Sony have gone "liquid cooled"

stryder2720 · 06-20-04, 04:46 PM

Just thought you would like to know that at Best Buy ,where I work, we have a new Sony in called the RA710G
I didnt have a chance to open up the case today, being Fathersday and all, but I will to to figure out exactly what they mean my "Liquid Cooling". I think its more of a heatpipe type thing but who knows

Have Fun

:Edit: Title should say Sony has gone "liquid cooled"..oops

Viper2004 · 06-20-04, 04:51 PM

Meh, another crappy parts high priced machine.

Wonder if the liquid cooling is any good though.

arabarabian · 06-20-04, 05:03 PM

Well at least the big companies like Sony are starting to realize that conventional air cooling is finally meeting its ends soon. Maybe they could help to get more stuff developed that us overclockers can use.

SavageBasher · 06-20-04, 05:08 PM

Hmm.... me want liquid *cough* nitrogen *cough* cooled playstation 3....

@/2ct!< · 06-20-04, 05:19 PM

aircooling will probably continue for a long, long time, imo they just want to try and use this for marketing instead of any real performance benefit.

NiTrO bOiE · 06-20-04, 05:29 PM

Wow, everyone is changing to liquid cooling. Is it because it's needed or they are just trying to stay competitive with Alienware and Mac? I bet HP, and Dell will switch over next.

zip22 · 06-20-04, 05:54 PM

by using liquid cooling, they can keep the newer processesors running nearly silently. i am pretty sure thats why dell and sony are starting to implement it

thegame · 06-20-04, 07:39 PM

man i posted this already in the alienware water cooling one. i did not post a link tho.

b0bby · 06-20-04, 08:02 PM

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Originally Posted by stryder2720

Just thought you would like to know that at Best Buy ,where I work, we have a new Sony in called the RA710G
I didnt have a chance to open up the case today, being Fathersday and all, but I will to to figure out exactly what they mean my "Liquid Cooling". I think its more of a heatpipe type thing but who knows

Have Fun

:Edit: Title should say Sony has gone "liquid cooled"..oops

i saw it where i work too at an endcap in the computer department. first thought was neat looking case with the hole in the middle. didn't care too much for the components but at a retail price of 1700 its a lot cheaper then the same stuff with alienware.

-b0bby

Seifz · 06-20-04, 08:47 PM

The components of the water-cooled Sony I looked at weren't too bad. It only had 512MB of RAM and an FX5200, but the RAM was upgradable to 2GB and it did have an AGP 8x slot. For $1700 + those two upgrades, it's not bad at all.

Aphex_Tom_9 · 06-20-04, 08:50 PM

yea, that's a hot case

[KX3]rAge · 06-20-04, 08:55 PM

Yeah the case looks pretty sexy

Drec · 06-20-04, 09:05 PM

case looks kinda dull and simple to me.

more lika peice of furniture...i think ill put a peice of glass on top of it and call it a table.

lilneel12 · 06-21-04, 11:05 AM

did anyone see the insides of it yet?? i want to know what it looks like

sonicdrive · 06-21-04, 01:51 PM

i think that the system is nice and it is already to go plug and play for the ones that dont want to do the extream in a do it your self project and some day it will be a parts harvest for when they go out of style LOL

teamgreen · 06-21-04, 02:37 PM

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Originally Posted by b0bby

i saw it where i work too at an endcap in the computer department. first thought was neat looking case with the hole in the middle. didn't care too much for the components but at a retail price of 1700 its a lot cheaper then the same stuff with alienware.

-b0bby

isn't the case with the hole in the middle the subwoofer? I've only seen the pictures online so I could be wrong.

I know a bunch of super sony fanboys, so I can't wait to hear them go on about how much better their sony liquid cooling is than mine.

madcow235 · 06-21-04, 04:17 PM

Just read the pdf and it clearly states its a heat pipe. Fancy marketing i must say. I guess dells are liquid cooled since they also use heatpipes

b0bby · 06-21-04, 04:35 PM

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Originally Posted by teamgreen

isn't the case with the hole in the middle the subwoofer? I've only seen the pictures online so I could be wrong.

