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Silent Pump for Water-Cooled PCs

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the mod-this-beotch dept.

Wycliffe writes "New Scientist has an article about a silent pump for water-cooled PCs. The system, developed by a Californian start-up company, aims to silently solve the problem that the faster chips get, the hotter they become."

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  1. How about recovering the heat? by JohnGrahamCumming · · Score: 5, Interesting

    That's really cool.

    I've often wondered whether we couldn't attach a Stirling engine directly
    to the surface of the processor and recover some of the energy being lost
    as heat and turn it into electricity. If we could do that then I could have
    a cooler laptop that has a longer lasting battery since processor heat is
    being used to power the processor.

    Anything that stops my laptop burning my private parts and makes the
    battery last longer would be very nice. If at the same time it makes
    no noise (especially compared to the lawnmower like noise my Dell laptop's
    two fans make) it would be even better.

    John.