Xigmatek AIO-S80DP All-in-1 liquid cooling system

[Rastalovich]

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/produ...oductID=754081

Like to see one of these tested.

Every1s first thought is gonna be it`s crap.- but it`d be pretty ignorant if it turned out to be somewhere between the performance of say a conventional wc setup and the likes of the Scythe Ninja... and we didn`t know.

For the price ? Ease of re-installation, maintainance - who knows.

[Ham]

Interesting idea. But that must weigh a ton...

[Hatman]

Originally Posted by name='Ham'

Interesting idea. But that must weigh a ton...

Doubt it, if you look at the dimensions:

Heatsink Dimensions: 114x128x121 mm

So it isn't actually very big, only uses 80mm fans on the side. Shouldn't be a problem.

[Ham]

So what if its small? Its (supposedly) full of water for a start. If the rads any good its copper/brass = heavy. Add a pump and youll have a weighty object.

Enless it totally sucks. All alu, stupidly thin tubes and pump made out of the motor out a toothbrush or something.

[Hatman]

Yep full of water, except the copper, except the fan, except the leverage off the base, etc etc.

Im not saying it wont be heavy I just don't think it will be anything exponential.

[interman]

Haha, wow, haven't seen that before. I would guestimate performance comparable with a fairly good aircooler, though hopefully less noisy.

[nepas]

was looking at this earlier today,and was wondering if its any good,may get one to throw on my old venice

[CodfishCatfish]

I think there down to £27 + Vat. Heavy or not I'm guessing the majority is an Aluminium composite with a brass base. And the fact the fan can only blow in one direction as it's mounted between the 2 radiators means its sucking air from one (which is warm or hot) and blowing it directly onto the other thus defeating the object. I suppose if the Cfm (Cubic Feet per Minute) was high enough

then it won't be a problem but that just makes noise (exactly what's trying to be avoided). What about the weight on a tower system where the motherboard is vertical the whole body of the cooler would be suspended on 4 holes and may distort the Motherboard over time?? Unless there's a plastic mounting plate to distribute the weight evenly in a square. Hhmm it's quite a lot to consider.....might end up under my grinder and modified to accommodate the North bridge (which would lose the heat pipe design...not). Nahh.. this one is for someone else to test...gimmie the results and let me know how long before the CPU smoked out.....

[D-Cyph3r]

It's absolute pants, even worse than a cheap air cooler.

Anyone who expected anything else from a cheap "all-in-one watercooler" are are quite deluded. Theres a reason why top-end watercooling costs alot of money, if it could be done cheap and compact every man and his dog would be releasing units.

[Rastalovich]

So we saying we should never look at something this small that could be a unique innovative idea from a single company and dismiss them out of hand ?

Remember people saying similar things about big arse tower coolers when they emerged.