Beans - Ice cold Corsair RAM in the works

[HEXUS]

Corsair's created a new way to get the lowest latencies and highest clocks out of your RAM. We've got the world's first pics...

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[PeterStoba]

This explains the new design with the hex bolts then ?

[GoNz0]

if they make it without the pelt i will buy it.

[mikesmic]

yeh i agree the TEC put me off a bit. But I would definitely think about one with just watercooling.

[matty-hodgson]

i don't understand exactly what it does.. :\
there was 3 bolts on top of the RAM but only 2 pipes there :\

[Brewster0101]

Originally Posted by GoNz0

if they make it without the pelt i will buy it.

That would be just the same as the OCZ flex series... Which is in a league of its own.

[Blackbeard]

Originally Posted by matty-hodgson

i don't understand exactly what it does.. :\
there was 3 bolts on top of the RAM but only 2 pipes there :\

The bolts fasten the top cooling fins to the heatsinks on the side. This waterblock/TEC combo basically replaces the fins (across all three DIMMs) and actively cools the heatsinks (which cool both the memory ICs and PCB) to sub-ambient temperatures.

We've thought about condensation too, by the way. Bear in mind that this version is just a

[mayhem]

Originally Posted by Blackbeard

The bolts fasten the top cooling fins to the heatsinks on the side. This waterblock/TEC combo basically replaces the fins (across all three DIMMs) and actively cools the heatsinks (which cool both the memory ICs and PCB) to sub-ambient temperatures.

We've thought about condensation too, by the way. Bear in mind that this version is just a

I presume you going to be Laging the pipes then to reduce the chance of condensation.

All so are there going to be extra supports for the ram block because 80% of rigs these will be going into will be on there side and thats going to put some pressure on them ram sots.

(if im correct in thinking)

[shaithis]

We're not yet sure what Corsair's going to call this crazy RAM cooler

"The Corsair crazy RAM cooler for crazy people" perhaps?

There are some areas of the PC that could benefit from crazy cooling, RAM isn't one of them IMO.

[MadduckUK]

had to use up all the R&D budget or they get less next year

[Webby]

Originally Posted by mayhem

I presume you going to be Laging the pipes then to reduce the chance of condensation.

All so are there going to be extra supports for the ram block because 80% of rigs these will be going into will be on there side and thats going to put some pressure on them ram sots.

(if im correct in thinking)

No need to lag the pipes the water will be hot not cold You will need insulation around the RAM and block as they will be cold though.

I'm with others though without the TEC its possible I would buy it, most RAM is happy passively air cooled so just slapping water on it will most likely be enough, adding a TEC just adds more heat to my water loop decreasing performance everywhere else.

[lost eden]

Originally Posted by tfa

And yes, those wires are hooked up to a TEC.

That should actually read peltier not TEC, as technically a TEC is the combination of a peltier element in addition to suitable cooling. So overall this is a TEC, but the bit that the wires actually connect to is a peltier.

I presume you going to be Laging the pipes then to reduce the chance of condensation.

Only if the cold face of the peltier chills beneath ambient. Quite a lot of peltier setups are throttled to never drop beneath ambient on the cold face to avoid any issues with condensation.

[Vulcanite]

Agree with the above comments - TEC system just for RAM is completely unneccesary. Why not just have a decent water cooling solution like OCZ FLEX? On that thought, how come only OCZ has a water cooled line of RAM - is it because they hold a patent or something???

[Webby]

I doubt it as other water cooling suppliers have water cooling blocks available for liquid cooling memory (MIPS and Koolance to name but 2)

Oh and OCZ Flex is far from an ideal solution take this from somebody who owns some and doesn't water cool it the original flex kits have copper cooling great the Flex 2 is all aluminium which is far from ideal, the real issue is that because each stick is cooled individually they only have 6mm tubing which is really restrictive.

When I get the time I will incorporate them into my cooling loop just need to work out how to route everything and get them in with sufficient flow in a parallel loop. Perhaps a challenge for when my PhD is finished.

[mayhem]

im learning more than one thing every day on here . lol

[radar]

Looks like a cooool experiment haha. Be good to see some figures, if any..