The only PSU I've seen (there's more, I'm sure) with a zero-noise mode specifically stated the fan wouldn't spin if the load was below 50% of the PSU's capacity...
If I was going to spend that kind of money, I'd expect a generic back panel with a few of every connection currently available and extension cables and for it to come with a specialised PSU. Then immerse and seal the whole thing after plugging the relevant extensions in (and somehow hiding the irrelevant ones).
The cables coming from the top are hideous and 90% of this is about image.
Ya, the thing is definitely ugly. They should have made it wider, so you can mount the PSU off to the side. So you can show off your motherboard and it's components. Then make a hood cover to hide the cables coming off it. Also mix in your idea, so the thing can actually be fully sealed.
So many ways this could be done and made to look nice. They opted not to do that and just went ugly with it.
Puget Systems used to offer a mineral oil kit but got a cease and desist from liquicool solutions and stopped. I wonder if this is expensive because Coolbitts licensed the relevant patents, or if Coolbitts will get a C&D themselves.
It's ugly as hell. I'd rather have air cooled PC or ever AIO or custom loop and save a ton of money in the process. But buying this ugly thing? It's DOA.
Even the ad material betrays it, with the ugly tray under the PC to avoid a spill. Seriously, not even for taking ad pictures did you trust yourself with that case?
I think their design needs some serious refinement, but it could have potential. I would still prefer a 2-phase system if only because the bubbles are just so methodical.
Instead of offering no real advantge over air, water, heatpump etc, they shouldve passively cooled the whole tub. That would actually offer somethung unique, as other passive systems arent compatible with arbitrary hardware layouts.
How nostalgic! I never did this, but I remember laughing at people who did. It always just looked like a big messy pain in the backside. And there was always that one guy that built it in his bathtub, raising all sorts of non-computing questions about his lifestyle.
Wow, I don't think I've ever seen a product that's been such a perfect intersection of "looks cool" and "massively expensive for the utility". Love it, don't think they'll sell many. I wouldn't buy this even if I was a millionaire.
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Jaaap - Monday, December 30, 2019 - link
I like how they just dunk the PSU fan in there too.Screw the fan and its stall current.
prime2515103 - Monday, December 30, 2019 - link
That PSU has a semi-passive mode. Unless the fan speed is based on load rather than temperature, which I doubt, it would likely stay at 0rpm.The True Morbus - Tuesday, December 31, 2019 - link
The only PSU I've seen (there's more, I'm sure) with a zero-noise mode specifically stated the fan wouldn't spin if the load was below 50% of the PSU's capacity...drexnx - Monday, December 30, 2019 - link
I like how they're so sure of their seals they put it on a cafeteria tray, just in case it leaksUltraWide - Monday, December 30, 2019 - link
I had to LOL @ "cafeteria tray"Danvelopment - Monday, December 30, 2019 - link
If I was going to spend that kind of money, I'd expect a generic back panel with a few of every connection currently available and extension cables and for it to come with a specialised PSU. Then immerse and seal the whole thing after plugging the relevant extensions in (and somehow hiding the irrelevant ones).The cables coming from the top are hideous and 90% of this is about image.
khanikun - Monday, December 30, 2019 - link
Ya, the thing is definitely ugly. They should have made it wider, so you can mount the PSU off to the side. So you can show off your motherboard and it's components. Then make a hood cover to hide the cables coming off it. Also mix in your idea, so the thing can actually be fully sealed.So many ways this could be done and made to look nice. They opted not to do that and just went ugly with it.
29a - Thursday, January 2, 2020 - link
They should call it the Assbox because it looks like ass.MadAd - Monday, December 30, 2019 - link
"‘Mineral Oil’ PCs never took off"I cant see this being a runaway hit anytime soon either.
FreckledTrout - Tuesday, December 31, 2019 - link
Make MCT oil PC's and you have a hit. As it heats up you get a nice coconut smell. /sPeachNCream - Monday, December 30, 2019 - link
That is a stupid level of complexity and cost to cool off 750W when there are LOTS of cheaper and more practical alternatives.anon1234 - Monday, December 30, 2019 - link
Puget Systems used to offer a mineral oil kit but got a cease and desist from liquicool solutions and stopped. I wonder if this is expensive because Coolbitts licensed the relevant patents, or if Coolbitts will get a C&D themselves.Ian Cutress - Tuesday, December 31, 2019 - link
It's licensed.khanikun - Thursday, January 2, 2020 - link
Makes me wonder when they patented it. I mean, maybe prior use would make their lawsuit worthless.Koenig168 - Monday, December 30, 2019 - link
Needs a dual chamber case to hide the cables and PSU. Without attention to aesthetics, this is pretty much DOA.pioruns - Tuesday, December 31, 2019 - link
It's ugly as hell. I'd rather have air cooled PC or ever AIO or custom loop and save a ton of money in the process. But buying this ugly thing? It's DOA.Murloc - Tuesday, December 31, 2019 - link
ugly, unrefined, expensive, unnecessary.Even the ad material betrays it, with the ugly tray under the PC to avoid a spill.
Seriously, not even for taking ad pictures did you trust yourself with that case?
zodiacfml - Tuesday, December 31, 2019 - link
I'd rather spend money on a solution, relocating the box where noise and heat is no issue.destorofall - Tuesday, December 31, 2019 - link
I think their design needs some serious refinement, but it could have potential. I would still prefer a 2-phase system if only because the bubbles are just so methodical.brucethemoose - Tuesday, December 31, 2019 - link
Instead of offering no real advantge over air, water, heatpump etc, they shouldve passively cooled the whole tub. That would actually offer somethung unique, as other passive systems arent compatible with arbitrary hardware layouts.Threska - Tuesday, December 31, 2019 - link
Something like what people do with carputers (car computers). Antsle does the same with their passive-cooled designs.brucethemoose - Tuesday, December 31, 2019 - link
Oh Ive never seen those passive Antsle boxes before, thats cool... though much lower power than the kind of hardware here.Lord of the Bored - Wednesday, January 1, 2020 - link
"mineral oil"How nostalgic! I never did this, but I remember laughing at people who did. It always just looked like a big messy pain in the backside. And there was always that one guy that built it in his bathtub, raising all sorts of non-computing questions about his lifestyle.
mode_13h - Wednesday, January 1, 2020 - link
> comes to a rather cool $2450 (+ sales tax in New Hampshire)Huh? In "tax-free" New Hampshire?
Flunk - Wednesday, January 1, 2020 - link
Wow, I don't think I've ever seen a product that's been such a perfect intersection of "looks cool" and "massively expensive for the utility". Love it, don't think they'll sell many. I wouldn't buy this even if I was a millionaire.Valantar - Wednesday, January 1, 2020 - link
Wait, so going by the pictures the rear I/O is exposed? And the PSU exhaust too? Won't that mean that the liquid will evaporate in short order?khanikun - Thursday, January 2, 2020 - link
Why they give you 5 gallons of the liquid for something that probably only uses 1/2 a gallon at a time.Agent Smith - Thursday, January 2, 2020 - link
Jees, that’s one ugly machine to promote.I take it their engineering dept was the only one with funding.
destorofall - Thursday, January 2, 2020 - link
they probably needed 3 months to make something decent and they were given 2 weeks with shipping.Lord of the Bored - Friday, January 3, 2020 - link
Why did their engineering department need funding to buy a fish tank?HamishOCallaghan - Saturday, February 6, 2021 - link
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