Anybody familiar with 'Chill Vent II' ?

[boostm3]

I came across a review this morning of a product called 'Chill Vent II' from a company called Koolsolutions at http://www.koolsolutions.net/ .

If youre not familiar, heres a site to look at:
http://www.madshrimps.be/?action=getarticle&number=1&artpage=749&articID=171

I think the Koolsoutions site has some more review quotes.

At any rate, it seems this hunk of plastic and minor fan work, as a vent, sucessfully lowers CPU temps by about 5 degrees C, which isnt half bad Im thinking, for those folks who are running loaded CPU temps in the low 50s who, while safe, would rather aim for the upper 40s. Someone like myself, for example 😉

What Im wondering about, though, is I wrote the mfg an email with a question, and it came back as undelivarable not long after.. Plus, all the reviews Ive seen come from 2003/2004 vintage, leading me to believe this might have been a viable product at one time, although now, Im not sure anymore, even though Id be quite pleased with those results If I were to achieve them.

So, has anybody heard of them or the product? Or is anybody aware of a newer version which aims to do the same thing, ie, moving cool air from the bottom of the case into the direction of the intake of the CPU hsf mechanism? The reviews and tests certainly sounded promising, yet I wonder why Im seeing no current reviews of it.. Plus, Newegg isnt carrying it, which isnt a deal braker on its own, but it just adds to the questions I have surrounding this company.

thanks.

 

[maximiza]

You might want to look at other solutions from allot of other comanies. New designs are soon to be released for hybrid fan/water cooling. No maintance too, except for a dusting every now and then.


http://www.ebmpapst.us/News/aquacube.htm

 

[IcY18]

That may work with stock cooling setups but will not work with heatpipe cooling towers which seem to take up just about less space than that big hunk of plastic and would perform drastically better. Oh and look better to boot.

 

[IcY18]

You might want to look at other solutions from allot of other comanies. New designs are soon to be released for hybrid fan/water cooling. No maintance too, except for a dusting every now and then.


http://www.ebmpapst.us/News/aquacube.htm

Been there done that. Its been proven time and time again that cooling setups like that under perform when compared with high end air coolers. If you do watercooling you have to do it right, and when you do you will get great cooling results.

The only area where products like that are beneficially are for people who demand silence over all. But at that point you spreading a whole lot of money just to keep the noise of your pc down that some silent fans and good air cooler could have solved for 1/2 the price.

 

[boostm3]

That may work with stock cooling setups but will not work with heatpipe cooling towers which seem to take up just about less space than that big hunk of plastic and would perform drastically better. Oh and look better to boot.

Exactly. I quite agree.. I have to make a choice:

1) be content with my Orthos fully loaded peak cpu temps of 50-51 degrees run in a case yielding a 29 degrees System temp;

2) Spring for a better HSF.. something like Thermalright 90 which is selling for around 17 bucks, plus S clamp and AM2 rev B am2 adaption bracket for a total price of under 25 bucks;

3) Investigate this Chill Vent type of solution which has been reviewed several times to lower the cpu temp by about 5 degrees by redirecting cool are in the case bottom to the cpu. Price, I think, would be similar..

While nobody's ever said that 50 degrees isnt fine for the overclock Im running, Id personally be real happy if I were able to attain a peak temp thats 5 degrees cooler. The only question is, how much is it worth, and would I be better off achieving it with a different hsf, or with the vented solution. Thing is, Ive read an awful lot of hsf reviews, and most of the time 50 degrees is what the best of them achieve with a 50% fan operation. The fan on my Masscool hsf runs a max of 2700 rpms, moves 35 cfm, at a peak decibel level of just 26.5. Point is, I think that sound and cfm level is about 50% of what the more powerful fans are doing at 100%, so, if my max is equivalent to the big boys at 50%, then I should be real happy with 50 degrees peak Im getting. But Id be even happier with 45 degrees!

Yea, I know.. Im obsessive.. same way with my car.. The thousands Ive spent just to achieve 5 to 10 more whp on the dyno is ridiculous. The feeling that comes over me with this cpu temperature thing feels awfully similar to what comes over me when iM measuring temps out of my car's intercooler! Can we spell 'o b s e s s i o n'? Still, if I could get 5 degrees cooler for under 25 bucks, I dont think it would be a bad idea to go for it. I just have to be sure of my upgrade path, ie, find the way to get me the most bang for the buck, ie, the most likely upgrade to reduce my loaded cpu temp by 5 degrees. BTW, the size and apperance of my masscool hsf is very stocklike, so the chill vent idea should fit ok.. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835150059

 

[baddad]

This is a good solution for the money I've used the Intel version on several of my machines and dropped CPU temps at idle as much as 10C on some machines.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835185125

 

[toucs]

Chill Vent is aimed at users who do not want to hassle with HSF change. It is a simple go-over stock HSF setup. The large size and shape is required to increase air suction when fighting against gravity. Some consider this a gimmick, being practical and simple do have the drawback. A large hole on the side panel might have the same effect considering getting rid of dust is a normal maintenance. Most of us falsely think changing HSF is a task for all PC users.

The same I could say by putting a triangular (scale ruler) under a laptop will allow more air flow and reducing temperature, simple enough 😉

 

[boostm3]

After looking at Chill Vent for awhile, i realized Ive got an even simpler and probably more effective solution, more in keeping with the architecture of my particular case... IVe got a Cooler Master Centurion case.. Its got Front, Side, and Rear 120mm fans. The Front fan is largely blocked by the Drive housings, and the Side fan is placed in front of side facing vents, like shark gills, which dont give it a head on exposure. The front and side fans are Intake fans; the rear fan is an Exhaust.

Now, this case, above the side 120mm fan, is a Plastic round 'Horn', which is design as a vent.. Its location is supposed to aim right at the cpu, cept with my mobo, its located a little high for the cpu... iow, it aims at the upper half of the cpu, which is still useful, since the HSF uses an intake fan, it would grab any air in its proximity.... The horn in the side is placed in front of an 80mm grill.. Since the holes mate perfectly with an 80mm fan, and since sucn fans have holes on each side of it, it became completely feasible to sandwich an 80mm fan (as an intake) between the grill in the case and the horn.. . This would make the horn much more effective since there will be ambient air from outside the case forcefully directed right into the cpu HSF fan... So today, I installed it, and Im thrilled to say that this new setup lowered case temps by 2 degrees, and cpu temps by 3-4 degrees!!! All for 6 bucks!!!