DeepCool's Liquid Cooled PSU - a silent 1200W

[WYP]

Let's have a look at DeepCool's new prototype Liquid Cooled PSU, which offers 1200W of power in utter silence.

Read more on DeepCool's water cooled PSU.

 

[barnsley]

deepcool are quickly becoming the wacky relative of the PC world. Please keep it up.

 

[realneil]

I'll wait for the reviews on this.
Somehow the thought of a water cooled PSU made me shudder,.............lol!

 

[BigDaddyKong]

Since I asked for these, I will have at least two that I need to purchase. Thanks for listening DeepCool.

 

[ETeRaS]

OK, now overclock that to eh.... wait... what...?

 

[Permafrost]

the big question is who is the OEM for the PSU itself...

 

[ImprovizoR]

I kind of feel like DeepCool wants me to DeepFry my PC with this.

 

[Bartacus]

deepcool are quickly becoming the wacky relative of the PC world. Please keep it up.

I kind of feel like DeepCool wants me to DeepFry my PC with this.

ROFL! This is right up there with water cooling memory, in terms of total and complete uselessness, but I love companies that do this silly stuff. Great entertainment value!

 

[NeverBackDown]

Why do we need this???

 

[Doomslayer]

Why do we need this???

Cause we can ^_^

 

[AlienALX]

Why do we need this???

Because large powerful PSUs need cooling. That means a fan, and that means noise when you're using lots of wattage.

There are passive PSUs but only up to around 500w.

So no, this isn't like liquid cooling memory at all. It serves a purpose IMO even though it is a little bit silly (Like, I don't know why people are so opposed to a few fans going in their rig)

 

[Doomslayer]

Because large powerful PSUs need cooling. That means a fan, and that means noise when you're using lots of wattage.

There are passive PSUs but only up to around 500w.

So no, this isn't like liquid cooling memory at all. It serves a purpose IMO even though it is a little bit silly (Like, I don't know why people are so opposed to a few fans going in their rig)

I think this isn't new wasn't there a company years ago who made something like this

 

[AlienALX]

I think this isn't new wasn't there a company years ago who made something like this

Yeah it's not a bad idea really IMO. You could easily add it into a loop and not add any extra fans so that would be one less fan

 

[JR23]

Yeah it's not a bad idea really IMO. You could easily add it into a loop and not add any extra fans so that would be one less fan

Reducing the fan count isn't really the main advantage but setting a rig up so that it doesn't have to respond acoustically to load at all is amazing. In my main rig there are 19 fans total all of which 18 are at a static 500RPM the PSU fan being the exception, when gaming it spins up and makes the rig A LOT louder. It's hard to quantify how much quieter it would make the rig if the PSU were watercooled because without that fan running it's practically quieter than ambient noise levels despite dissipating a huge amount of heat.

If it were done well the advantages would be astounding in acoustic terms and it would also let you place the PSU somewhere it might get no airflow at all.


As an actual product that prototype looks dreadfull, the lack of connectors for 1200W PSU make me thing the OEM isn't a particularly well noted one and I guess it's probably more of a proof of concept. I wouldn't feel comfortable with it if it wasn't exquisitely made in a perfect budgetless Superflower EKWB collaboration.

JR

 

[AlienALX]

Reducing the fan count isn't really the main advantage but setting a rig up so that it doesn't have to respond acoustically to load at all is amazing. In my main rig there are 19 fans total all of which 18 are at a static 500RPM the PSU fan being the exception, when gaming it spins up and makes the rig A LOT louder. It's hard to quantify how much quieter it would make the rig if the PSU were watercooled because without that fan running it's practically quieter than ambient noise levels despite dissipating a huge amount of heat.

That's basically why I have made sure my two main rigs are all cooled with AIOs. Firstly because it was pretty cheap to do the other rig (I got two Corsair H55 for £25 each and a Kraken for £16) and secondly because once you remove horrible fans that change speed (like a GPU, heck even a PSU can spin up if you put it under enough load) you then end up with one ambient noise and that's it.

My Alienware isn't exactly quiet at 'idle'. At load though? it's virtually silent compared with my old rig (Corsair H110 and two Titan Black hoovers). There is no load noise it's exactly the same as the idle noise.

I know a lot of purists will argue that AIO coolers are crap, cheating ETC. Fact is that you can fully AIO cool a rig and make it as quiet under load as it is at idle, the same as using proper WC gear. It was easier with my Alienware as the Fury X come like that out of the box, but I still removed the stock fans because they can spin up. They're now replaced with fans running 12v that aren't particularly noisy. Job done, no "load noise" and GPUs and CPU never go over 50c in gaming.

 

[Porxster]

I would say that the majority of gamers out there, uses a headset.
Therefore the "reasons" because a product should be praised or bashed based on noise levels, is utter rubbish and fanboyism.
If you can hear your PSU fan over your desktop speakers, it means you have a poor ventilated "Mickey Mouse" case and you deserve to hear it, Cheapo!

