What happened to VapoChill and compressor technology?

norm · 13 Jul 2014 at 07:24

If you remember the old Vapochill cases from early 2000's it was basically a freezer compressor inside a pretty stylish case for the time. I thought it was a novel solution for the time albeit expensive, but I would have thought by now the technology would have advanced more to be quieter/smaller/cheaper, where do we stand now?

gary996 · 13 Jul 2014 at 10:35

You can get a Little Devil but again it's very expensive.
I believe unless you're benching (really benching) there is no need for these.
Then if you really want the max you will be doing LN2, cascades etc

deadite66 · 13 Jul 2014 at 10:50

Ionic wind cooling, what happened with that?

Toasty · 13 Jul 2014 at 19:11

I think the heat output became too large once CPU technology moved to multiple cores for the single stage vapochill/Mach 2 phase coolers.

almighty15 · 13 Jul 2014 at 20:42

I run phase change 24/7... It's still very much alive, you just have to know where to look.... Some of my systems..

Little Devil Single Stage

Random Mach 2 GT

Dual Head Little Devil Case For EVGA SR-2

Modified Mach 2 GT On A ASUS Crosshair 4 Extreme And A 4.8Ghz Phenom 2 x6 1075T @ -40c

Modified Mach 2 GT With Lian Li Dress Up Kit And Case On A 24/7 Clocked 5.5Ghz 2500k @ -30c

I think I'm one of the very few people in the UK that still actually uses these

Got a brand spanking new Lian Li dress up kit for a Mach 2 GT in the loft, very very rare thing it is!!

Jokester · 13 Jul 2014 at 20:47

Yeah, would love to still use one, but just too noisy for me.

RJC · 13 Jul 2014 at 20:50

I would love to build one but the time and a little cost is against me.

almighty15 · 13 Jul 2014 at 22:50

RJC said:
I would love to build one but the time and a little cost is against me.

You can normally find them used on a certain auction site for between £70-130

kaku · 13 Jul 2014 at 22:58

Are they expensive to run? It seems inefficient to me but to be fair I know very little about them.

almighty15 · 14 Jul 2014 at 06:11

kaku said:
Are they expensive to run? It seems inefficient to me but to be fair I know very little about them.

They use more power then water cooling and such but they're also not as bad as people think they are... Mine cost around 12p for every 3 hours they're on.

Costs me £10-15 a month extra in electricity which is nothing.

DJ_Bucho · 14 Jul 2014 at 08:40

I've never seen these before, they look great, and sound like they perform fantastically. They however don't look cheap

Mr Gimp · 14 Jul 2014 at 08:56

I used to have a Mach II or two back in the days of the P4 Prescott days, and was one of the first in the UK to import a Baker head to replace the OEM Mach II head.
Not that I ever saw that unit though, I gave the head to Fatty who used to frequent the Extreme Prometeia forums who I believe built an R507 monster with it!