Armari XCP - Computer submerged in liquid

[Chimerical]

http://www.google it.com

Obviously the concept of submerging a computer in liquid has been done before...but look at that case.

Took two years to design & build, weighs something like 150kg and looks totally unique. The case even has it's own 'waterfalls'.

Looks amazing.

 

[Raikiri]

Review of it in this months Custom PC


Looks quite cool but ultimately pointless to buy, hugely expensive and inefficient.

 

[TheCenturion]

could be alright for silent overclocking

 

[geekyEd]

I have seen this beast, and spoken to the guys responsible for it, pretty impressive feat of engineering if I must say. The fluid that goes in it is bloody heavy aswell!

 

[Acid_death69]

madness, im a lil confused as to how the collent get to the boards like.

 

[Raikiri]

madness, im a lil confused as to how the collent get to the boards like.

They're completely submerged in the liquid which acts how air would in a normal system but has much more efficient heat transfer.

 

[Acid_death69]

so the water cools the air cooling the boards?

 

[Raikiri]

The heat is transferred from the CPU/GPUs > heatsinks > liquid > rads/chiller hidden in the bottom sections, the liquid is cooled and then pumped back up to the main compartment and so on.

 

[Slashiem]

Wow, to me that kinda looks practical and would be easy to fot components as from the looks like it the reservoirs on the side you could fill them with the liquid leaving the main part dry ish and lift of the lid.
Neat design.

 

[domthecondom]

bloody hell 150kg :|

 

[V|per]

Saw this recently and it's mah00sive Fantastic work, but i have to admit, it doesn't half look fugly...

 

[Strife212]

so the water cools the air cooling the boards?

No...the components are IN the liquid.

 

[Acid_death69]

oh:s i thought that might be but i thought it might sound dangerous. Whats the liquid compound that its in. Must be expensive **** to cool and not be conductive

 

[ZedPowered]

That looks awesome!

 

[Subterranean]

oh:s i thought that might be but i thought it might sound dangerous. Whats the liquid compound that its in. Must be expensive **** to cool and not be conductive

You can just use mineral oil (baby oil without the perfumes). Sounds like this uses a more high-tech liquid though.

 

[RevBillyG]

Very nice

Although if I had it on my desk next to me, I'd want to pee all the time with all that liquid falling :/

 

[Chimerical]

Fluorinert is the liquid used:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluorinert

 

[Acid_death69]

cool they should but that stuff in water cooling kits!

 

[Raikiri]

cool they should but that stuff in water cooling kits!

It's £200 a litre...

 

[arknor]

looks like a show with a fishtank inside