BFG Announces Liquid Cooled Nvidia GPUs

[Marcus Yam]

Liquid cooling for your video card ready from the factory.

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[jerther]

Soon we're going to need two seperate boxes for the CPU and the GPU

 

[alvine]

will cost an arm and leg. can't wait for new graphic cards to come outttt

 

[scooterlibby]

I love that coolit is bringing the self contained thong to GPU's. Probably too expensive though. It would be nice if Coolit started selling the self contained water cooling unit as a standalone like they do with the Domino.

 

[scooterlibby]

Um while a self contained thing is kind of redundant, I meant "thing."

 

[unlicensedhitman]

How do you SLI if you have 2 radiators with the fan mount on your case?

 

[Conumdrum]

It's as good as the H50 or other basic cooling systems with liquid. I don't expect any better temps than stock with this, but at least the loud fans will be gone.

It's good for the high end watercooler because people will buy this and begin to look at real watercooling and it's benefits. They will migrate to high end watercooling, increasing the research, products, and availibility of high end water parts for people who already do real watercooling.

Interesting entry-level cooling.

 

[socalboomer]

[citation][nom]scooterlibby[/nom]I love that coolit is bringing the self contained thong to GPU's. [/citation]
self contained "thong"s are always a good thing. . .

sorry - couldn't resist!

 

[scook9]

this is interesting but will cost a lot and is only going to be practical in a case like the CM Stacker with all those 120mm mounts on the side panel, and then, installation will be a HUGE pain.....

 

[warezme]

I thought thong was catchier.

 

[stradric]

[citation][nom]unlicensedhitman[/nom]How do you SLI if you have 2 radiators with the fan mount on your case?[/citation]

Heh, seriously. It seems like they should just sell a self-contained SLI unit with 2 vid cards and one radiator.

I like water cooling in concept only. The practicalities are just too much for me.

 

[ravenware]

Didn't sapphire do this ages ago?

 

[Gin Fushicho]

*cuts his left nut off* I hope thats enough to get more stuff like this in the future. I cant do my own water cooling.

 

[MU_Engineer]

[citation][nom]scooterlibby[/nom]I love that coolit is bringing the self contained thong to GPU's. Probably too expensive though. It would be nice if Coolit started selling the self contained water cooling unit as a standalone like they do with the Domino.[/citation]

They do, albeit for the Radeon 4870 rather than NVIDIA cards.

 

[rubix_1011]

Very cool concept, but I can see the people getting this; too much money and not enough intelligence to know there is something way better for the money, and they will botch up the install. There already is very little room in a PC case for these monster cards...having the ports at the back end is a bad idea...broken/cracked ports when 'shoving' them into a tight-fitting case...

 

[scook9]

I doubt people paying for these cards will be cramming them into small cases....

 

[ravenware]

[citation][nom]scook9[/nom]I doubt people paying for these cards will be cramming them into small cases....[/citation]
Yeah I like the slim 1 slot water block cards that BFG has been putting out

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814143200

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814143159

 

[wayneepalmer]

I am wondering why they couldn't create an external mounting system for CPU's and GPU's that would allow you to connect extensions to the internal sockets in the PC case and have these units installed in a refrigerating chamber outside the case itself - say in something cryogenic. This would keep you away from condensation issues in the PC case and all those moving parts and no real dry-sealing system.

 

[invlem]

I think I'd rather wait for a die shrink and a new generation of chips, this is getting a bit excessive...

 

[falchard]

I don't like the messy process of replacing a heatsink on a video-card, so if it comes with a heatsink from the factory the better IMO.

 

[dyson122]

Personally, I'd be willing to pay a reasonable premium (over the cost of GFX + water cooling) for a self contained, preassembled system such as this.

 

[dyson122]

EDIT: Just saw this on newegg. Despite what I said, 850 dollars is a little much.

 

[josherrr]

just what the world needs another gddr3 nvidia card

 

[JonnyDough]

Users will be able to choose from three different system speed settings to control acoustics and performance—Auto, Quiet, and Maximum.

If "Auto" actually works, why would you set it any differently?

 

[JonnyDough]

I have a Danger Den 4200 water cooling kit on my Opteron 185 and I gotta tell you, it isn't that hard once you do your research and know what you're doing. The trick is the T-line, patience, and having the right tools. But before that the trick is "doing your homework".

That said, in my opinion it isn't usually worth the investment since newer tech is both cheaper (due to manufacturing process shrinks), faster, and more energy efficient (also saving you money). New tech is also sometimes quieter. Today's cards can keep up with my OC'd 8800GTS. It runs hot and loud.

It so happens I won my water cooling at a LAN party, I would've rather used my $40 cooler from Zalman that does just about as good because the pump's a bit weak I think.

What they need to do is design cases with radiatiors integrated into the side panels and the top that are lightweight, and protected. Seal up the inside of the case so that you have no air leaks, and then pull cool, filtered air from the bottom front of the case using a single 140mm fanned PSU at the top rear. Since heat rises and you don't have any air blowing around inside, and if the GPU/CPU and ram are water cooled you shouldn't have any components overheating inside. One fan should be enough.

Dell has been putting single slow spinning small fans in cramped cases for years that cool both the CPU and the entire case. Utilize the same idea, but make it a lot better with the water cooling.