New Dual System PC

An anonymous reader writes "ExtremeMhz.com has released an article on how they designed and built a PC containing dual systems. One system is a supercooled Intel and the other is a water chilled AMD. This PC features Dual SCSI storage subsytems also. Looks like some crazy stuff." Now if only they could put a mac and a PC in one case ;)

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Let me get this straight...

[Anonymous Coward]

It's 2 separate PCs, in one case, with a unified PSU and cooling system...

Next!!!

Seriously, this is a bit boring really, isn't it... wake me up when a MoBo manufacturer develops a dual-machine (not dual CPU!) board with a unified disk subsystem, now that I would buy...

Extreme Leak Protection

[AlterEd]

The first step in setting up the cooling circuit involves preparation. In order to ensure that the electronics are protected in the event of a leak occurring in the future, all PC boards (for both systems) were protected by applying several layers of spray on acrylic lacquer conformal coating.

OK, sounds like a great idea. Where does one purchase spray on acrylic lacquer conformal coating?

Note: Special care must be taken to protect the areas of the board that should no be sprayed, e.g. memory slots, ATX connectors, PCI slots etc.

But wait. If you don't cover the RAM slots, what's the point of covering anything? OK, maybe if you've got a little leak and it just dribbles on the board a bit you'll get lucky and you won't lose any blue smoke. I just don't see the point, it seems a bit like wearing a radiation suit all the time to protect against The Bomb, but not wearing the hat.