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Asetek Waterchill |
Nov.
19th 2003 |
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| Introduction |
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Asetek, a small northern Denmark company founded in 1997 is best known
for its vapor phase cooling solution, VapoChill. Their primary customer
base is professionals using applications such as computer-aided design
(CAD), digital content creation (DCC), and complex data analysis and manipulation.
Luckily Asetek decided to develop an affordable water based cooling solution
that was geared towards mid-range users such as ourselves. They dubbed
this solution Waterchill. Since its inception and release at CeBIT 2003
the Waterchill kit has undergone two major revisions. The first revision
kit has been thoroughly reviewed online and has received quite favorable
marks. Asetek being a customer-oriented company still felt they should
address the one or two minor complaints about the setup. They quickly
went to work producing revision two. The second-generation kit boasts
easy to use push fit connectors, redesigned waterblock lids and an upgraded
radiator. This is the kit we will be looking at today, but aren’t
you lucky! We’ve also managed to get our hands on both available
pumps for the Waterchill kit and even the new upgraded tubing that will
soon be available. *Clapping hands together* Cakes and Pies, Cakes and
Pies *clapping hands together* Sorry for the blatant Duce Bigalow quote.
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Now even though the Waterchill kit is fairly new to the market, it wasn’t
just thrown together overnight. Weeks of machining, simulation and testing
went into creating the final design we’re looking at today. Two initial
CPU block designs were run through the gauntlet, the half moon design and
the spiral or maze configuration. With a higher heat distribution efficiency
as well as a higher flow rate, the half moon design outperformed its counterpart
and went on to be tested against the leading competitors. As you can see
from the pictures below the engineers couldn’t be happier; their design
not only keeps pace with other big names in water cooling but quickly pulls
ahead when subjected to higher loads. It’s around this winning configuration
that the rest of the kit was designed. More detailed graphs and explanations
on the choices for the rest of the kit can be found on Asetek’s
website.
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