News - Asetek intros new all-in-one liquid CPU cooler with miniature 92mm radiator

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Shrunken radiator will allow high-performance cooling in a smaller chassis.

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[c.ruel]

More cases these days have 120mm fans rather than 92mm fans ... don't see the point myself ... but there you go.

[duc]

More cases these days have 120mm fans rather than 92mm fans ... don't see the point myself ... but there you go.

Shuttles

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I've just got one of the Corsair H50 things, very nice compact design, quieter than the Noctura thing I had and lower temps, although tbh I did swap board/chip/ram so dont really have a lot to base that temp on

Very nice easy to fit peice of kit, and the fan fitted straight into my mATX case..

[foober]

Back in early 2007 I bought a system from Cyberpower with a self-contained Water cooler. It was my first exposure to water cooling. Cyberpower didn't do anything to let me know there is a need to refill these things over time.

My cooler was guaranteed for 2 years, and it worked fine. In the third year my computer progressively got hotter and hotter until one day it got hot enough to shut itself down.

After a day of reading on the 'net, I learned the cooler had to be refilled...I also learned that it's >< this close to impossible to find instructions to do so for my cooler.

I eventually figured it out after a day's worth of trying. here in the UK, you can only buy distilled water from Halford's and it's called "Battery Water". Forget anti-corrosion fluid, unless you want to try using that from a car. You cannot buy isopropyl alcohol at any chemist or drugstore near me. I ended up using "Surgical Spirits", which use methylated spirits too.

But let me say: it was a *real* bear to refill this unit myself. Water everywhere, including inside the pump's electronics. Restarting the PC gave me a real fright. I haven't worried that much since I was opening my first 286 PC for the first time (and had /zero/ money to fix anything I broke).

Steer clear of these "sealed" coolers. In 2-3 years, your computer will need a new cooler as you likely won't be able to refill this one either.

You think you won't have the same computer in 2-3 years? My 2007 computer is still going strong (E6700, 4gb ram, 1TB+ HD, and nVidea 8800GTX graphics means that I won't be able to (or need to) justify getting a new PC for a while now, at least now that the cooler is working again).

From now on, I'm sticking with large air coolers with 120-140mm fans (or tablets/laptops with lower powers CPUs). I don't care if it weighs 20 lbs. How often do I move my proper computer around?

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Where does the liquid go in a sealed unit?