinions on this sink? Has anyone actually seen one or installed it?

 

[bastage]

If you look back far enough they had socket A coolers & maybe some socket 370 that looked pretty much the same.. Its an old design that connects to a new platform

 

[flyz]

Yup, that particular pin design (helicoid) was in the MCX370.
The heatsink design dated back to the MCX462 (might be even longer). The age of this thing is easily identifiable by the 80mm fan design. The mounting mechanism is from their excellent GTZ though.

 

[mrmylanman]

I've had some quality issues with the two Swiftech parts I bought in the past (the Apogee XT and a dual 120mm radiator). The XT block itself had some shoddy milling done or something, a lot of the pins were bent and there was black garbage inside it (which I will give them a pass for, but it was a pain to get it out without bending the pins even more). The radiator fins were bent in a lot of places as well.

 

[JaYp146]

Yep, I had the Socket A version of this heatsink, and it looked nearly identical. Absolute PITA to install.