Probably uses a 3M Novec type of phase change liquid. Not particularly sure how effective that'll be though. I don't imagine many people will be wanting to buy "Jellyfish" RAM at a price premium when RAM's already pretty damn expensive.
Probably uses baby oil or whatever is the cheapest sorta viscous looking liquid they could find. Don't worry they will pass a Novec level cost on to you anyway.
None. Laptops cram SODIMMs with bare ICs into relatively hot, confined spaces without any problems and that's been the case for as long as laptops have existed. Desktops with large interior spaces and much greater airflow resulting from case cooling fans should offer a far more favorable environment for the ICs on their DIMMs. Heat spreaders and now liquid cooling are just product differentiation methods designed to artificially fabricate stratification in an otherwise uninteresting commodity market so manufacturers can generate a larger per sale margin for buyers that are willing to endure higher costs in order to obtain intangible emotional satisfaction as they purchase something that offers the same functional outcome as a less expensive alternative.
red heatsink with some weird logo on it. They just can't make modules that actually look good can they.Its like they are going for the most ostentatious design they can possible get away with. Im not sure why i refuse to believe that people prefer this over something minimalistic. oh well
Because we've been stuck with dumb designs being the only ones put out, inevitably we need to buy boards, cpus, ram, etc, and then the manu's go "Wow, they really LOVE the malformed cyborg dragon junk we've whipped up", they make more, we wince, hold our nose, buy the board, and the cycle repeats... Mind you, I have no aversion to color, or even RGB (in moderation for god's sake), but damn... stuff these days has just about gone full retard; and as everyone knows, you NEVER go full retard...
Looks like total garbage. Been reading Anand since the early '00s, and finally had to register to comment. WHEN, MY GOD, WHEN will these manufacturers start making products that don't look like a 5 year-olds idea of what tech should look like??? Just gotta unload here... MSI with their stupid dragon on everything, gigabyte with their silly eagle and some sort of ancient egyptian angle, asus with their hamburgler guy plastered on everything... ENOUGH!
I don't want / need cereal mascots on my tech gear. Give me clean lines, excellent functionality and some GD ENGINEERING for a change. As Jobs said, people don't know what they want until you give it to them. Kids / teens, "gamers" these days don't know good design because their not GIVEN good design... so this cartoonish slop ends up selling due to lack of proper choice, and the cycle continues. I mean c'mon Adata; 'Jellyfish' ram? Seriously? If I still drank I'd just about want to go get hammered after seeing more of this crap...
As for CPUs, I doubt we'll see that, but there sure is no lack of RGB waterblocks, AIO pump blocks and air coolers. Floor mats might be a way out still, but getting a set of RGB light wall tiles is quite easy.
Is this utterly useless? Of course! Does it sell? Like hotcakes.
I predict there will be the day that purchasing RGB unicorn cancer infested hardware is cheaper than 'professional' looking parts... Oh wait... That was 2017.
My case came with an annoying window in the side so you could see all this crap. It's got so bad I think when I finally upgrade I'm going to have to cover up the window to avoid seeing the acid trip going on inside my PC.
While I'm sure you're joking, please know I'm not totally against windows, lights, etc... My main rig (x99) is in a fractal arc midi re case and yeah, it's got a window. I even have white 140mm fans and (GASP!) an RGB light bar hidden in the upper portions of the case.. but I usually run it white if I want to show off my internals. Design wise, I love my crucial ballistix extreme ddr4... Nice black machined aluminum heat spreaders, with a nice white outline logotype on it... Plus I Rock a Thermalright 140mm bw cooler, that also has nice, understated design ques. In the end, it's the amount of garish and frankly ugly designs being put out that I'm tired of.
When you buy higher end parts, it's almost a necessity to make sure you get a windowless case or do something like cover the side with heavy contact paper to cover the disco inferno happening on the inside.
