MINI Water Cooler.....ReAlLy KiNdA KoOl

[tyshy]

I found this at this site: http://www.theoverclockingstore.co.uk/browseproducts.php?basket_session=632ed17adc5f7922 1d50b8c20e60c1cd&categoryid=5 its the last one in the list for 75 bucks. Looks cool but i don't know if it really cools all that great. Its the TS Heatronics Zen CPU radiator.

[Silversinksam]

The Zen is a really good performing Heatsink, but the problem is that users have reported many broken cpu dies trying to mount it.

:(

[Christoph]

Originally posted by Silversinksam
The Zen is a really good performing Heatsink, but the problem is that users have reported many broken cpu dies trying to mount it.

:(

When it first came out, I couldn't find a single reviewer who didn't kill a CPU (I've lost interest since then, as it's a very expensive and difficult-to-implement solution).
It looks quite cool, and it'll do the job, but you'd *very* likely have better luck with a more traditional cooler.

[MadMan007]

For the money it costs and the danger of installing it, you might as well go H2O.

[ButcherUK]

I saw a review and it's not even top of the air sinks, let alone close to water performance.

[tyshy]

I guess i kinda agree with you. I had never seen it before and i thought it looked a lot easier than water cooling.....even though it did look dangerous to the cpu. And if air can get in to condense the water back into a liquid, then it must be able to let water out. This looked dangerous to the other parts of the machine. It is also bad for the cpu. Maybe a good quality shim would help it. I think water cooling is a bit too expensive for me. Anybody know a good site to go to for a good water cooling guide. Also, anybody know where to find the cheapest and biggest conventional desktop full tower case. I want to get into case modding.

[FerrariF50]

that thing looks heavy

[Sonny]

JoeC did a review on this here (http://www.overclockers.com/articles472/). It doesn't have water in it but HFC-134a (http://www.afeas.org/paft/hfc-134a.html).

http://www.overclockers.com/articles472/zen3.jpg

http://www.theoverclockingstore.co.uk/productpics/800564c.jpg

http://www.overclockers.com/articles472/zen2.jpg

http://www.overclockers.com/articles472/zen4.jpg