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- aussieaubs, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4wow - great for home use... But it needs to be priced right and easy to install for massive uptake.
- Brennan, on 10/12/2007, -5/+8Why is this even on Digg? What is even remotely new about water cooling?
- iSamurai, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Same, dugg down
- revmitcz, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4I was thinking the same thing. I'm running a liquid-cooled system as I type this.
- Alisic, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Fing is, it's self-contained. It doesn't use external water or anything, it works on the principles of a refrigerator. That's pretty new if you ask me. I mean refrigerators aren't new, but refrigerated computers? Yeah that's new.
- sporkman, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2well, everyone knows how well that usb Beverage cooler worked, so I'm sure this will be a smashing success also.
- davidrools, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=coolit+freezone&hl=en&hs=f60&lr=&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&sa=X&oi=froogle&ct=title
This thing sells for about $300. Right in line with the most expensive passive-liquid cooling systems from other makes. - davidrools, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2And no it doesn't use a heat pump cycle like a refrigerator with compressed working fluid. Thermoelectric cooling uses the Peltier Seebeck effect (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peltier%E2%80%93Seebeck_effect). It circulates fluid like a regular liquid cooling system but it comes sealed with the fluid already inside. No filling or refilling required. (which is the case with other liquid cooling systems, btw, if you havent seen/used one)
- davidrools, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I did a little research because I thought this thing just looked like another typical liquid cooling system just in a nice package but...
This system uses a thermoelectric cooler. Basically a chunk of ceramic which actively cools when an electric voltage is applied across it. The liquid flows through a radiator-like piece but is cooled by these TECs instead of by a fan as would be found in typical liquid cooling systems. Active cooling can potentially bring coolant levels below ambient temperature, while it's thermodynamically impossible for convection with a radiator/fan to even get down to ambient temp. - davidrools, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1That said, this system is kind of neat but nothing to go crazy about...i'd say barely digg-worthy.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2PCs cooled by liquids... what new madness is this?!
What bizarre creation will these witches come up with next, moving images and horseless carriages? - VincentIII, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Are you being sarcastic? The USB Bev cooler only sold due to it seemed to be an awesome idea. It doesnt even keep any of my drinks cold and was probally one of the biggest wastes of money for my PC. If the sites that sold it had reviews of it up, im pretty sure it would stop selling.
- opitica, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2This just in, just about any other current water cooling kit can be fitted for an ATX desktop case.
- wafflesomd, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2I honestly cant say rocks are very good places to live...
- ZoomBoy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1The unit I have is different than this one, you can view it on Freezones website but it is very small - it fits in the rear of my case with no problems, bolts up to the rear 120mm fan (even though its only a 92mm fan). The unit can be kept extremely quiet if you want, although I have mine set about midway it constantly monitors the temperatures and adjusts fan speeds on the fly to keep up with what temperature you want the chip to remain at.
It can only cool the CPU, I have a Zalman cooler on my GPU and with all of the heat from the CPU dumped out of the case from this cooler, my 7900GT runs at a pretty decent 40-45 celcius depending on if its idle or under load. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1But will it make ice cream?
- davidrools, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1okay last comment: this is also cool because the TECs can be controlled to cool the system as much as needed by varying the voltage and thus the active cooling effect. Other liquid cooling systems can only control the temp by varying the radiator fan speed and coolant circulation speed (the latter of which I don't think has been done).
- user777, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1thanks letting us know. what about the size, is it too big ? it seems like it was taking all the spots on the motherboard. and it mentions GPU also, I guess it can only cool one chip at a time and one would need to buy another GPU cooler ?
- ZoomBoy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I bought one of these for my PC, the original Freezone unit or whatever. I was just lazy and liked that it was a smaller unit that was self contained and I didn't feel like building my own WC setup.
It's pretty good, I just wanted it to be quiet and right now my AMD 4200 X2 is running at 32 celcius and the most I've seen it get up to after doing some pretty intense Photoshop work/Video encoding is about 40 degrees, maybe a little less.
I'm sure theres way better solutions out there, but for people who are lazy and have an ok flow of money like me, its a decent thing to throw into your computer. - Bob042, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2I hope you're kidding... No modern water-cooling system I've seen actually uses a constant flow of new water, they circulate from a tank mounted somewhere in the case. It would be rediculous to have to run a hose from your sink to keep your computer cool.
- u8myfoood, on 10/12/2007, -7/+1one day imma take an a/c and strap it onto the side of my tower (opened), and see which cooling system is better!
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