Are there any reviews of the Vapochill Micro?

frenzy20 · Jul 7, 2005

I just noticed that the Vapochill Micros are now available, I only found one seller in the US though. Here. I don't know if its a good seller or worth it, They do have a good rating. I saw some sites for UK that had it for like 15.
Are there any reviews out yet for it though? Should I buy it?

CJ4 · Jul 11, 2005

Haven't seen any reviews yet. Where is it available?

CJ

mtb856 · Jul 11, 2005

I don't see any....... although all the stores I could find were only allowing pre-orders... not actually selling it.

Silver · Jul 11, 2005

Need to keep an eye on this one so posting just to keep updated.

HousERaT · Jul 24, 2005

45.99 for high-end K8 and 50.99 for xtreme performance K8....... :eh?:

Snipe3D · Jul 24, 2005

so im pretty much a cooling noob...so al this really is is some heatpipes with some sort of coolant in it with some fins on the pipes to allow for better removal of heat, by fan..thats all there is to it, no big ugly power-consuming box like on a full sized vapochill?

Kil4Thril · Jul 24, 2005

That's it. It isn't much different than all of Thermalrights' great offerings- except it costs twice as much

Bios24 · Jul 24, 2005

Once again, they are not compatible with XP's. I think thermaltake is the only company making compatible heatsinks for the XP's anymore. Guess I'm stuck.

This has been a very talked about cooler because of it's inovative design. I can't find any reviews about it. I'm guess they are still trying to distribute them.

ryanmartini · Jul 24, 2005

I know how they work =)

Apparently after an email back from them., the chambers on the bottom and in the HS are filled with some type of vaper/gas. I would assume that might help cooling performance.

VAPOCHILL said:
Nevertheless, the vapor chamber technology of the VapoChill - utilizing an evaporation process directly on the CPU - is in all its simplicity the most cost/effective and most efficient CPU cooling solution on the market.

Vapochill said:
Remove up to 150W with the new, revolutionary CPU cooler based on the unique and patented VapoChill vapor chamber technology.

ryanmartini · Jul 24, 2005

more pics:
Schematics

How it works: By extracting heat from the CPU, a closed sealed fluid will evaporate and reach top of the pipes - this gaseous form will then be cooled by an efficient fan and radiator and turn into a solid fluid form again where as it will hit the bottom of the CPU cooler once more. The recirculation of the coolant is based on gravity. In other words, no mechanical parts and basically unlimited reliability. This circular process will go on and on and keep the CPU temperature cool at all times – even at a low noise level.

In case:

Cap'n Pedro · Jul 24, 2005

That is SEXY!

Yuriman · Jul 24, 2005

ryanmartini said:
How it works: By extracting heat from the CPU, a closed sealed fluid will evaporate and reach top of the pipes - this gaseous form will then be cooled by an efficient fan and radiator and turn into a solid fluid form again where as it will hit the bottom of the CPU cooler once more. The recirculation of the coolant is based on gravity. In other words, no mechanical parts and basically unlimited reliability. This circular process will go on and on and keep the CPU temperature cool at all times – even at a low noise level.

If its based on gravity, wouldn't need to be tilted slightly upward to work effectivly? From all the pictures I've seen of it, they have it horizontal.

millhouse · Jul 24, 2005

I wonder how it will compare to the high end heatsinks out right now. It looks interesting. Cant wait for some buyer reviews.

ryanmartini · Jul 24, 2005

I will get one when my new card comes in from wachovia. Just opened a new account so I have to wait =\

ryanmartini · Jul 24, 2005

Yuriman said:
If its based on gravity, wouldn't need to be tilted slightly upward to work effectivly? From all the pictures I've seen of it, they have it horizontal.

It is tilted at an angle:

------/

best i could do without opening paint.

flamerail · Jul 24, 2005

Bios24 said:
Once again, they are not compatible with XP's. I think thermaltake is the only company making compatible heatsinks for the XP's anymore. Guess I'm stuck.

Thermaltake makes some pretty good coolers. Arnt the best but not at all bad!
the pipe101 is really quite a great heatsink.

hyperasus · Jul 24, 2005

Looks nice. I’m curious why they use R134a instead of water and what that will do for performance. Does R134a have a lower boiling point?

BigRed · Jul 24, 2005

hyperasus said:
Looks nice. I’m curious why they use R134a instead of water and what that will do for performance. Does R134a have a lower boiling point?

Uhh... yeah...

If its filled with water it wont do anything, the liquid inside this vaporizes when it hits the cpu, therefore removing heat.

Yuriman · Jul 24, 2005

ryanmartini said:
It is tilted at an angle:

------/

best i could do without opening paint.

Thats not what the picture shows. What is tilted is the fan, thats a shroud.

hyperasus · Jul 24, 2005

BigRed said:
Uhh... yeah...

If its filled with water it wont do anything, the liquid inside this vaporizes when it hits the cpu, therefore removing heat.

What about Thermalright and these other companies? Do they use the same fluid in their heat pipes. For some reason I always thought they were using water in the heatpipes.

Are there any reviews of the Vapochill Micro?

Member

Member

Member

Senior Citizen (aka old fart)

Senior Air Extraordinaire

Member

Member

Member

Member

Member

Member

Member

Member

Member

Member

Disabled

Member

Caffinated Member

Member

Member

Similar threads