So, from the illustrations, the liquid makes zero contact with any heat-generating component, even if there might be some PCB part that's supposed to lead heat to it. Then again, that's a pretty good thing, seeing how the liquid has no heat sink or other way of dissipating any heat energy it would absorb, making this a very one-way phase change situation (unless you were to power cycle your system regularly, that is). The liquid is housed in what looks like an acrylic cylinder. Last I checked, aceylic was a pretty decent insulator.
All in all, it's a good thing RAM doesn't generate any meaningful heat considering that this barely qualifies for the term 'cooling solution'.
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JoeyJoJo123 - Wednesday, May 2, 2018 - link
Probably uses a 3M Novec type of phase change liquid. Not particularly sure how effective that'll be though. I don't imagine many people will be wanting to buy "Jellyfish" RAM at a price premium when RAM's already pretty damn expensive.Gunbuster - Thursday, May 3, 2018 - link
Probably uses baby oil or whatever is the cheapest sorta viscous looking liquid they could find. Don't worry they will pass a Novec level cost on to you anyway.GTRagnarok - Wednesday, May 2, 2018 - link
How much cooling do you really need on RAM?PeachNCream - Wednesday, May 2, 2018 - link
None. Laptops cram SODIMMs with bare ICs into relatively hot, confined spaces without any problems and that's been the case for as long as laptops have existed. Desktops with large interior spaces and much greater airflow resulting from case cooling fans should offer a far more favorable environment for the ICs on their DIMMs. Heat spreaders and now liquid cooling are just product differentiation methods designed to artificially fabricate stratification in an otherwise uninteresting commodity market so manufacturers can generate a larger per sale margin for buyers that are willing to endure higher costs in order to obtain intangible emotional satisfaction as they purchase something that offers the same functional outcome as a less expensive alternative.Flunk - Wednesday, May 2, 2018 - link
A good thing too as this doesn't actually have any heatsinks to dissipate the heat, just a heat-spreader without any fins.Hxx - Wednesday, May 2, 2018 - link
red heatsink with some weird logo on it. They just can't make modules that actually look good can they.Its like they are going for the most ostentatious design they can possible get away with. Im not sure why i refuse to believe that people prefer this over something minimalistic. oh wellPhrogChief - Wednesday, May 2, 2018 - link
Because we've been stuck with dumb designs being the only ones put out, inevitably we need to buy boards, cpus, ram, etc, and then the manu's go "Wow, they really LOVE the malformed cyborg dragon junk we've whipped up", they make more, we wince, hold our nose, buy the board, and the cycle repeats... Mind you, I have no aversion to color, or even RGB (in moderation for god's sake), but damn... stuff these days has just about gone full retard; and as everyone knows, you NEVER go full retard...PhrogChief - Wednesday, May 2, 2018 - link
Looks like total garbage. Been reading Anand since the early '00s, and finally had to register to comment. WHEN, MY GOD, WHEN will these manufacturers start making products that don't look like a 5 year-olds idea of what tech should look like??? Just gotta unload here... MSI with their stupid dragon on everything, gigabyte with their silly eagle and some sort of ancient egyptian angle, asus with their hamburgler guy plastered on everything... ENOUGH!I don't want / need cereal mascots on my tech gear. Give me clean lines, excellent functionality and some GD ENGINEERING for a change. As Jobs said, people don't know what they want until you give it to them. Kids / teens, "gamers" these days don't know good design because their not GIVEN good design... so this cartoonish slop ends up selling due to lack of proper choice, and the cycle continues. I mean c'mon Adata; 'Jellyfish' ram? Seriously? If I still drank I'd just about want to go get hammered after seeing more of this crap...
