Hardware Raijintek Morpheus GPU Cooler Review

Does anyone else have reservations about hanging over 800g (cooler + fans) off a PCB using just 4 screws? The poor PCB would start sagging / bending almost straight away wouldn't they? Or do stock coolers weigh about that much?

 

I would just buy a GPU with a better cooler from the outset...

It's hardly a surprise that this performs well but for Science's sake it's a monstrosity!

I also feel like this would be a big ask of my Node 304

 

Would be interesting to know if the Morpheus could be used to passively cool lower end GPU's using just the limited air flow from a HTPC's exhaust, or intake fans.

Personally I'm skeptical that the VRM and RAM heatsinks would remain attached. When i used similar heatsinks from an Accelero Xtreme some fell of after a few weeks due to the heat and gravity.

I don't understand why GPU's still have all the components on the underside, wouldn't it be better to have them on the top, what with heat rising and not having coolers like the Morpheus having to fight gravity.

 

+1

 

Also, the cooler and a pair of SPs isn't going to give you much change from £70.

Antony, is the value score weighted to reflect the fact that this will need two fans adding to it, if anyone wants to get close to the review performance? Nevermind the fact that it will crowd out the majority of your mobo slots on a standard board, and probably all of them on a mATX board.

The policy of adding fans to a cooler that ships without them (for the purpose of the review) seems to fly in the face of the policy of not adding fans to cases, don't you think? I know it's a little more complicated than that, given the fact that most cases don't ship with all mounts populated, but I'm sure you get my point.

 

Thanks for the review.

This reminds me of a bigger Thermalright HR03 and, just like Corky42, I'd be interested as to whether it could operate passively when used with basic GPUs.

 

Very concerned. I think I'd have to rig a leg to brace it against the bottom of the case before I could sleep after installing it.


Really, we need to get GPU modules that mount straight to the motherboard so we can mount monster heatsinks without concern like we do on our (much cooler) CPUs.
Failing that... attach a kickstand to support the free end.

 

Some GPU waterblocks weigh nearly a kilo. I've got 3 in my system at 900g each.

 

Most GPU blocks are secured right across the card though - that looks like a hefty lump to hang off four piddly little screws around the GPU.

 

it may be big and slightly ugly but i like it.

 

I've seen a video somewhere on YouTube of a guy who modded a Hyper 212 to fit a graphics card. Looked absurd, but damn, it kept the card cool.

 

Gpu blocks are a lot more expensive than this even with 2 fans they are also about the same in weight for the good ones. Looks like a ok middle ground in truth.

 

You'd bloody hope it performed better after slapping £80 worth of water block on it!

 

My Titans don't perform any better with blocks installed, they're simply cooler (which is meaningless really) and quieter (wouldn't class this as performance). Overclocking yielded exactly the same clocks under water and on air, thermals weren't the problem it seems.

 

Possible? most likely yes, but just like with passively cooled psu's you would probably have to ramp up the case fans like silly resulting in more noise than if you add a undervolted 12cm fan to the cooler.

 

When I had a Thermalright HR-03GT on my old 8800GT, I had the card supported at the far end (opposite to outputs) with tip zies onto the case to stop it drooping. And that was about half the size of this monster,