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If they made their processors slower, then they would be "innovating"? What do you want processors to do, really?

Lower power consumption? Lower heat output to the point where I don't need a Rube Goldberg Device?

Swiftech is my guess as the first who will offer widespread, professional watercooling solutions for 1U rack-mount water cooling solutions using the Laing DDC pump, rebadged as the MCP350. I don't think any of the other big players in that industry currently have the products or expertise to pull it off in the near future.

According to the SwiftTech Web Site the Kit reviewed in the article costs around $200 - $250 depending on the specific model you buy...

Wouldn't it be cheaper and easier to get the Evergreen Thermagic kit? It's only $99 bucks and seems a lot easier to install. Of course, the Evergreen kit doesn't have green cooling liquid (actually, the liquid isn't visible).

I guess if the look of the cooling kit is more important to ya, the SwifTech one might be worth paying double for. I'd personally prefer something quiet (the whole point of buying these kits) that doesn't consume a lot of power and is easy to install. Seems like the Evergreen kit is the better deal.

Anyone out there own either of these kits? Any recommendations, preferences, horror stories?

One kit that springs to mind is Swiftech's kit. I'm not really familiar with much in the way of complete kits, though, so there could be others that are also better.

And I certainly wouldn't say that I said "this sucks" and leave it at that. I gave reasoning for WHY the guide sucks. For the kit, I just said it wasn't the best, which it isn't. It's not too bad, though. Would probably be more effective in the hands of somebody that knew what to do with it, though. ;-)

The only ones I've seen are nearly as expensive as a new CPU, and since you're going to replace the CPU in 6 months anyway, why spend that much for the heatsink?

If you're replacing your CPU every 6 months you can afford to buy a decent heatsink, especially considering you don't have to replace the heatsink, its a one-time purchase. If you don't want to buy a big heatsink that uses mounting holes, many of the newer socket clips work really well, for example the Swiftech MCX370.

The only ones I've seen are nearly as expensive as a new CPU, and since you're going to replace the CPU in 6 months anyway, why spend that much for the heatsink?

If you're replacing your CPU every 6 months you can afford to buy a decent heatsink, especially considering you don't have to replace the heatsink, its a one-time purchase. If you don't want to buy a big heatsink that uses mounting holes, many of the newer socket clips work really well, for example the Swiftech MCX370.

In the review (posted on /.) it demonstrated heatsinks being removed from the CPU while in operation. Both the PIII & PIV survived but the Athlons fried up with one taking the motherboard with it

Who would do this??? There's even a warning sticker on Athlons and Durons that specifically states not to operate without a heatsink.

As far as being dislodged, I've never heard of that in normal operation, but if you're overly paranoid, you could get a HSF that screws into the motherboard like the mc462 from swiftech. It uses the four screw holes present on all socket A motherboards.

They show a "crash test" where they repeatedly dropped a case off the roof of a one story building. The HSF did not come off.

Peltiers do generate a lot of heat but, for example, the Swiftech MC2001 uses 2 fans for two thermoelectric coolers (the Peltier junctions), moving 66 cfm of air. Do you think Peltier manufacturers are so grossly incompetent as to heat up the insides of the case? Freezing, that's a different matter. They recommend that you use a silicon compound to prevents moisture penetrating the circuits and then freezing solid..

Anandtech, amongst others, has written a review of Swiftech's MC2000 and MC1000 Peltiers.

I am not, nor have been connected with Swiftech in any way.

I am considering a Swiftech MC2001. Has anyone out there, have any recommendations/reservations about this product? At $219, it's not cheap. Swiftech do make cheaper units, but I've learnt to buy the best that I can afford. Saves hassle and money in the long run.