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Zalman TNN 500A - Complete Heatpipe Cooled Case

Posted by timothy on from the industrial-music dept.

SlashCrunchPop writes "Zalman is about to release a completely fanless computer case based entirely on heatpipe cooling capable of keeping even the hottest CPUs cool. Cool silence, at last?" The article's in German, but the pictures speak for themselves.

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  1. Re:What's the point? by BiggerIsBetter · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The point is that your $20 dollar case probably sounds like a jet plane taking off, possibly overheats occassionally, and if a fan fails you're screwed. This one doesn't have those problems.

    These also look a lot, um, cooler. In an ugly-modern kind of way.

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  2. Solid Copper pipes??? by NFN_NLN · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Those pipes look like solid copper. It must be a pain to re-route them if you use non-standard sized components. Isn't there a flexible material they can use that will still withstand the heat?

  3. Goes around, comes around by panurge · · Score: 3, Interesting
    Aber was kostet's?

    Reminds me of the high power PSUs we were building back in the early-80s for I-can't-tell-you-about-that applications. That was for 60V 50A DC-audio amplifiers. Why do Germans still go for all-black, finned military chic?

    Even so, the limited convection of this thing is still wasted capacity. It would be better, and almost as quiet, to have a chimney round the back with the fins pointing inward, and a slow air stream from a large fan being sent up it. It could easily be as quiet as a hard drive.

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    1. Re:Goes around, comes around by Qbertino · · Score: 2, Interesting

      Why do Germans still go for all-black, finned military chic?

      They don't. They usually go for pointless boring standard looking 'safeside' designs. In allmost every german household you'll find white-painted standard rough-texture wallpaper, for instance.
      It's actually all 'anti-design'. They only thing you can be shure of is that the german thing will allways be 3 mm thicker than all the rest. Check out german car chassis or german cups, saucers and dishes to see what I mean.
      Considering that, this case is quite avantgardistic by german standards. :-)

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    2. Re:Goes around, comes around by panurge · · Score: 2, Interesting

      Oh dear. No, it isn't. It's a better RADIATOR. And you know how hot the case would need to be before radiation was significant compared to convection? Tube temperatures rather than transistor temperatures.

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    3. Re:Goes around, comes around by broeman · · Score: 2, Interesting

      hmm, weird, I thought that was Scandinavian / Japanese functionalistic design. Everytime Danish companies produces to the german market (40% export goes to Germany), it has to be (or look like) luxurious products, with corny gold, leather and (black) wood-impregnated designs. And yes, I know Germans and their homes, because I live by the border and half my family live in Germany (or used to).

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  4. Meassurements, Price? by Qbertino · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Does it fit under my Desk?
    What does it cost?

    If both is under my maximum I want one!

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  5. Heat exchanger. by Agent+R · · Score: 2, Interesting

    This would be a pretty handy device for those living on the eastcoast in the middle of winter. As someone mentioned above, it would make a dandy space heater. I agree. When I was still living in Boston, I left the several machines on my home network running 24/7 during the months of intense cold. Oddly enough my utility bills* was lower that year than the year before. (When I didn't have the machines running all that time.)

    *apartment was gas heated.

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  6. Re:English by AmiMoJo · · Score: 4, Interesting
    It is very likely that the official retail price of TNN 500A cooling system will be determined as about 900~1,100 US dollars.


    For that much money, you could go for a full water cooling system with one or two large 120mm fans. Careful selection of the fans would make it very nearly silent, certainly below the noise level of my bedroon during the day, which just off a main road.


    The Zalman case looks really impractical too, I mean the back has a door which you would need to keep open if all your cables didn't fit though the exit holes at the bottom. It's gotta be a niche market thing.


    MoJo

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  7. Hmm by mrselfdestrukt · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The article's in German, but the pictures speak for themselves.
    Sorry, dude. I don't understand german pictures either.
    Anyway, that's one big-ass heatsink. The think is.With a chassis like that , you'll probably end up just spreading the heat through your entire case instead of directing heat away from CPU, HD etc. I don't mind the noise. I'll keep my fans thank you.

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  8. Brilliant! Looks like I can junk some gear by Chris+Worth · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I just counted the fans in my desktop, and amazingly came up with 8: CPU, PSU, graphics card, and 5 spread around the case. (A CoolerMaster) And I'm not even a cooling freak. This thing should reduce those decibels.

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  9. underwater PC? by mikevdg · · Score: 2, Interesting
    Just an idea...

    Instead of blowing air around, putting hoses in your computer or using heat-pipes, would it be possible to submerge the whole motherboard and hard-drive in some non-electricity-conducting liquid? De-ionized water???

    Michael.

    1. Re:underwater PC? by harmonics · · Score: 2, Interesting

      Yep, it was done on Octools.com. The old "Fluorinert" story. Check it out...

  10. Re:Excellent by Zro+Point+Two · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I actually like the sound that comes from the fans in my system. It has much the same effect on me going to sleep as white noise would have on most people.

    Or maybe it's just me....I mean, I am the one who moved right beside an expressway because I liked the dull sounds that come from cars rushing past while I am falling asleep.

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  11. Fanless = dust free? by slim · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Correct me if I'm wrong, but if there's no air-cooling going on whatsoever, does that mean the case can be completely sealed against dust?

    I'm sure inhaling the dust that collects in computer cases is a health hazard, if you do it often enough.