Sapphire Technology Looks Into Water-Cooling

**MIG-31** · Dec 5, 2003, 06:33 PM

Water-cooling has never been widely spread on the market because of implementation complexity, low cost-efficiency, doubtful reliability as well as some other reasons. For more than two decades air cooling has been the major way to cool down parts of computers. Now that central processing units, graphics chips and some other PC components work at high speeds and incorporate tens of million transistors, some companies pay more and more attention to alternative means of cooling, such as vapor compression cycle method used in refrigerators, heat-pipes and notorious water-cooling.

For full article: xbitlabs

For more pictures: firingsquad

No_Style · Dec 5, 2003, 09:25 PM

The length of that card...

**MIG-31** · Dec 5, 2003, 09:33 PM

-={420}=- · Dec 6, 2003, 04:35 AM

But it looks so cool, especially the other side.

@/2ct!< · Dec 6, 2003, 07:20 AM

More like koolance water cooling makes a deal with Sapphire

Dec 5, 2003, 06:33 PM	#1
MIG-31 HardwareHeaven News Mod Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Nottingham,UK Posts: 55,779 Rep Power: 444 System Specs	Sapphire Technology Looks Into Water-Cooling Water-cooling has never been widely spread on the market because of implementation complexity, low cost-efficiency, doubtful reliability as well as some other reasons. For more than two decades air cooling has been the major way to cool down parts of computers. Now that central processing units, graphics chips and some other PC components work at high speeds and incorporate tens of million transistors, some companies pay more and more attention to alternative means of cooling, such as vapor compression cycle method used in refrigerators, heat-pipes and notorious water-cooling. For full article: xbitlabs For more pictures: firingsquad __________________ Please Post Your News Submissions Here

Dec 5, 2003, 09:25 PM	#2
No_Style Styleless Wonder Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Ottawa, Ontario Posts: 6,034 Rep Power: 0	The only problem is... The length of that card... __________________ "The Best Style Is No Style" Specifications Here

Dec 5, 2003, 09:33 PM	Thread Starter #3
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Dec 6, 2003, 04:35 AM	#4
-={420}=- DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 1,095 Rep Power: 0	But it looks so cool, especially the other side. __________________ [COLOR=red]My eBay Auctions[/COLOR] Last edited by -={420}=-; Dec 6, 2003 at 07:48 AM.

Dec 6, 2003, 07:20 AM	#5
@/2ct!< HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Not Vegas, anymore :( Posts: 1,391 Rep Power: 0	More like koolance water cooling makes a deal with Sapphire __________________