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Compare DHCR vs DHC

SVALT Cooling Dock DHCR vs DHC products Design
  • DHCR: Rectilinear styling with a solid heatsink carved with a smaller diameter end mill to create more air channels and more cooling fins within a given volume, which increases cooling surface area along with increasing costs. The DHCR’s new 4th generation design further elevates heatsink conductive cooling, heatsink passive airflow cooling and active airflow cooling.
  • DHC: Angular styling with a solid heatsink carved with a larger diameter end mill to create wider air channels, which increases cooling airflows.
Cooling Performance
  • DHCR: #1 overall performance ranking with optional Fx Cooling Fan.
  • DHC: #2 overall performance ranking with optional Fx Cooling Fan.
Compatibility
  • DHCR: Optimized for the current generation of flat backed Apple laptops, such as the 2021+ MacBook Pro and 2022+ MacBook Air, but works with other current and prior gen Apple laptops, as well as many metal PC laptops. Optimization for the 2021+ MacBook Pro include features such as the following: Extra-large thermally conductive laptop coupling plate to extra more heat from the flat-backed laptop. The heatsink’s numerous vertical cooling fin air channels extending through the heatsink mass to become thru-holes that guide cooling airflow into a horizontal air channel with curving ends to flush out hot exhaust air from the laptop. The front horizontal channel uses a smaller size to concentrate airflow along the laptop’s bottom screen-hinge edge, while numerous thru-hole air channels extend below the laptop’s center intake vent, with the ends of the air channels angle up to guide cooling airflow into the laptop vent.
  • DHC: Optimized for more universal compatibility with current and prior gen Apple laptops, as well as many metal PC laptops.
Laptop Coupling Interface
  • DHCR: 13.3 square inches of thermally conductive area for extracting more heat from flat backed laptops. Refined heatsink coupling plate allows for direct metal-to-metal laptop coupling and unrestricted heat transfer.
  • DHC: 8.9 square inches of thermally conductive area for fitting with laptops that have a more round or curving edge, as well as a wider variety of laptops.
Cooling Fin Count
  • DHCR: 12 narrow cooing fins and 11 narrow vertical air channels for increased heat flow and cooling surface area, while providing high-volume of pass-through airflow.
  • DHC: 6 wide cooing fins and 5 wide vertical air channels for increased cooling airflow.
Cooling Fin Surface Area
  • DHCR: 143 square inches of cooling fin surface area for increased heat transfer to passive and active airflow. The cooling fin air channels extremely deep into the heatsink and extend all of the way through to become through holes along the front horizontal air channel.
  • DHC: 72 square inches of cooling fin surface area.
Thermal Mass
  • DHCR: 2.6 pound heatsink carved from solid aluminum for increased thermal capacity and improved heat movement through thermal mass. The cooling fins run continuously from top-to-bottom and front-to-back for improved heat flow within the heatsink mass.
  • DHC: 2.3 pound heatsink carved from solid aluminum for improved heat movement through thermal mass.
Cost
  • DHCR: starting at $279 for 4th gen with metal-to-metal laptop coupling.
  • DHC: $219 for 3rd gen.
Availability
  • DHCR: The DHCR is sold out, see the new MxD Cooling Dock.
  • DHC: The DHC is sold out and discontinued, see the new MxD Cooling Dock.