Intel and Asetek Team Up For Liquid CPU Cooling

[kailtas]

Hello all

Tought it would be nice to share this with the rest of the community.

Intel and Asetek will be releasing a closed loop watercooling solution for CPUs around the time Sandy Bridge-E hits the market.

Source:
http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1707/1/

[taekvideo]

Interesting... I wonder if it'll be any better than existing closed loops.

[kailtas]

Interesting... I wonder if it'll be any better than existing closed loops.

Asetek was co-operating with Antec and Corsair to make their CPU coolers.

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If they start shipping this with their $500+ CPUs, then great (highly unlikely) - but judging by the pictures it looks cheap and plastic-y. It's nice to see more choices when it comes to closed-loop solutions though.

[shoebox]

Yeah its the cooling system thats supposed to come with the socket 2011 cpu's, probably the extreme edition as its been reported that it wasnt going to come with a stock cooler.

[pansertjald]

AMD is doing the same thing.

http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/coolers..._Solution.html

[shoebox]

Copy Cats!!!!! lol JK, good to see they know to provide good cooling solutions for high end products.

[kailtas]

Copy Cats!!!!! lol JK, good to see they know to provide good cooling solutions for high end products.

As nice as it sounds, i am in no way interested in stocking up 3-4 liquid CPU coolers over the years. Especially considering that 1155/1156/2011/1366/AM3/AM3+ fits the same coolers with a 2$ bracket. And i have little doubts that this is going to change anytime soon.

I dont think they will ship these with i5-2500k level products, but i still think this is a step in the wrong direction. People that buy 500$+ CPUs know their shit and probably have their own prefered CPU cooler.

[BicycleMafioso]

These won't be shipped with the Sandy Bridge-E as it will come without a stock heatsink completely. This loop will be sold separately and not be included with CPUs. Perhaps they'll make special (ie, more expensive!) bundles, though at a later date.

It's said to beat push/pull H70 with only one fan.

I dont think they will ship these with i5-2500k level products, but i still think this is a step in the wrong direction. People that buy 500$+ CPUs know their shit and probably have their own prefered CPU cooler.

The i5-2500K being a midrange and mid-performance chip won't have these included, so don't worry about it.