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Globalwin Jefi Watercooling Kit Reviewed
shockNZ writes "[H]ardOCP has reviewed what appears to be a first in PC watercooling - an 'open reservoir evaporative cooling system.' The Globalwin Jefi has a radically different design to most systems on the market. The reservoir is open at the top, and utilizes something akin to a showerhead in order to rain the incoming hot water from the PC down onto a floating heatsink. Perhaps surprisingly, it demonstrated excellent performance and low noise levels - and as a bonus, the reservoir can be used as an aquarium."
Does the temperature of the water go high enuff to poach them??!
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Hasn't open reservoir evaporative been done many times before, also called a bong? Granted it probably hasn't been done exactly this way, people have been bong cooling for years - its just a little forgotten.
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And if you overclock, you can make tea with it.
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I'm sure I'm not alone when I say that a CPU cooling system that can double as an aquarium is something us serious modders have been waiting for. But how about a mouse pad ant farm? or a monitor that can be a hampster cage?
What happens when this thing fails? Bye bye computer? I fail to see why people are so interested in liquid cooling or is it just the overclockers who use open loop liquid cooling like this?
Yes, I really want fish crap flowing through my PC.
The only novel idea in this whole thing is the open tank shower cooler - which also poses the spill hazard. Admittedly the tank looks like a futuristic acrylic ventilated crab and could be considered cool in some sub-cultures - BUT - if you have kids (yeah, some ./ers do!) or pets KEEP THIS system away from your PC. If you think you have problems with your dog drinking outta the toilet bowl now....
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It may be a bit too noisy for the silent enthusiast crowd. With the pump producing 22db and the fan doing 20db at the lowest voltage, it is not as silent as the Zalman Reserator. Then again, if you used the Zalman product on an AMD 64, the reservoir would double as a drip coffee maker.
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That will give a whole new meaning when someone goes Phising on your computer!
who | grep -i blond | date cd ~; unzip; touch; strip; finger; mount; gasp; yes; uptime; umount; sleep
with open circuit watercooling system is water contamination. Algae seems to be able to grow on little more then the casual dust that enters the water, and the best place to grow is where you dont want it: The nice warm and thin parts of the CPU heatsink.
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Up to now there's been no affective way for home aquariums to host the exotic creatures found near deep-sea volcanic vents - until now!
(Sulfur not included)
1. install Jefi
2. fill with ice like reccomended
3. watch the pc overheat and burn out
--Oh your 'sposed to put ice AND water in it--
(seriously though just filling with ice wont help as it might be cooler and might cyrogenically freeze your fish but you cant get ice cubes down the pipe and your pc might overheat in the time it takes for enough melting)
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That isn't H2O, it is Flurinert, and it is rather expensive.
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I can imagine being woken up at 2 AM for an emergency outage because someone forgot to water the server.
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shockNZ writes "[H]ardOCP has reviewed what appears to be a first in PC watercooling - an 'open reservoir evaporative cooling system.
Its been done before.
Fish Tank Water Cooler
It's nice that this comes in a kit but it's usually cheaper to build it yourself. I didn't see the price of the kit in the article but I bet you could do a lot better than that cheesy looking fish tank for less money. I guess the radiator thingy sets this apart from the project that I linked to but I don't understand how agitating the water helps disperse heat. It seems like you would be better off with more coolant and a powerful pump.