That is absolutely amazing! If new version of MAG is indeed much quieter than even the current version.... just wow! That'll be basically inaudible even without muffling! I'm excited now! Now I think watercooling can become the future of dead silent performance computing, since it's basically heatpipes on steriods with all parts off-the-shelf. Just use a passsive radiator like the Konvect-o-Matic (80W version and 125W version) or make your own for much cheaper, with Muffled 2.5" WD Scorpio HD, and you've got yourself a dead silent rig! I can now imagine a rig similar to the recently reviewed Puget Sound system (<18 dB if I remember correctly), but even more dead silent, much cheaper, and all parts off the shelf! We just have to wait a little while I guess.DougG wrote:I understand reading on Pro Forum, c-systems has an even quiter pump coming out, if that is possible.
There is a thread by one of the engineers about a 100000 hour pump.
It's great that SPCR has a niche devoted to watercooling. I expect it to get bigger in the future because this I think is where it's headed for silent computing. I've tried a lot of totally fanless yet practical techniques, like heatpiping to a massive heatsink and even spinning heatsinks around a motor, but IMHO watercooling is the easiest to set up and most effective. Cheap if you DIY, yet if you don't have the skills/time you can just buy the parts which are widely available.