After the bs they pulled with Liqtech TR4 coolers (see GamersNexus etc for coverage) I wouldn't trust that company with my dirty socks. Had two of them fail in a row each within a year, after which I switched back to air with a Noctua and blacklisted Enermax for life.
I don't think home computers will ever require 2kW. Most household electrical wiring would not support that sort of demand which is fortunate since gaming PCs are already wastefully stupid enough.
Most homes have laundry and air conditioners and that's 240V. Now you can put your PC into attic or basement, fiber optic HDMI at 8k costs almost nothing
While there might be a very limited number of people willing to run a dedicated 240V line somewhere and then run fiber to another location in their home, that won't do much for people that live in apartments or rental properties. Also attics tend to be quite hot in the summer so a PC located there will likely require additional cooling if the attic doesn't already have it. There is not a sufficiently large potential market with the vast majority of computing shifting to phones or other portable hardware already reducing the appeal of mainstream desktops let alone a hypothetical 2kW system that is, to be quite frank, just a games machine.
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meacupla - Wednesday, February 14, 2024 - link
Does the 60mm fan on the CPU block change speed at all? Is it tied to the pump speed, is it fixed, or does it have its own power connector?incx - Wednesday, February 14, 2024 - link
After the bs they pulled with Liqtech TR4 coolers (see GamersNexus etc for coverage) I wouldn't trust that company with my dirty socks. Had two of them fail in a row each within a year, after which I switched back to air with a Noctua and blacklisted Enermax for life.ballsystemlord - Wednesday, February 14, 2024 - link
Their story is rather sad considering how good they are at making fans.MartenKL - Thursday, February 15, 2024 - link
Strange that the Arctic Liquid Freezer II is represented by the 240 model and not the comparable 360-model.PeachNCream - Thursday, February 15, 2024 - link
Anandtech - The internet's number one site for reviews of manufacturers' desktop PC coolers and the occasional USB storage solution!back2future - Thursday, February 15, 2024 - link
[ Yes, and there's more interest in AMD Zen 6, 2.5d Interconnects, ~3-2nm(?), also'https://www.anandtech.com/show/21242/amd-ryzen-7-8... ' ]
SanX - Friday, February 16, 2024 - link
Why waste more and more energy for nothing? Now almost a kW, soon will be two. Let they heat water in the tank.PeachNCream - Saturday, February 17, 2024 - link
I don't think home computers will ever require 2kW. Most household electrical wiring would not support that sort of demand which is fortunate since gaming PCs are already wastefully stupid enough.SanX - Sunday, February 18, 2024 - link
Most homes have laundry and air conditioners and that's 240V. Now you can put your PC into attic or basement, fiber optic HDMI at 8k costs almost nothingPeachNCream - Sunday, February 18, 2024 - link
While there might be a very limited number of people willing to run a dedicated 240V line somewhere and then run fiber to another location in their home, that won't do much for people that live in apartments or rental properties. Also attics tend to be quite hot in the summer so a PC located there will likely require additional cooling if the attic doesn't already have it. There is not a sufficiently large potential market with the vast majority of computing shifting to phones or other portable hardware already reducing the appeal of mainstream desktops let alone a hypothetical 2kW system that is, to be quite frank, just a games machine.blwest1978 - Saturday, March 23, 2024 - link
That’s kind of judgey, don’t you think?craznazn - Sunday, February 18, 2024 - link
Why are there multiple competition AIOs using the 240 variant? (Ice Gem and Liquid Freezer)? That's kinda disingenuous here.