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All right. I read that it was loud in comparison to others but I wasn't sure if it was that big of an issue.
Anyway, I strongly believe that the reason that watercooling is being held back (and will be in the future) is heatpipes. Nothing more complicated than that. Heatpipe heatsink designs can be improved by a lot. Every heatpipe heatsink that I've seen has two TIM joints on each heatpipe, as well as the one from the processor to the heatsink. Why must that be there? Why has no one hollowed out a small hole in the bottom of a copper plate (evaporator stage) and made a heatpipe from that, or, hell, cast an aluminum base around heat pipes? That would probably drop the thermal resistance by 0.05C/W or something around there. Also, why not use a radiator rather than a heatsink? Get a 160*80mm radiator, attach pipes from the base and have the actual fluid flowing through it with a vacuum of the proper level inside of it? That should eliminate the pump and those TIM joints as well as expanding the surface area vastly...
I think the reason we complain about poor units is because they don't offer anything. The Aquagate, when quiet has a thermal resistance of 0.31C/W... BARE minimum with a 3.06 or higher by Intel's standards. When turned fully up, it's 0.23C/W and about as loud as a Tornado... Where's the improvement? Why should we buy this? It costs $200 whereas an ALX 800 costs $15 and a Tornado costs $10. Hmm... Equal performance and less hassle for 1/8 the price?