Water cooling for your memory

[Darksaber]

Innovatek is now offering a water cooling kit for your memory. It works on single or doublesided memory. The starterkit kosts 50€s and can cool one double sided or two single sided memory sticks. up to three of these sets can be combined to cool four sticks of memory.


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[josechow]

why don't people just buy non conductive fluid and put their computer in a air tight case. COver all the pci connections and fill it up. Total cooling solution!

 

[Alec§taar]

Neat: Probably be a "HIT" w/ serious overclocking pursuers

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I think this is a rather neat innovation personally!

(I believe I have seen this type of cooling before, but cannot recall WHO made it unfortunately)...



* Still, I know that hydro-cooling usually gets the "better" of air-cooling methods, so this ought to be a big "hit" amongst the serious O/C pursuers here & elsewhere worldwide.

APK

 

[Jimmy 2004]

why don't people just buy non conductive fluid and put their computer in a air tight case. COver all the pci connections and fill it up. Total cooling solution!

Not such a bad idea but I bet there is some kind of reason to do with corrosion.

 

[Sasqui]

why don't people just buy non conductive fluid and put their computer in a air tight case. COver all the pci connections and fill it up. Total cooling solution!

Done: http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/01/09/strip_out_the_fans/

 

[Alec§taar]

Done: http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/01/09/strip_out_the_fans/

Ah, yea... the "famous cooking oil" example from a few years back!



* I thought about this one earlier, & it seems you found it!

APK

 

[KennyT772]

well memory usually doesnt react very well with more voltage and even sub-0 temps. several overclockers have moded pelters to fit ram and it had no effect. looks nice but rather pointless

 

[Alec§taar]

well memory usually doesnt react very well with more voltage and even sub-0 temps. several overclockers have moded pelters to fit ram and it had no effect. looks nice but rather pointless

Aha, this is what I was waiting to hear - whether or not this results in better o/c's or not (not a big hydro-cooling user here, pure aircooled, but I have always wanted to 'take the plunge' so-to-speak)...



* I thought it might help out, as typically hydro-cooled methods usually work-out better for temps than does air cooling!

APK

P.S.=> I put heatspreaders onto my RAM, with a Thermaltake fan attached on the main spreader so airflow onto my RAM is there for certain... it appears it is as good as I can make it from your feedback then, in lieu of going "hydro-cooled" methods! Live & learn... not a wasted day imo! apk

 

[Sasqui]

Aha, this is what I was waiting to hear - whether or not this results in better o/c's or not (not a big hydro-cooling user here, pure aircooled, but I have always wanted to 'take the plunge' so-to-speak)...

No pun intended I've been curious about heatsinks for ram in general. I've got a watercooled rig and it certainly works wonders for CPU/GPU - but that's not my point... ok, I'm just bragging

I did a comparison of memory OC'ing on X800GTO with ram sinks and found an extra 5-10 MHz over running the chips bare. And that was all other things equal - I actually did the test with the stock air-cooler. So that's my $0.02 and have the same quesiton - what would this do for latency or speed??? Would really like to see a test at some point.

 

[KennyT772]

well as you have guessed with the ram a 20c difference in ram only equates to another 10-20 mhz. this is the same on ddr/ddr2/ddr3. unless you have a high end dfi with lots of tweaking available 20 let alone 10mhz extra on the ram means very little.

 

[Jimmy 2004]

Done: http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/01/09/strip_out_the_fans/

I get a dead link from that.

Edit: This is the working link, it moved.

 

[Alec§taar]

well as you have guessed with the ram a 20c difference in ram only equates to another 10-20 mhz. this is the same on ddr/ddr2/ddr3. unless you have a high end dfi with lots of tweaking available 20 let alone 10mhz extra on the ram means very little.

Ok, then... it appears to come down to a "ROI" equation: Cost of this unit, vs. the benefits gained...

(Anyone have an idea of the cost of this piece above, or one like it?)

APK

 

[cHillen]

Koolance makes the exact same thing. Cheep to only $59 dollars US. And its out now!!

http://www.frozencpu.com/koo-52.html


The catch. What is koolance known also for using....... 1/4" ID Tubing

Although putting 1/2:ID would be to combersome!!

 

[Alec§taar]

Koolance makes the exact same thing. Cheep to only $59 dollars US. And its out now!!

http://www.frozencpu.com/koo-52.html


The catch. What is koolance known also for using....... 1/4" ID Tubing

Although putting 1/2:ID would be to combersome!!

Thanks for the link... I may one day reference it!

If I were to go & liquid cool this system in my sig? I'll go as "all-out" as hydro-cool fluid flow will take you, on as many parts as is possible (CPU, video, & memory, afaik, & possibly even HDD units).

APK

 

[cHillen]

Dont forget the waterblock for those voltage capicitors on the video card and mobo. If you were to go all out like that, I would stress highly on getting 2 pumps instead of 1. If your going to use 1/4" tubing may be one powerful one.

 

[Azn Tr14dZ]

What if your memory comes with heatspreaders, do you have to remove them to use the watercooling for RAM?

 

[KennyT772]

like i said...doesnt make a difference as long as u have at least some airflow.

 

[Azn Tr14dZ]

What if your memory comes with heatspreaders, do you have to remove them to use the watercooling for RAM?

Can someone answer this?

 

[POGE]

Watercooling your memory is almost pointless unless your on on BH5 or high volted TCCD.