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Originally posted by Fixittt
as for the main stream watercooling system, I dont see that anywhere in the near future.
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I don't see it happining at all!!! I actually see it going backwards unfortuantly. CPU's are not getting hotter as they get faster anymore. The XP2000+ runs around the same temp as the T-Bird 1400. AMD XP2200 with be the .13 micron chips and will run even cooler yet, but will end up close to the XP2000 temps when it maxes out. Water cooling is for overclocking and more quite PC's mainly and the majority of users use a quite stock HSF that do not bother them and never heard of the term overclocking. So water cooling will never become mainstream IMO. But for the next 5-10 years it will still have a use for overclockers and people who want a more silent PC.
Mobo makers could care less about water cooling. There isn't enough people interested in water cooling for them to even remotely think about it.
And the CPU is located where it is now days because it is close to the power supply and it makes it more stable because there is less line noise in shorter wires and for air cooling porposes. They figure that if the heat can rise already above all other components then that is a good thing.
No way will they waste the money on the engineers to make such a board that not enough people will buy to make up for the R&D.
Anyway water really dosn't pose a big a threat as people think to mobos. I accedentally drenched my mobo a few times while it was on and nothing happend(make sure your hose in the resivore is secure when you are messing around
). If you dribble water on it blow it off or wait for it to dry. Hell my intire socket was full of water for who knows how long before I turned the comp off and took the block off to realize the hose was slightly leaking. The board isn't going to explode when a drop of water touches it.
It will not be untill a big manufature like DELL starts selling water cooled comps that people will start to realize water cooling is not the devil. But I doubt that will ever happen.
Untill then us small guys will struggle to make it work. there is enough people interested for a few small outfits to make some money with it.
www.dangerden.com hit it at the right time with the right products and they are and will do good for a while.