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7/29/12 at 7:53am
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I think that could be a good cooler; now if only the reviewer at Tom's actually knew what he was doing the article could have shown that.  Strap a couple GTs directly onto the heatsink and I bet temps would be a lot better with less db.

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7/29/12 at 10:46am
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I think that could be a good cooler; now if only the reviewer at Tom's actually knew what he was doing the article could have shown that.  Strap a couple GTs directly onto the heatsink and I bet temps would be a lot better with less db.

This, this, and this.

I realize Tom's had to install it as designed for the review, but his fan choice was terrible. And yes, strapping the fans directly would have resulted in downright ridiculous better temps with the fans running slower. Sure, that isn't how the product was designed, but how many components do we tailor out of the box to perform better per our use? That's par for the course around here. My Accelero Twin Turbo fan module is sitting in a drawer.

Though for direct mounting I may not use the GTs, since they are exceptionally heavy relative to most fans.
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7/29/12 at 11:35am

Id never buy something that big to cool my Video card or CPU

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7/29/12 at 2:04pm
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I think that could be a good cooler; now if only the reviewer at Tom's actually knew what he was doing the article could have shown that.  Strap a couple GTs directly onto the heatsink and I bet temps would be a lot better with less db.

Agree, love the avatar btw, BARRY! smile.gif
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It is hideous and costs liek a good gpu water-block. - crap
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7/30/12 at 6:46pm
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Um this looks like it could be a bigger pain than water
Bigger pain than having water dripping all over your electronics?
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I'm just imagining this thing in my case & I'm laughing at the absurdity. I have a big enough cpu cooler as it is, any gpu solution would have to be a lot smaller than this to work for me. How many people would this be a viable option to, and out of those people who would actually want it at the price they want?
Air-cooling enthusiasts would probably ask the same thing about people like you who like having liquids around your electronics.
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I'm asking how many people would actually pay for this vs another gpu cooling solution? Is it really that much better than the other non-reference designs we've seen? I've always perceived it that there's a limit with air cooling & I'm wondering is this really that much better, considering how huge this thing is. I know I couldn't use this thing if I wanted, how many others are in my boat?
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If i was looking for the best performing solution hard or not it's watercooling of some kind. If I'm looking for an alternative for water that isn't noisy is this the best one out there. If it really does offer the best performance without being noisy I can see that for those that could actually use this it would be attractive.

Don't know if you even considered, but maybe some people just don't like having water near their expensive electronics like you do for obvious reasons. Cheaper or not, water-cooling is still more risky than having a huge hunk of metal in your computer.



You seem to have a problem with people who want better air-cooling while you think there's a limit. As long as there's still cool air around this planet, there is no limit.
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7/30/12 at 9:10pm
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You seem to have a problem with people who want better air-cooling while you think there's a limit. As long as there's still cool air around this planet, there is no limit.
I think you misunderstand me, I'm actually just as wary of water cooled solutions as some others here. I had an h50 that ended up leaking on me. What I'm trying to get at is this cooler really has a limited appeal. Anyone using multi gpu setups can't use it. anyone using a smaller case is going to run into trouble & I doubt it's going to beat a watercooled solution in terms of performance. Yes there are those out there that might like this but i don't see that many. Like I said in previous posts I couldn't use this setup if i wanted to I'd have to change cases for it to even be possible.
p.s . there are limits to the thermal conductivity of air. I don't make the rules of physics.
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7/30/12 at 9:32pm
At this point, air cooling isn't worth it. It'd be cheaper to go under water.
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7/30/12 at 10:47pm
Wow that shows a complete lack of modding skill. I could do 2x better in Half the space. This is not impressive in any form
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7/30/12 at 10:49pm
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Bigger pain than having water dripping all over your electronics?
Air-cooling enthusiasts would probably ask the same thing about people like you who like having liquids around your electronics.
Don't know if you even considered, but maybe some people just don't like having water near their expensive electronics like you do for obvious reasons. Cheaper or not, water-cooling is still more risky than having a huge hunk of metal in your computer.

You seem to have a problem with people who want better air-cooling while you think there's a limit. As long as there's still cool air around this planet, there is no limit.

Only ignorant little children are scared of water-cooling. Any fool can do it easily.
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