Swiftech Apogee Drive Self-Powered Water Block

In the world of water-cooling, the Apogee CPU Waterblocks and MCP350 pumps have become legends, proving themselves to be among the best available to the enthusiast and professional users alike.

Enter the patent pending Apogee Drive 350 self-powered series of waterblocks which consolidate both technologies into one convenient package capable of handling today and tomorrow's most extreme processors on the market.

From a technological standpoint, the Apogee Drive combines the best characteristics of both products:

Derived from the MCP350 pump:

• Small form factor
• High Reliability
• High head pressure
• Quiet operations
• Derived from the Apogee water-block
• Low thermal impedance
• Low pressure drop

From the user standpoint, the Apogee Drive provides the following direct benefits:

• Extreme simplicity of installation
• True High Performance characteristics
• Substantial cost savings

The CNC machined C110 copper base plate is at the heart of Apogee™ Drive thermal efficiency. Designed using Computational Fluid Dynamics, the Patent Pending Diamond Pin Matrix is optimized to increase wet surface area, coolant velocity, while minimizing pressure drop. The patent pending housings are injection molded for mass production and economies of scale.

The Pump housing, internals, and specifications derive from the MCP350 pump:

• Motor: Electronically commutated, brushless DC, spherical motor.
• Nominal Voltage: 12 VDC
• Nominal current: .69A to 1A
• Nominal Power: 8.3 to 12W
• Head Pressure: 10.8 ft (3.3 mH20)
• Flow Rate: 1.45 gpm (330 Lph)
• MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures) 50,000 Hours.
• Thermal Design: Diamond Pin Matrix copper base plate.
• Fittings Style: Built-in 3/8” (10mm) barbs fittings.
• Weight: 10.1 oz (285 g)

Motherboard and CPU Compatibility:

The Apogee Drive is compatible with the following processors:

• Socket 775 (Pentium 4, Core Duo, Core 2 Duo, Extreme ),
• Socket 754, 939, 940 (AMD 64 bit processors)
• Socket AM2 (AMD 64 bit processors)
• Socket F (AMD)