Product ReviewsSwiftech MC14 Heatsinks only
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With 13 User Reviews
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 Rating: Review Date: 02/15/13  |
Cons: _If left for long periods of time really hard to get off, you end up bending the cooling pins or damaging the ram. So if you put them on consider them permanent.
Pros: -Decent price-Good little coolers |
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Rating: Review Date: 10/03/10 |
Cons:
nothing
Pros: all copper. Good thermal pad. Comment:
These are some of the best heatsink you can get for memory. The stock pads stick really well if you clean your chip with 99% alcohol. |
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Rating: Review Date: 01/16/10 |
Cons: Tape does not work AT ALL. Fall off way to easy
Pros: Look nice, shiny. Comment:
Stuck these on an 8800 GTS for extra memory cooling. Fell off as soon as I moved the card upright. Tape is useless. Using some Arctic Silver can make them stick, but if you jiggle the card a bit, voila they fall off again. Also, their height because an issue with many after market coolers. Definitely not worth the copper they were forged out of. |
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Rating: Review Date: 11/05/09 |
Cons: tape sucks
Pros: Cools the ram Comment:
I hate this tape it didnt work at all. I stuck the heat sinks on and left them overnight before touching the cards. In the morning installed the waterblock and installed my cards so i can cut tubing. Within 30 seconds about 90% of the heatsinks on two cards fell off - gahh. To fix this, i removed the rest of the heatsinks and put a dab of arctic silver 5 on the bottom. Problem solved and no heat sinks have fallen off yet. |
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Rating: Review Date: 01/06/09 |
Cons: n/a
Pros: cools better then v1 Comment:
since after the new pad upgrade, it doesn't fall anymore! i sicked it on my mobo parts and it can cool it drop few C.im satisfied with this product |
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Rating: Review Date: 05/31/08 |
Cons: 3 of the heatsinks need to be cut to size if you want to use them with the Swiftech GPU waterblock. Apparently the adhesive material isn't very sticky if you do not follow the instructions.
Pros: Pure Copper. Good airflow design. Adhesive/thermal transfer material works perfectly if you follow the instructions. Comment:
I had to cut 3 of these down to size to fit with a GPU water block on an ATI1900XT. In the process I was happy to see they are pure copper. The instructions say to clean the RAM, apply the heatsink, and hold for 5-10 seconds. I did that, held them very tight for 15 seconds, and when I was done I could pickup the video card by the RAM sinks! The adhesive works well and the thermal transfer is wonderful. These RAM sinks work MUCH more efficiently than the Zalman blue ones, and I'm guessing it's the thermal adhesive and pure copper that make them work so well. Oh if anyone is wondering, with an ATI1900XT you can run without RAM sinks when you switch to water cooled GPU but as soon as you play some games the RAM gets VERY hot and I was crashing. I put the heatsinks on and they get really hot but the system is not crashing in games now. |
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Rating: Review Date: 03/14/08 |
Cons: Thermal pad is weak
Pros: They function as they should Comment:
You may want to opt for Thermal Adhesive like Artic Silver as the provided thermal pads are fairly weak. |
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Rating: Review Date: 02/23/08 |
Cons: none
Pros: good looking Comment:
Although there is some complain about the thermal tape couldn't stick well, I bought it for my 8800gt upgrade soon. It looks really cool and I believe I can solve the problem with Arctic Silver themal paste. |
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Rating: Review Date: 08/14/07 |
Cons: Price, thermal tape doesn't stick
Pros: Cool well. Pretty shiny copper Comment:
I cna't recommend this product as the thermal tape didn't stick well at all for me. I had to use superglue to attach these to my GPU RAM. Considering the price of these they are really just a couple pennies woth of copper machined into shape so the thermal tape should work (this is an issue that is known and has been around for quite a long time). Swiftech shold just kill the thermal tape and include some Arctic Silver themal adhesive with this. |
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Rating: Review Date: 06/27/07 |
Cons: Yea yea the tape sucks....do what I did and get AS thermal adhesive (epoxy). Just be sure and check HSF for clearance before sticking them.
Pros: Outstanding cooling, good looks Comment:
I wasn't sure if I was going to be happy with this purchase or not. I also bought and installed (2)Z**man 120mm fans, Z*lman vf-900 VGA cooler, and a va*tech 4 fan controller. I spent some time and money on this project. But I am not disappointed. My results are awesome. My VGA and mobo temps are so low now it's sick, and they barely climb any under load. |
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Rating: Review Date: 03/25/07 |
Cons: none
Pros: small.stick well and great performance Comment:
these things are great...bought 2 packs of these and stuck them on various chips on my motherboard..they do the work great althoght if your water cooling you might want to get some airflow in your system to circulate the hot air |
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Rating: Review Date: 01/21/07 |
Cons: Expensive
Pros: Build quality, performance, easy to use. Comment:
I used these in my Xbox 360 to cool the memory and various chips, and so far it has worked very well. They stick on and once they heat up hold on extremely well. They are a little expensive but the quality is worth it, so it's not really a huge negative but enough to mention it. Great product. |
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Rating: Review Date: 12/05/06 |
Cons: -None
Pros: -Color-Heat disapation-Size (Fits perfect on RAM ICs)-Thermal tape is applied to the bottom of each sink-Ease of install-They look cool! Comment:
These work magic inside of my Xbox 360. I watercooled my unit and I placed these BGAs on the RAM ICs to keep them cool. They have worked better than expected as my temperatures are extremely low since completion of my project. Thank you Swiftech. |
Bought these for my gtx 680 4 gb card. Lowered temp by about 15 degrees on the ram.