| ProlimaTech MK-13 Heat-Pipe VGA Cooler | |
| Reviews - Featured Reviews: Cooling | |
| Written by Steven Iglesiais-Hearst - Edited by Olin Coles | |
| Tuesday, 26 January 2010 | |
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ProlimaTech MK-13 Video Card CoolerProlimaTech holds the crown for best CPU cooler here at Benchmark Reviews with the Megahalems. They have also surprised a lot of review websites with their PK1 thermal compound. All of these things are a massive feat for a company that was founded just 2 years ago. It comes as no surprise that ProlimaTech have now ventured into another field within the PC enthusiast market: VGA cooling. Introducing the MK-13 VGA cooler, ProlimaTech's first entry into what is a steadily growing market, Weighing in at 555g it's no baby, and has six heatpipes to transfer heat to the uniquely designed heatsink fins. The ProlimaTech MK-13 comes with nearly universal compatibility and future proofing for video cards. Many consider Thermalright to hold the crown here, but I get the feeling that ProlimaTech won't settle for second best. Join me as Benchmark Reviews examines and tests the ProlimaTech MK-13. We are getting to a point now where some GPU's are producing more heat than CPU's, The market is awash with CPU coolers, yet there are only so many VGA coolers that actually deserve any sort of a mention. Stock VGA coolers don't usually give much head room for overclocking, and with their fan at 100% the noise can be unbearable, most will just put up with that, but the wise will buy an aftermarket cooling solution.
This is where the ProlimaTech MK-13 VGA cooler steps in. It comes without fans to let the cooling enthusiast choose their own favorite fans, and it will support a max of four 120mm fans! ProlimaTech state that in an SLI or Crossfire setup then one silent 140mm fan will cool both effectively. In this review the MK-13 VGA cooler will be tested using two Xigmatek XLF-F1253 120mm LED cooling fans and also without fans to see if its any good as a silent/passive solution. About ProlimaTech
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Also, although you test the MK13 passive, you don't test the Xigmatek passive. Even though the MK13 beats it with active cooling, you shouldn't assume it will passive. And even if it does, would be interesting to know if Xigmatek can effectively passive cool too.
first 2 slots
the 3
now 4 ?
whats next ? 7 slots ?
hahahhahahahaah
as long as i m concerned they can keep it for themselves
they didnt understand we need a better cooling solution with no more than 2 slots like the original .
Almost all peple r not willing to sacrifice a whole pc for a vga heatsink .
I surely am not !
can i use this MK-13 to my MSI 470gtx
i worried it's not gonna compatible
With 2 120mm fans it has a delta of about 17-18 and 28-29° respectively based on your reported case temp of 23-24°
FurMark 1.6 (same procedure)
BFG 8800GT OC2 675 975 1674 (effectively identical card)
Arctic Cooling Accelero S1 rev2 (best price $22)
1x 120mm 1200rpm 40cfm fan
case temp 28-29° (calibrated thermocouple)
Idle 51° (22-23°)
Load 66° (37-38°)
Maybe if it was tested on something more powerful than a 9800GT to better reflect it potential I might feel differently.
I am a fan of their CPU coolers though I have the Prolimatech Megahalem and it is awesome