I see no use to water cool a PSU.
Unless you like playing with fire.

 

[TPC]

I would say that the majority of gamers out there, uses a headset.
Therefore the "reasons" because a product should be praised or bashed based on noise levels, is utter rubbish and fanboyism.
If you can hear your PSU fan over your desktop speakers, it means you have a poor ventilated "Mickey Mouse" case and you deserve to hear it, Cheapo!

I see no use to water cool a PSU.
Unless you like playing with fire.

wat.
When my insane PSU manufacturer thinks that my otherwise perfect in all ways 1500W PSU deserves a poorly optimized fan curve and a dreadful Chinese sleeve bearing fan which is the loudest part of my rig whether in idle or load scenarios, it's my fault? I think it should either be standard to have decent fan curves, silent fans or we (the enthusiasts) will start playing with fire/water. Also I use headphones yes, but they're as noise dampening as a piece of paper and when I'm watching videos using my rig connected to a TV I would have to bear the noise of the PSU because I didn't watercool it.

 

[JR23]

I would say that the majority of gamers out there, uses a headset.
Therefore the "reasons" because a product should be praised or bashed based on noise levels, is utter rubbish and fanboyism.
If you can hear your PSU fan over your desktop speakers, it means you have a poor ventilated "Mickey Mouse" case and you deserve to hear it, Cheapo!

I see no use to water cool a PSU.
Unless you like playing with fire.

Praising a product on noise levels is fanboyism? Just because in your dense little world every scenario for loading a PC can't possibly be acoustically sensitive?

I can think of endless situations where it is important, like when rendering or working in silence. I game with open back headphones and a condenser microphone, so keeping things as quiet as possible is advantageous then too. Quite a lot of high quality PSU's actually use relatively loud fans to ensure that the bearings can outlive the warranty period which could be 7-10 years of continuous use. Practically none can offer passive operation for multiple high TDP cards so they are very likely to be the loudest component in a fully watercooled rig with no mechanical drives.

It definitely is not for the mass market however practical applications for a watercooled PSU do exist, as for the risk involved in my eyes it's only marginally higher than having a watercooled rig in the first place and probably lower than just keeping drinks on your desk.

I know a lot of purists will argue that AIO coolers are crap, cheating ETC. Fact is that you can fully AIO cool a rig and make it as quiet under load as it is at idle, the same as using proper WC gear. It was easier with my Alienware as the Fury X come like that out of the box, but I still removed the stock fans because they can spin up. They're now replaced with fans running 12v that aren't particularly noisy. Job done, no "load noise" and GPUs and CPU never go over 50c in gaming.

Hmmm, they aren't purists they are just odd. Correctly specified AIO's can definitely achieve the same heat dissipation as full watercooling and cheaper. The only real issue for me is you don't get a say in the quality of components used, changing fans isn't an issue and negligible differences in radiator efficiency really don't matter but when your trying to get things really quiet then pumps are annoying. It depends on how sensitive you are to these things, I know Corsair (especially Asetek), Fractal and EKWB are less sensitive than me.

JR

 

[Davva2004]

I would say that the majority of gamers out there, uses a headset.
Therefore the "reasons" because a product should be praised or bashed based on noise levels, is utter rubbish and fanboyism.
If you can hear your PSU fan over your desktop speakers, it means you have a poor ventilated "Mickey Mouse" case and you deserve to hear it, Cheapo!

I see no use to water cool a PSU.
Unless you like playing with fire.

Some people have their rig in their bedrooms and leave them on overnight, so noise is a very big concern for them.

Also, I have a "mickey mouse" case, a Bitfenix Neos that cost £30, and yet due to carefully selecting my fans based on their noise levels and PWM controlling them all, the only time they become in any way audible is when I load up my system during rendering or gaming. When I'm just browsing or doing other light duties, the whole thing is silent.

Do you see anything "fanboyish" or "utter rubbish" about this?

 

[Kilbane]

I would say that the majority of gamers out there, uses a headset.
Therefore the "reasons" because a product should be praised or bashed based on noise levels, is utter rubbish and fanboyism.
If you can hear your PSU fan over your desktop speakers, it means you have a poor ventilated "Mickey Mouse" case and you deserve to hear it, Cheapo!

I see no use to water cool a PSU.
Unless you like playing with fire.

Damn you all and your "Mickey mouse cases" with your expectations of low noise levels!

Seriously dude, my PC is on 90% of the time. Any noise from it when allowing my ears to be uncovered (I know, travesty right there) and I just want peace and quiet while I do something other than gaming (can't game all the time). Some of those things also require the system to use large quantities of power, such as rendering and editing work. I do not want to hear a constant drone of ANY fans.

Luckily my system uses very little power when at 100% load. So using a PSU with the ability to passive cool is ideal for me. There are a lot of people who don't have that luxury.

And as for water cooling being dangerous, my loop runs straight above my PSU. If it was to leak, just as bad a situation as directly water cooling the PSU itself.