Well my water PSU die on me. It wasn't heating but I think due to a lightening storm. On side note: A Power compressor is tad bit different from a power surge multi outlets. http://www.performance-pcs.com/cata...d=4570&zenid=8f013385b5b1cbf296be7121a9d81803 I can't seem to find much water cool PSUs out there besides this one. Anyone know any other places to buy some?
i know there is a realy realy nice water cooled psu about to be released but can't rember what its called atm. ah ha. found it! Koolance PSU-1200ATX-12S Preview with pics. http://www.nordichardware.com/news,5580.html its just a little bit of a beast! I do hope bit-tech are getting this for reveiw.
wow that psu is exteme! they filled it with water?!?! thats one way of doing things i suppose! lol yea bit-tech best get one of those babys to see what they are really like and perform as good as they look!
What's the point of water cooling your PSU? Most air-cooled PSUs these days are as silent as your radiator fan(s). Water-cooled PSUs are just extremely expensive and seem like a waste of money to me...
Nail on the head mate. Silent PSU's are 100% as good as WC'd PSU's, and they last about a million times longer (WC PSU's are notoriously unreliable, some of the electronics in the PSU, which isn't WC justified because it runs quite cool, needs just that tiny bit of airflow to increase its lifetime).
darklord- you could say that about everything tho. why do i need water cooling at all when air cooling works fine? why do i need a 8800GTX in sli when a 7800 works fine? why do i need an expensive case when a cheap one does the same job? its not about the money when it comes to these sorts of things its about having the best/coolest item on the market. If we were worried about "wasting money" (I don't feel that my hobby is a waste of money since i enjoy it) on comps then we wouldnt even be on this site. we would be buying everything as standard from dell
Why not just mod yourself a watercooled PSU? That'd be way cooler then buying one, and potentially much cheaper. It's been done before too, you need to re-arrange some of the parts, make a block, and done Much cheaper then spending 300$ And your logic is very materialistic, but then again, money is very hard to come by for me. To each his own Anyways, if you really want to buy one, buy the first one, the second one is in the 500$, but it's 1.2KW also.
Not true - all of the things above serve some function within reason - Watercooling a graphics card reduces its noise and allows for better OC'ing. 8800GTX's in SLi lets you play every single game around on a 30" screen with max settings. An expensive case has much better features/cooling management/build quality for someone who's going to be upgrading a lot. A watercooled PSU only introduces unreliability, it might be silent, but chances are you have to have some fans in your loop anyway to keep your CPU/GPU/Northbridge/MOSFETs cool. I'm not saying you should go out and buy a $60 silent PSU, I'm saying you should use your head and stop pimping your e-wang at the possible cost of everything you connect to your PSU.
well tbh I’m going to wait until I see some extensive testing, unless you happen to have got a hold of one to review and can confirm what looks very much like conjecture as to the reliability of this PSU. As I’m sure you are aware temperature plays a major roll in the life span and efficacy of any electronics product. And as you have already stated you are paying for the silence as well. So its hardly a pointless product. As for pimping my e-wang I’m not the one with a long list of expensive and some may say a “waste of money” hardware in my signature…..
Well yes and no, you still have the noise from your radiotor and possibly your pump (and maybe even the HD). As for reliability, my little 400W PSu has lasted me 4 years now, and it's still puttering along nicely, I replaced the fan for a more efficient one. It makes less noise then my 18dba pump. It really depends on the parts (and luck)
This ones oil cooled not watercooled. And Krikkit: The PSU in question is completely oil filled IIRC so no airflow is needed. Therefore a 7v 120mm fan on the back is hardly "jsut as quiet as an aircooled PSU" They designed it for a reason and thats to be one of the best PSU's about, and IMO its true. Fully cooled components with the heat being radiated outside of the case and its got shedloads of power behind it as well. And if people say 'what about the reliability'. Well it cant be any less reliable than a normal WC setup, which in a lot of examples can run without a fan whatsoever. Oh and if you WC the main heat sources (cpu/nb/gfx) you are still left with all of those other critical hot components that need their precious airflow. OC'ing defeats your reliabilty argument 8800GTX in SLI is an expensive thing, so it would hardly matter if you needed to replace a few components regularyl, as you have already dropped over £500 on graphics cards alone.And hwy would you need to run anyhting higher than 1280x1024 maxed out? wouldnt look much diffferent and i sure dont notice the difference. Yes an expensive case has better features and they are built for the ENTHUSIAST as is the Koolance PSU.
I remember seeing a project log a year and half ish ago by some guy name Franklin who use dual water cool PSU. Found it: http://forums.bit-tech.net/showthread.php?t=78674&page=6&pp=20 Scroll down a bit and you can see one of his water cool PSU. Sure looks nice.
