Ahead-looking: German {hardware} maker Raijintek has introduced a brand new model of its common Morpheus aftermarket GPU heatsink that guarantees to maintain all however the RTX 4090 chillier than the inventory cooler can. It additionally appears nice in the event you benefit from the industrial aesthetic of two uncovered followers strapped to a hulk of black anodized aluminum.
Raijintek relatively unceremoniously introduced the Morpheus 8069 via Igor’s Lab this weekend after leaked images of the cooler discovered their means onto the web late final week. Nevertheless it had already let Igor’s Lab run some checks on an early prototype just a few months in the past, so it was hardly a shock.
The Morpheus 8069 takes the other strategy to most board associate coolers: as an alternative of strapping extra steel to the heatsink and utilizing sooner followers, it depends on considerate engineering and cautious development to realize related or higher outcomes with much less materials.
It weighs in at a mere 515 g (1.1 kilos) and measures as much as 245 x 110 x 44 mm. For comparability, the RTX 3090 FE cooler that it was designed to switch weighs 2125 g (4.7 kilos) with the PCB and is a good bit longer at 313 x 124 x 52 mm. The GPU has a 320W TGP, and the 8069 can dissipate as much as 360W with two followers, not included.
It appears within the renders just like the cooler has six heatpipes, however Raijintek guarantees that it has 12, every 6 mm in diameter. All of them meet on the GPU die earlier than half of them department out throughout the PCB and half wrap round over the die. Raijintek says that they may’ve been joined collectively into six pipes, however discovered that dividing them into shorter paths had enormous benefits.
The 8069’s plus-shaped nickel-coated copper base extends to cowl the reminiscence modules of all fashionable GPUs guaranteeing that they are amply cooled. Included within the field are 5 copper heatsinks and three smaller aluminum ones that may be glued onto any line of VRMs. Igor’s Lab discovered that they labored properly however have been vulnerable to falling off if the GPU was put in pointing downwards. The outlet says that the danger is manageable with some data about thermal pads however would not advocate the method to first-time builders.
Igor’s Lab solely briefly examined the prototype 8069 with two 125 x 25 mm case followers mounted and located that it did a very good job preserving an RTX 3080 cool. After working the Furmark stress check for a number of hours, the GPU stayed at a breezy 55° C in a 24° C room and solely peaked at about 70° C in a hotspot, which is a superb end result. Learn their report for the complete breakdown (in German).
I am personally excited to see how the Morpheus 8069 performs as a passive cooler. It would not appear to be it is able to passively cooling something highly effective whereas a sport is working, however as a result of its design is so open, it ought to be capable to maintain on a bit longer than different coolers can earlier than spinning up the followers.
It’s going to solely be per week earlier than it hits the market on November 1 and we are able to discover out extra. Raijintek is ready till then to announce the supply and pricing, however most of their merchandise can be found globally via their companions. Newegg at present lists their older however related Morpheus Vega for $95, so we might think about that the Morpheus 8069 would land within the ballpark of $150-200.