In January we took a look at the HIS X700 Pro IceQ Turbo because it piqued our interest with its somewhat unique cooling solution. HIS took a page from the book of "OTES", which stands for Outside Thermal Exhaust System, a thermal management approach pioneered by Abit Computer, that has been out on the market in various incarnations for a couple of years now. The HIS approach also employs a cooling scoop and shroud design in which a large fan at the rear of the assembly pushes air across the GPU and RAM heatsink plate, and out through a rear slot plate in the PC chassis. While this design does consume two motherboard/chassis slots of real estate, the benefits are well worth the added bulk because virtually all of the heat dissipated off the front side of a graphics card can be completely eliminated from inside the case, in addition to improving chassis airflow and ventilation in general.
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Hothardware
Mar 21, 2005, 08:03 AM
