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Corsair Nautilus500 External Cooling Kit
VL writes to tell us that they recently got a chance to review the latest external water cooling kit from Corsair. It seems that in addition to the performance boost it was also extremely easy to use. From the review: "As you can see above, the Nautilus500 was significantly quicker to install than the other two kits. The reason for this is that the motherboard needs to be removed before installation for both the EXOS and Aquagate, but not for the Nautilus500. Keep in mind that we're very familiar with the Aquagate Mini and Koolance EXOS, so those times are about as low as they get (for us anyway). We think we can maybe shave another minute for the Nautilus, but either way, a liquid system installed under 10 minutes is pretty impressive."
...with the MacBook Pro?
Circumcision is child abuse.
I was thinking something like this would be great for a (post-warranty) Sun v40z. Those things are LOUD but they have some kick butt speed.
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I thought this was wireless wi-fi/bluetooth cooler that you just plug in usb adapter and put the cooler in the refrigerator.
I don't know what clown was installing this thing, but you do not need to take the motherboard out for EXOS installation.
Mr. Mysterioso will now guess the contents of the review!
*clicks link*..."a two-guys-in-a-garage hardware review ladies and gentlemen!"
All jokes aside: "Our findings were confirmed with Corsair in a conference call and we were informed that future units will have this warning updated in their manual."
What the hell? "Conference calls" with the company that made the product they reviewed?
Please help metamoderate.
I wonder how many people care whether the installation takes 10 minutes or 20. I mean, how much performance or utility would I sacrifice for those 10 saved minutes? None. Sometimes it's a good rule of thumb that longer something takes, the more likely I am to mess it up. But I don't think that's so with water cooling. There is really only one thing to worry about, and that's leaking. If I thought a setup was less likely to leak, I'd be happy to remove the motherboard to install it. Anyway, my point is that this observation about different install times is completely superficial - and the fact it appears on Slashdot, where millions happily tinker with Linux config files, is all the more silly.
you'd best not be planning to go to a LAN or move your computer much for anyreason with that thing installed...because unlike some external watercooling kits, It does not seem to have any quick disconnects at the PCI slot hose entry points.
... but even these watercooling in a box kits...seem like more trouble than they are worth.
thus it looks like you'd have to remove the thing before you could transport the PC anyhere...
and i'm not trying to flamebait or anything... and I don't overclock... so maybe that's part of the reason why
I think i'd always be too afraid of leaks to use one of them?
actually I am happy to see you, however that is in fact a banana in my pocket.
From the Corsair website:
"Each complete kit includes pre-fitted, pressure tested tubing that can easily be adjusted to shorter lengths without the fear of accidental leakage. For mobility-minded users and LAN party gamers, the kit also include quick connect self-sealing connectors to avoid having to drain the liquid during transport. (This also helps during initial installation)."
If you look at the instruction manual, or the review posted in TFA, you can see the quick disconnects.
With water cooling, leakage is always a concern - but these things are so well made that I've never even heard of someone's water cooling unit crapping out on them and frying their system. I *HAVE* heard of failure of fans in air cooling systems that destroy the processors - and while a good deal of that might be simply because so many more people USE air cooling, I think it would be unfair to say that the risk of leakage is so iminent that these units aren't worth installing.
Remember, the people who buy these units are the people with very, very nice computers, and as such, they take great care to make sure they don't get ruined. With a little care, it's easy to ensure that the risk of leakage is negligible.
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or you want it done fast?
take your pick
then it should be a good one. I've had the 200EX running 24/7 since july 2004 No leaks, runs like a champ on a HT 2.8 ghz.
There's one plus that the non-geek crowd can appreciate. No dust-bunnies in their computers. A lot of failures come from clogged fans. Now with that being said. How many water-cooling kits cool more than just the processor and GPU? Hard-drives and bridge chips get hot too.
"I think i'd always be too afraid of leaks to use one of them?"
Funny how people worry more about their computers leaking than grandpa.
Thanks for that.
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is that it's not just the CPU and GPU of the system that runs hot. Most modern motherboards are designed so that the capacitors around the cpu need the airflow of the cpu-cooler. It's not that heavy cooling is needed, more like a little airflow around. However besides the CPU cooler, a fan is quite difficult to attach in that region. So if you just use watercooling and have no fan in the case, those capacitors might heat up to 80, 90 degree centigrade and their life cycle is heavily shortened. Plus it's very difficult to replace them on modern 4-layer boards. Once they blow, they can take not only the motherboard but the CPU and RAM with them...
The Corsair HydroCool200 was also an external unit, almost identical in design to this, and did not require the removal of a motherboard. And it came out almost 3 years ago. ^.^