I came across this on Frozencpu. What do you think about it?? http://www.frozencpu.com/cgi-bin/frozencpu/slf-06.html?id=Ne7DustF

It probbably works OK but it is sooooo ugly. The site dosent really tell you much of its cooling capablitys though. I wouldent go for it, I'd just pull out the drill and saw some more holes into the case. : ) Mattwizz3 : ) AMD K-7 600MHz & Asus K7v 256Mb SDRAM 80Gb WDC, 8Mb Buffer 128Mb ASUS Radeon A9550 Cyber Drive CD-RW DVD Combo Spirit TV tuner

I didn't think that it looked too good either. I thought that air conditioning would cause condensation but then what about water cooling. Wouldn't the water cooling cause that too?

You only get condensation where there's no current of air to remove the moisture. Water cooling still needs an air current to work properly, that's why the exchanger is always outside the case. I'm sure the designer of this bit of kit was having a laugh as it's not only ugly, it stops you using any optical/floppy drives, it uses a hell of a lot of power, is noisy...... I'm not too sure when it's supposed to be used either - I guess it's removable so that it can be used as & when necessary, but if it's for high end gaming or suchlike then you'd be better off investing in a decent heatsink/fan assembly in the first place. "I know that I'm mad - I've always been mad..."

This concept is not "new" as they claim. I had a Peltier cooler on my old P1 system. the concept has been around for years. Do a Google search for Peltier coolers and you will find tons of these things around. Most of them ar a lot less ugly and obtrusive.

""""You only get condensation where there's no current of air to remove the moisture. Water cooling still needs an air current to work properly, that's why the exchanger is always outside the case."""" That is not true at all. The only time you get water condensation is when the evaporator is BELOW THE DEW POINT. That Point is determined by two things: The temperature of the evaporator, and what the dew point actually is at the time What that thing appears to be (quote from the website) "Cooling System: Thermoelectric Chip Aluminum Heatsinks Two 70mm Fans" All in the world that the thing can be is a Peltier Device. The ugly thing stickin' out at ya from the drive bay will get warm, hot. If you read the page, they claim a "cooling power of 80 watts" but it DRAWS 52 watts of power. Heck, who knows how efficient the thing is? It might just create more heat in the power supply than it removes from the case!!!!!!!

Ugly and pointless. My concept of effective cooling is to reduce the ambient temperature to a point where I am comfortable.(Air condition the room) then ensure a good HSF + airflow (Extra Casefan or two). This thing looks like the kind of gadget you'd see on TVSN being promoted by a former astronaut or fading celebrity. Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him to fish and his wife will never forgive you.