Old against new
Let’s now look at the (still) current, black Morpheus (above) and the new model with the large heatsink, which I had so eagerly wished for since the first test in this form. Forget about the somewhat rough CNC traces, I wrote that it is only a first prototype for the functional test. Blow-dry wave and hair tint come later. It’s all overrated anyway. But you can already see it here: the heatpipes have also been minimally modified to allow more air towards the PCB and VRM cooler.
Bending in particular has been optimized once again. We’ll talk about the significantly larger heatsink in a moment, because that’s where the real innovation is. Of course, the weight also increases a bit and 575 grams become a generous 620 grams, but that is still significantly less than most mid-range graphics cards. And the direct comparison coolers all weigh well over 1000 grams.
The new heatsink
The first thing we see is that the memory is now also actively cooled. i had spoken out against a sandwich solution of GPU copper heatsink and light metal frame, as many cooler manufacturers unfortunately like to use for cost reasons. This one is solidly milled from one piece. We also see that Raijintek has managed to retain the original bracket solution. I’ll get to that in a moment, too.
We can see very nicely in the picture below how the neatly bent copper heatpipes (inside it is a composite material) were tinned and then soldered to the copper heatsink. Since it is a manually produced prototype, the solder joints are so easy to see. Later, you will certainly not be able to see anything under the nickel coating. But this way I could show you that nicely.
We do count six 6 mm heatpipes on superficial inspection, but there are actually as many as twelve! Unfortunately, I can not break off the heatsink, but it is already a kind of well-kept secret that Raijintek does not lead the heat pipes closed through the heatsink, but simply divided them in the middle of the heatsink. Well, the knowledge is one thing, but the technical implementation is then much harder than you think. That’s exactly why you don’t see it so often.
The reason is simple, but expensive. A heat pipe only really works optimally in one direction. However, if you heat it up in the middle and hope that the transport of the waste heat to the two cooler ends will also work well, then you have made a complete mistake with an asymmetrical design. Yes, it still works, but not optimally. Unfortunately, using two individual pipes instead of one continuous one also costs almost twice as much, because significantly more work steps and precision are required.
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