Thermaltake Intros RGB Water 3.0 Coolers, Black Opaque Coolant

[N.Broekhuijsen]

In addition to new power supplies and cases, Thermaltake also introduced a few new cooling products at CES this year. These include a handful of new all-in-one liquid coolers along with a new black version of its opaque coolant.

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[nzalog]

Revolutionary, RGB lights are the biggest innovation of 2017 apparently.

 

[Tanyac]

Indeed, It seems lots of vendors have run out of ideas for real productivity improvements. The focus seems to be more on whether it looks good, not whether it works. Not only hardware manufacturers, but even program designers, who these days are more concerned with aesthetics than getting the job done.

It boggles the mind

 

[JackNaylorPE]

It seems odd that the decision makers (marketing folks) think investing in bling rather then eliminating the mixed metals / galvanic corrosion issue, weak pump issue and getting rid of an aluminum radiator is "innovation".

 

[memadmax]

Can't wait for the rgb lighting and win10 fad to be over...

Once it finally breaks, the cold hard reality will kick in: This stuff is garbage...

 

[ohim]

RGB on everything ... and that black opaque coolant is amazing, i mean.. why nobody has ever thought of installing black tubing in their computers, better make a black coolant ... What is wrong with people these days ?

RGB leds on everything is the equivalent of WORD Art in office back in the 90s and early 2000.

 

[dstarr3]

It seems odd that the decision makers (marketing folks) think investing in bling rather then eliminating the mixed metals / galvanic corrosion issue, weak pump issue and getting rid of an aluminum radiator is "innovation".

As soon as corrosion starts killing the RGB lights, that's when money gets spent on fixing the problem.

 

[buzznut]

Its expensive, but Thermaltake's C1000 line is easily the best coolant I have ever worked with. So this is cool, I have red, blue, and yellow and they mix well; White and black are next on my list.

 

[RomeoReject]

It seems odd that the decision makers (marketing folks) think investing in bling rather then eliminating the mixed metals / galvanic corrosion issue, weak pump issue and getting rid of an aluminum radiator is "innovation".

You're comparing throwing some lights on something to trying to overcome the forces of nature via chemistry? Those are nowhere near equal tasks. If it were easily solved, it would already be solved.

 

[tman247]

No question, VR will appeal to gamers - that's logical. For everyone else though, it's all very 'meh'. For 5 minutes, it's mildly interesting, but certainly not worth the investment. AR is very similar, but probably has markets in medical, construction and architecture amongst others. Again, far from mainstream.

I give it 2 years, and it will start to die off - probably the same way consumer 3D TV's have.