Author Topic: NEC and Hitachi team to water-cool hard drives (Read 9994 times)

Computer Hope Admin · « **on:** August 05, 2007, 11:07:13 PM »

Score one for water-cooling fanatics. NEC and Hitachi just announced a partnership focused on developing a liquid cooling system for hard drives. Let's take a look at how liquid cooling typically works, why it's attractive, and how Hitachi and NEC plan to liquid cool a hard drive.

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Carbon Dudeoxide · « **Reply #1 on:** August 05, 2007, 11:28:03 PM »

Hmmm...I'd like a quieter computer...
Mine is so noisy because of all the fans I've got

hyperhedron · « **Reply #2 on:** August 06, 2007, 01:39:45 AM »

i'm just worried that if it leaked.....

Calum · « **Reply #3 on:** August 06, 2007, 01:22:18 PM »

There's no need to water cool a hard drive, full stop.

Carbon Dudeoxide · « **Reply #4 on:** August 07, 2007, 01:30:22 AM »

Quote from: Calum on August 06, 2007, 01:22:18 PM

There's no need to water cool a hard drive, full stop.

Very true. A small fan missing a blade would cool a HD down.

Calum · « **Reply #5 on:** August 07, 2007, 02:32:33 AM »

Most HDDs do not even need a fan, if the case is well-ventilated.
This is just another move to make money out of people who want a quieter PC without having much know-how, in my opinion.
There are so many more affordable and more effective ways to quieten your PC than this.

Carbon Dudeoxide · « **Reply #6 on:** August 07, 2007, 04:10:07 AM »

Good point, Ill get the sound-proofing material.
**clogs up vents in the computer and all the cotton catches fire**

WillyW · « **Reply #7 on:** August 07, 2007, 09:25:32 AM »

Quote from: Calum on August 07, 2007, 02:32:33 AM

This is just another move to make money out of people who want a quieter PC without having much know-how, in my opinion.

But my water cooled keyboard is way better than your water cooled mouse will ever be!

Computer Hope Admin · « **Reply #8 on:** August 07, 2007, 11:55:01 AM »

Heh. I don't know having a clear plastic water cooled mouse (really just a mouse with water in it) would be pretty cool. Especially if you had little fishes swimming in it.

WillyW · « **Reply #9 on:** August 07, 2007, 05:13:03 PM »

Quote from: Computer Hope Admin on August 07, 2007, 11:55:01 AM

Heh. I don't know having a clear plastic water cooled mouse (really just a mouse with water in it) would be pretty cool.

Now if somebody else is making a million bucks selling these next year, don't say I didn't tell you so!

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Especially if you had little fishes swimming in it.

On second thought, forget it. The SPCA would probably get into it with lawsuits and all.

Carbon Dudeoxide · « **Reply #10 on:** August 08, 2007, 02:32:07 AM »

Quote from: Computer Hope Admin on August 07, 2007, 11:55:01 AM

Heh. I don't know having a clear plastic water cooled mouse (really just a mouse with water in it) would be pretty cool. Especially if you had little fishes swimming in it.

My next big project, get a big old mouse, refit it with the current laser technology and put a small fish tank in the unused space.
Might actually work.......with a hatch to open it for food and stuff....

Jonas Wauters · « **Reply #11 on:** August 08, 2007, 10:03:03 AM »

Well I wouldn't game with a fish inside you're mouse. (The fish wouldn't last for long.)
Oh and what if the fist is getting old and he is getting to big?

Jonas

Computer Hope Admin · « **Reply #12 on:** August 08, 2007, 01:22:53 PM »

Maybe live fish wasn't the best of ideas. The mouse does get a lot of movement, although I recall from somewhere there being platform shoes with fish in them and I would think a shoe gets more movement then a mouse.

However, all that being said someone already has created the idea.

http://www.kleargear.com/1799.html

WillyW · « **Reply #13 on:** August 08, 2007, 03:54:24 PM »

Quote from: Computer Hope Admin on August 08, 2007, 01:22:53 PM

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However, all that being said someone already has created the idea.

http://www.kleargear.com/1799.html

Yeah, well..... they're not actually water cooled!

Jonas Wauters · « **Reply #14 on:** August 08, 2007, 04:08:49 PM »

What about a water cooled monitor?
So you don't need a LCD it will be projected on the water.
And you would have a waterfall at the same time.
I'm going to be rich!!!

Jonas

WillyW · « **Reply #15 on:** August 08, 2007, 04:13:35 PM »

Quote from: Jonas Wauters on August 08, 2007, 04:08:49 PM

What about a water cooled monitor?
So you don't need a LCD it will be projected on the water.
And you would have a waterfall at the same time.
I'm going to be rich!!!

Don't improvise and get in the shower while holding your CRT monitor.
It would be enlightening. You'd get a charge out of it.

Jonas Wauters · « **Reply #16 on:** August 08, 2007, 04:17:04 PM »

To Late.
Wii:"I got a new haircut and hair color in only a second." Wauw!
Again something that will make me rich I only have to find a way to change that hair color (Black isn't that interesting)... hmm...
Lol

Jonas

EDIT: I should stop this B******T I forgot that we aren't in Off topic. Sorry.

Computer Hope Admin · « **Reply #17 on:** August 09, 2007, 03:14:27 PM »

Quote from: Jonas Wauters on August 08, 2007, 04:08:49 PM

What about a water cooled monitor?
So you don't need a LCD it will be projected on the water.
And you would have a waterfall at the same time.
I'm going to be rich!!!

Jonas

Already been done.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2LUz2WVcek

Jonas Wauters · « **Reply #18 on:** August 09, 2007, 03:19:20 PM »

Well is there anything that hasn't been done before??
I must say that is amazing!
Thanks for the link Nathan I enjoyed it.

Jonas

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