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Maxsun Intel Arc B580 iCraft 12 GB Graphics Card Review – Stunning, Runs Cool, Perfect For Gamers At The Right Price

Hassan Mujtaba

Maxsun Intel Arc B580 iCraft Unboxing & Closeup

The Maxsun Intel Arc B580 iCraft graphics card comes inside a standard cardboard box. The front of the package has a large "Intel Arc" brand logo along with the "iCraft" logo in the top left corner.

The whole package has a very Intel look to it with the purple, pink, and blue hues. The front also displays the XeSS & XMX support.

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The back of the box is very typical, highlighting the main features and specifications of the cards. The sides of the box greet us with the large Intel Arc branding. There's also the mention of 16 GB GDDR6 (Arc B580) memory available on the card.

Outside of the box, the graphics card and the accessory package are held firmly by foam packaging. The graphics card comes with a few accessories, such as a manual and an iCraft RGB plate.

The card is nicely wrapped within an anti-static cover, which is useful to prevent any unwanted static discharges on various surfaces that might harm the graphics card.

After the package is taken care of, I can finally start talking about the card itself. The graphics card comes in white, and honestly, it looks very sleek and premium.

Maxsun is using its latest iCraft design on its custom Arc B580 graphics card. The card measures 312 x 112 x 43.6 mm and features a 2.2-slot height.

The graphics card adopts a white "Daylight Glow Coating" color scheme with a plastic shroud on the front and an alloy metal backplate.

The back of the card features a solid metal backplate that looks stunning. The backplate offers a lot more functionality than just looks, which I will get back to in a bit.

In terms of design, the card features a triple-fan cooling solution.

The cooling solution is designed to offer better cooling than the reference design.

The RGB sources on the card include the four "X" shaped patterns on the front, and the LED illumination on the side, which reads "Evolution Knows No Limits" and an "i-Craft" logo.

Coming to the fans, there are three white-colored, PWM-controlled implementations on the card. The middle fan has a shiny silver ring structure that encircles the outer frame on the shroud. Each fan features 11 blades in 92 mm frames with axial technology.

GALAX's new fan system has the 0dB Fan Stop technology, which ensures that the fans don't spin at lower temperatures, avoiding unwanted noise output.

I am back to talking about the full-coverage, full metal-based backplate that the card uses. The whole plate is made of solid alloy metal with rounded edges that add to the durability of this card. The back continues the white theme and has a large "I-CRAFT" logo.

The graphics card also comes with a compact PCB design, which means that the shroud, heatsink, and backplate are all extended beyond the PCB. Both the second and third fan blow air through the heatsink and blow it out from the cutouts that are situated at the very end of the backplate. There are cutouts in the screw placements to reach the points on the graphics card easily.

With the outside of the card done, I will now start taking a glance at what's beneath the hood of the card. The first thing to catch my eye is the large fin stack that's part of the heatsink that the card utilizes.

The heatsink has been designed to be denser by increasing the footprint. This includes the use of denser aluminum fins and bigger heat pipes. There are a total of six heat pipes on the card, which connect to the baseplate.

I/O on the graphics card adheres to the reference scheme, which includes three DisplayPort 2.1b ports and a single HDMI 2.1a port.

The Maxsun Intel Arc B580 iCraft graphics card comes with dual 8-pin connectors to feed its 190W power rating.

The card features a 6-phase VRM for the GPU with six GDDR6 memory modules. The card sticks with the reference clock speeds, but given its custom nature, it can be overclocked.

The iCraft series graphics cards are stylish and come with full ARGB illumination.

The following is what the graphics card looks like when lit up.

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About the author: A Software Engineer by training and a PC enthusiast by passion, Hassan Mujtaba serves as Wccftech's Senior Editor for hardware section. With years of experience in the industry, he specializes in deep-dive technical analysis of next-generation CPU and GPU architectures, motherboards, and cooling solutions. His work involves not only breaking news on upcoming technologies but also extensive hands-on reviews and benchmarking.

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