Swiftech Water Block MCW55 - Rough

CaDLoN · 28 Mar 2006 at 21:15

Just going through the process of cleaning up all the water cooling gear i ordered.

Opened up the Swiftech MCW55 VGA block and the copper bit on the inside looks like it's been made by some GCSE student with a hack saw and 5 mins spare at the end of the lesson ! :mad:

if i hadnt have checked there would have been tiny bits of copper floating around the system, i presume that wouldnt have done the pump any good!

What concerns me even more is it doesnt look like i can open the CPU block up to have a look inside

CaDLoN · 28 Mar 2006 at 21:23

tell me about it.

Very poor of swiftech, i'd have expected this kind of thing from a "cheaper" brand. I went for swiftech gear because i thought it would all be good quality.
Makes me wonder about the rest of the stuff!

CaDLoN · 28 Mar 2006 at 21:36

Picture of the inside of the block if anyones interested. (difficult to get a good pic)

Inside - Swiftech MCW55 - Rough

Think i'll send it back, it must be a "Second" or slipped through quality control... i hope :rolleyes:

CaDLoN · 28 Mar 2006 at 23:29

Bl00dy typical, just my luck today! managed to blue screen our ISA box at work by touching a network lead. Were suffering from monster static at the mo

CaDLoN · 30 Mar 2006 at 13:36

Bit narked off now :mad:

Wanted to RMA the block as it seems to be in a terrible state. you dont see ANY copper heatsinks with bits of copper bit hanging off or floating around, why should i accept that from a water block?

Overclockers won't even entertain the RMA, when i ask them if it's ok to file off the shards of copper, i can but i'll invalidate the warranty!

What next?!?! :mad:

CaDLoN · 1 Apr 2006 at 11:22

I ended up emailing Swiftech with a picture and there response was more or less "tough Sh!t" it looks ok same as overclockers!!!

Soooo... the Dremel is out with a few light sanding disks & polishing bits

Time to Rock & Roll

CaDLoN · 1 Apr 2006 at 16:02

At the end of the day, if Swiftech want to knock out sh!te quality water blocks thats up to them! I won't be buying any more or recomeding them thats for sure.

I rember spending 60 quid on a Swiftech MCX462 many years ago, purely based on thier reputation for quality products. If they keep selling making and selling half finished products the reputation & sales will fall.

I have to admit Overclockers are in a bit of a sticky situation as thier just the reseller, but i do believe they should reconsider stocking Swiftech equipment if the quality continues to be this bad!

Now wheres the Dremmel gone...

CaDLoN · 1 Apr 2006 at 18:44

Very true. you can alway rely on the Germans for quality & percision...

thats why i've only ever bought beemers