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maxSaleen · 12-06-2005, 08:48 AM

I just wanted to throw my opinion up on the board, I'll state first that I've read very little of this thread.

I'll give swiftech props for:

1. Having an appropriately sized base. Any reason to have Cu covering more than the IHS? No. This reduces costs and will probably be a trend you see in the rest of the industry.

2. Injection molded top. Reduces costs. Koolance realized this a while ago. So what if Swiftech screwed up the design of it? Hopefully no one will man-handle the block enough to crack the top.

3. Pins. Always a good thing in my opinion (granted Stew's cups do perform pretty damn well).

What I'll fault Swiftech for:

1. It may appear to me that Swiftech is trying to ride the good name of the Storm with this block. Aesthetically the blocks are very similar, and the performance numbers that they provide hint that the Apogee will perform nearly as well as the Storm. What do you think the average consumer will think here? "Storm performance and 2/3 the price?" Obviously not so, from Robotech's recent results.

2. Also, I'd fault them for the damn issues with the Cu shavings. What happened to their legendary QC?

They had good intentions. Good ideas, even. They just screwed up the execution. Very un-Swiftech.

12-06-2005, 08:48 AM	#453
maxSaleen Cooling Savant Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Orlando, Florida Posts: 383	Re: Apogee from Swiftech... I just wanted to throw my opinion up on the board, I'll state first that I've read very little of this thread. I'll give swiftech props for: 1. Having an appropriately sized base. Any reason to have Cu covering more than the IHS? No. This reduces costs and will probably be a trend you see in the rest of the industry. 2. Injection molded top. Reduces costs. Koolance realized this a while ago. So what if Swiftech screwed up the design of it? Hopefully no one will man-handle the block enough to crack the top. 3. Pins. Always a good thing in my opinion (granted Stew's cups do perform pretty damn well). What I'll fault Swiftech for: 1. It may appear to me that Swiftech is trying to ride the good name of the Storm with this block. Aesthetically the blocks are very similar, and the performance numbers that they provide hint that the Apogee will perform nearly as well as the Storm. What do you think the average consumer will think here? "Storm performance and 2/3 the price?" Obviously not so, from Robotech's recent results. 2. Also, I'd fault them for the damn issues with the Cu shavings. What happened to their legendary QC? They had good intentions. Good ideas, even. They just screwed up the execution. Very un-Swiftech.