| SwiftTech MC462-A Rev 1 Perspectives |
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Fan:
The heatsink uses a Sanyo Denki 80mm fan that is 32mm
in height. The 7-blade design delivers about 53CFM worth of air
while generating 45dBa of noise. The fan is constructed of glass fiber
reinforced plastic for
lightweight and durability. SwiftTech have taken the power cords and
attached them to a Molex connector, while leaving the tachometer lead
available to plug into the motherboard. Thus, the fan draws its' power
directly from the powersupply, but the motherboard can still monitor the
fans RPM, and ensure safe operation. |
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Heatsink
Top:
If you wanted to you could count all the
pins on the top of the MC462-
A
Rev1. But why bother when you know there are a total of 261 of them?
Each 3mm diameter pin sticks out about 29mm from the thick copper
base. The pins are spaced about 1.0-1.25mm apart (from edge to edge)
and have their tops slightly beveled. There are four areas where the pins
are absent. Those spaces are for the mounting screws used to attach
this cooler to the Socket A motherboard.
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Side A:
While this may look like a normal 60mm
heatsink from the side in real life it stands 71mm tall, and is 80mm wide
at the fan. The base is a little less at 77mm wide. Four 65mm
screws are used to attach the fan directly to the copper base. On the entire heatsink
this is the only area I have concerns with, but we'll get to that
in a moment.
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 | Side B:
Shown without the 40mm motherboard mounting screws
and 22mm compression springs, this side of the MC462-A Rev1 illustrates
some of the unique mounting holes. Pins have been left out of these areas
which instead hold the motherboard mounting screws flush within the
heatsinks design. The copper base is notched 1mm to ensure no interference
occurs with the
socket cam. Also notice the notched out corners. |
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Heatsink
Base:
The base is the 'money' side of any
heatsink. If it's poorly finished, or not flat the heatsink will not make
good contact with the die of the processor and heat will flow much less
effectively. In the case of the MC462-A Rev1,
it has one of the best base finishes I have ever seen out
of the box. We measured it for flatness and found it to be perfectly flat. No machining
marks or grooves are evident whatsoever. Only the Zalman heatsinks have had
a base that rivals the MC462-A Rev1.
A small pack of
AOC non-silicon thermal compound is included
with the heatsink.
Even though the
base is very flat, it is always a good
idea to use a small amount of thermal
compound. |