I know a bunch of super sony fanboys, so I can't wait to hear them go on about how much better their sony liquid cooling is than mine.

yeh it has a one inch hole front to back but not in the sub, in the actual case. and yes they are gey heatpipes. i opened the display up and played with it, nothing impressive. atleast they said liquid and not specifically watercooled. i actually went out of my department and sold 3 of them today to people that actually buy 4 year service plans. i can't believe people pay for these things but owell im the salesman not the customer.

-b0bby

cursor · 06-21-04, 04:44 PM

$1700?! For WHAT?

I'm sorry but that is frankly, INSANE. It wouldn't be so bad if they didn't have the *Monitor not included on there. That's a $300 processor on a $100 motherboard with a $60 video card. They have some money in software there for all that video editing stuff, but they're still making a tidy little profit on that unit. Makes me glad that I built my computer and bought a $50 PVR PCI card to go in it rather than flushing $700 down the toilet.

Skiing Squirrel · 06-22-04, 12:00 PM

Well. Bigger companies will have more money to develop watercooling products and technology... So the small companies can just use that technology to benefit us overclockers.

06-20-04, 04:46 PM	Thread Starter #1
stryder2720 Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Monkeys	Sony has gone "liquid cooled" Just thought you would like to know that at Best Buy ,where I work, we have a new Sony in called the RA710G I didnt have a chance to open up the case today, being Fathersday and all, but I will to to figure out exactly what they mean my "Liquid Cooling". I think its more of a heatpipe type thing but who knows Have Fun :Edit: Title should say Sony has gone "liquid cooled"..oops
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06-20-04, 04:51 PM	#2
Viper2004 Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: illinois	Meh, another crappy parts high priced machine. Wonder if the liquid cooling is any good though.
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06-20-04, 05:03 PM	#3
arabarabian Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Sterling,MA	Well at least the big companies like Sony are starting to realize that conventional air cooling is finally meeting its ends soon. Maybe they could help to get more stuff developed that us overclockers can use. __________________ If I had something to say, I would put it here...
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SavageBasher Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Northeast PA	Hmm.... me want liquid cough nitrogen cough cooled playstation 3....
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06-20-04, 05:19 PM	#5
@/2ct!< Member Join Date: Jan 2004	aircooling will probably continue for a long, long time, imo they just want to try and use this for marketing instead of any real performance benefit.
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06-20-04, 05:54 PM	#7
zip22 Member Join Date: Nov 2003	by using liquid cooling, they can keep the newer processesors running nearly silently. i am pretty sure thats why dell and sony are starting to implement it
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06-20-04, 07:39 PM	#8
thegame Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: stillwater, mn	man i posted this already in the alienware water cooling one. i did not post a link tho.
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06-20-04, 08:47 PM	#10
Seifz Registered Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Rhode Island, USA	The components of the water-cooled Sony I looked at weren't too bad. It only had 512MB of RAM and an FX5200, but the RAM was upgradable to 2GB and it did have an AGP 8x slot. For $1700 + those two upgrades, it's not bad at all.
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06-20-04, 09:05 PM	#13
Drec Member Join Date: May 2004	case looks kinda dull and simple to me. more lika peice of furniture...i think ill put a peice of glass on top of it and call it a table.
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sonicdrive Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: ohio	i think that the system is nice and it is already to go plug and play for the ones that dont want to do the extream in a do it your self project and some day it will be a parts harvest for when they go out of style LOL __________________ confusious says: "man who stands on toilet seat is high on pot"
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06-21-04, 04:17 PM	#17
madcow235 Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Purdue University, IN	Just read the pdf and it clearly states its a heat pipe. Fancy marketing i must say. I guess dells are liquid cooled since they also use heatpipes
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06-21-04, 04:44 PM	#19
cursor Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Seattle, WA USA	$1700?! For WHAT? I'm sorry but that is frankly, INSANE. It wouldn't be so bad if they didn't have the *Monitor not included on there. That's a $300 processor on a $100 motherboard with a $60 video card. They have some money in software there for all that video editing stuff, but they're still making a tidy little profit on that unit. Makes me glad that I built my computer and bought a $50 PVR PCI card to go in it rather than flushing $700 down the toilet. __________________ This space intentionally left blank.
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Skiing Squirrel Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Charlotte, NC	Well. Bigger companies will have more money to develop watercooling products and technology... So the small companies can just use that technology to benefit us overclockers. __________________ Random posting and questions since June!
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