Tuesday, March 20th 2012
AMD FX-8120 with Liquid Cooling Bundle Up For Pre-Order
AMD plans to sell bundles of its FX-8120 eight-core processors in the AM3+ package, along with AMD FX-branded self-contained liquid-cooling kits. The SKU is up for pre-order on Amazon, for US $383.5 (incl. shipping). The part-number for this chip+liquid-cooling bundle is "FD8120FRGUWOX". The liquid cooler is originally made by Asetek, combined with the unlocked base clock multiplier of the FX-8120, it facilitates high overclocking. The cooler is not just a dumb closed-loop, but also packs sensors that connect to the system over USB (internal USB 2.0 header), that let you monitor it via Chill Control software.
Sources:
CPU-World, our FX-8150 review, LegitReviews
29 Comments on AMD FX-8120 with Liquid Cooling Bundle Up For Pre-Order
Y U NO GO DOWN?
Almost 400$, this is madness. my god...
Thought i would have to say this cooling is f**king awesome...
pny,intel,corsair,and antec do this as well
They make a good combo, but yes, this price is a bitter pill, although the cooler is worth 25% of that cost based on how other similar coolers are priced.
I'm actually quite glad to finally see these are going to be more widely available.
@ Dave: Nice sock lol :p
I have H50, H70, H100, and the AMD cooler all right now, and have used them all pretty extensively.
I also almost have the complete ApogeeHD kit too.
WIth 4 PCs used for review testing, I have many many coolers. It's not really about how much they cost, for me. It's about finding the right cooler for the right application, as overclocking to the maximum is not exactly something I am too terribly concerned about.
Having played with FX chips, and spoken to others that have them, the minor difference between cooler in this price range isn't even going to get you more when overclocking, anyway.
the one major difference from these coolers and a self-built loop is that most users will use distilled water, where most of these sealed units use glycol, which has slightly differnt thermal and conductivity properties.
Anyway, I'm not in the position to choose jsut one cooler, so I use many. No big deal to spend the money i did on those coolers.
if you are not overclocking you might as well use the stock cooler.
so when you test you should oc to see how well coolers work/ all in one closed loop etc. idle temps dont matter its 100% load temps that do
I did that for my abs 595 build with the ex rad raystorm xspc 1650rpm fans and gt.
did stock ide and load for each fan.
then oced and repeated the process for both fans
www.xigmatek.com/product.php?productid=104
Does the FX OC more with less temps? Any thoughts/experience?
Im done.
been water cooling since 2009, I have not had any issues at all. Did 4-5 wc builds since then
I had a friend test a modded H50/50W inline pelter and cooling down in the lower 20's on idle and full load with 4GHz 1.4V P55 was like 48-50 deg. This was quite well and absolutly NO condensation.