Flunk - Wednesday, May 2, 2018 - link
So, when are we getting RGB CPUs? And I can't wait for those RGB power supplies, Bright searing RGB all over my monitors and RGB floormats.PhrogChief - Wednesday, May 2, 2018 - link
Well, to be pedantic, hopefully your monitors ARE RGB, otherwise it sucks... ;)Flunk - Wednesday, May 2, 2018 - link
All over? to be pedantic, you seem to have missed the entire point of my post here.PhrogChief - Wednesday, May 2, 2018 - link
Was joking... Pixels are RGB... Was eluding to a monitor that isn't RGB is monochrome...boozed - Wednesday, May 2, 2018 - link
*alludingPhrogChief - Wednesday, May 2, 2018 - link
I stand corrected... Make that mistake all the time.philehidiot - Thursday, May 3, 2018 - link
Aren't there monitors with silly RGB lighting? I seem to remember a "ROG" logo being projected onto the desk recently....And I remember the days of GB monitors. We had a fancy one which you could have either green or orange and black.
Valantar - Wednesday, May 2, 2018 - link
You're way, way late to the party here.Monitor: https://www.msi.com/Monitor/Optix-MPG27C
PSU: http://www.thermaltake.com/Power_Supply/Toughpower...
As for CPUs, I doubt we'll see that, but there sure is no lack of RGB waterblocks, AIO pump blocks and air coolers. Floor mats might be a way out still, but getting a set of RGB light wall tiles is quite easy.
Is this utterly useless? Of course! Does it sell? Like hotcakes.
PhrogChief - Wednesday, May 2, 2018 - link
Oh god!!! The CANCER!!!hyno111 - Wednesday, May 2, 2018 - link
At least there will be non-RGB DRAM kits forever. (right?)Unlike the case with high-end "GAMING" laptop.
PhrogChief - Wednesday, May 2, 2018 - link
I predict there will be the day that purchasing RGB unicorn cancer infested hardware is cheaper than 'professional' looking parts... Oh wait... That was 2017.philehidiot - Thursday, May 3, 2018 - link
My case came with an annoying window in the side so you could see all this crap. It's got so bad I think when I finally upgrade I'm going to have to cover up the window to avoid seeing the acid trip going on inside my PC.PhrogChief - Thursday, May 3, 2018 - link
While I'm sure you're joking, please know I'm not totally against windows, lights, etc... My main rig (x99) is in a fractal arc midi re case and yeah, it's got a window. I even have white 140mm fans and (GASP!) an RGB light bar hidden in the upper portions of the case.. but I usually run it white if I want to show off my internals. Design wise, I love my crucial ballistix extreme ddr4... Nice black machined aluminum heat spreaders, with a nice white outline logotype on it... Plus I Rock a Thermalright 140mm bw cooler, that also has nice, understated design ques. In the end, it's the amount of garish and frankly ugly designs being put out that I'm tired of.PhrogChief - Thursday, May 3, 2018 - link
*Arc Midi R2!!! Dammit.... Freaking autocorrect...PeachNCream - Thursday, May 3, 2018 - link
When you buy higher end parts, it's almost a necessity to make sure you get a windowless case or do something like cover the side with heavy contact paper to cover the disco inferno happening on the inside.Beaver M. - Wednesday, May 2, 2018 - link
This RGB disease is as bad as Smart TVs.Valantar - Wednesday, May 2, 2018 - link
So, from the illustrations, the liquid makes zero contact with any heat-generating component, even if there might be some PCB part that's supposed to lead heat to it. Then again, that's a pretty good thing, seeing how the liquid has no heat sink or other way of dissipating any heat energy it would absorb, making this a very one-way phase change situation (unless you were to power cycle your system regularly, that is). The liquid is housed in what looks like an acrylic cylinder. Last I checked, aceylic was a pretty decent insulator.All in all, it's a good thing RAM doesn't generate any meaningful heat considering that this barely qualifies for the term 'cooling solution'.
HollyDOL - Thursday, May 3, 2018 - link
Another RGB? Oh god, what do you punish us for?philehidiot - Thursday, May 3, 2018 - link
XPG = "Xtreme profiteering gall"?FullmetalTitan - Thursday, May 3, 2018 - link
The rage wank over RGB components will never end. If you don't like RGB products stop reading the reviews for them?