If you have ever opened a computer case before, then there’s a pretty good chance you have heard of Swiftech. Founded in 1994, the company has long been on the cutting edge of air, water and thermo-electric cooling designs, and their products are always excellent performers, and of very high quality. Today we are looking at their dreadnought-sized Pentium 4 heatsink, the MCX-4000.
Swiftech again returns to their tried and true format of a hybrid copper base with thin aluminum “helicoid” pins. Specifications are as follows:
Heatsink
• Base: CNC machined, C110 copper base, 3.14"W x 3.5"L x .375"H, flatness better than 0.001", micro surface finish 8 or better.
• 429 Helicoid Pins made of High Thermal Conductivity Aluminum Alloy, press fitted in the base.
• Overall heatsink dimensions 3.14"x3.5"x1.55"
• Weight: 21 oz (600g)
Retention mechanism
• Motherboard fittings: 6-32 Female to Male 1/4" aluminum round standoffs with nylon washers and nylons nuts
• 4 compression springs providing exact specified pressure per chip manufacturers.
• 70mm and 80mm fan mounting screws
Thank you to Swiftech for providing the review sample. UK readers can buy the swiftech from Chillblast for ÂŁ38.
