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Hitachi's Water-cooled Laptop

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the degrees-of-seperation dept.

surfacearea writes "The Register has an article about the new Flora 270W Silent Model, a Japan-only 1.8GHz water cooled laptop. Apparently the pump and piping is all held behind the LCD in the lid. I wonder how much extra weight that consumes." But best of all, it means now laptops have a chance to spring a leak!

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  1. THG video by dboyles · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Tom's Hardware Guide has a pretty nifty video on installing a water-cooling system in a traditional, desktop system. IIRC, it not only cools the CPU, but also the GPU (graphics processing unit) as well as the motherboard's chipset.

    Said video can be found here

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  2. Even MORE info by yknott · · Score: 5, Interesting
    ITworld has more info on the laptop. To answer those who say this laptop will spring a leak:

    "The solution can last for more than five years, the flexible tube can circulate the solution over 20,000 times and the pump works for more than 44,000 hours, the statement said."

    And even if it does spring a leak:


    "Plastic panels separate these water-cooling elements from high-voltage areas, in case of a solution leak from the cooling system. The Tokyo company also offers a three-year guarantee service for the product."



    Sounds good to me!