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FrostyTech has posted a Swiftech MCX4000 Pentium 4 Heatsink review



I must admit we were a bit surprised to discover that the MCX4000 is made just for the socket 478 Pentium 4 processor. After all, isn't it AMD who drive the cooling market to produce better, and more efficient heatsinks? Intel has always had more money to spend engineering their thermal solutions, and as a result the stock mPGA 478 heatsink is pretty good and very quiet right from the get-go.
Why then is Swiftech releasing a mPGA 478 heatsink with a 3/8 thick copper plate and YSTech TMD fan just for the Pentium 4? Well, knowing Gabe it has a lot to do with overclockability, and now that P4's are overclocking up to 3.0 GHz and beyond the time is right for cooling Swiftech style.
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