WHOA!!! check out how zalman will beat them all :)

~El~Jefe~ · Post by **~El~Jefe~** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 7:53 am

http://theinquirer.net/?article=32187

check that out!??

thats sick.

Skinnypuppy · Post by **Skinnypuppy** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 11:32 am

Wow that is sweet. I wonder how much $$ and when can I buy one.

computergeek22 · Post by **computergeek22** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 1:39 pm

Nice! But looks expensive...

~El~Jefe~ · Post by **~El~Jefe~** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 7:29 pm

yes crazy expensive im gathering.

i always thought this would happen. just increase the mass and size of the heat releasing core to an enormous size like this and it would do SLI with nHot4 mobo or whatever.

Firetech · Post by **Firetech** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 4:05 am

I could have sworn that jmke featured that on his site last week.

dinofx · Post by **dinofx** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 9:10 am

Anodized in gold? What is the point? Copper is a better conductor of heat.

Erssa · Post by **Erssa** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 9:38 am

I think gold is just a color in this case, it's probably still aluminium.

rpsgc · Post by **rpsgc** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 10:09 am

RESERATOR 2....not pretty... but... massive!

Post by **Rusty075** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 10:14 am

dinofx wrote:Anodized in gold? What is the point? Copper is a better conductor of heat.

Gold doesn't corrode. The gold layer isn't thick enough to have a serious effect on thermal performance. This is something Zalman has done on previous WB's too.

Sparkytfl · Post by **Sparkytfl** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 1:04 pm

how big is it? There's nothing to give it a sense of scale in that picture.

rpsgc · Post by **rpsgc** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 4:25 am

Sparkytfl wrote:how big is it? There's nothing to give it a sense of scale in that picture.

Fear not! Matbe comes to the rescue:
http://www.matbe.com/actualites/13485/c ... serator-2/

And here is where they got the inspiration from:

qdemn7 · Post by **qdemn7** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 5:40 am

dinofx wrote:Anodized in gold? What is the point? Copper is a better conductor of heat.

The block is probably made of copper, the radiator is probably aluminum. By coating the block with gold there will be no galvanism. Koolance has done the same thing with their systems since the beginning.

A copper radiator that size, or the size of the Reserator 1 would be cost prohibitive. They would be simply too expensive and people wouln't buy them.

~El~Jefe~ · Post by **~El~Jefe~** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 9:39 am

copper has gone up a whole lot in price in the past few years.

it probably is aluminum.

the gold coating on the bottom of a heatsink is a good idea as any amount of oxidation insulates metal.

qdemn7 · Post by **qdemn7** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 9:55 am

~El~Jefe~ wrote:it probably is aluminum.

It is aluminum.

http://www.matbe.com/actualites/13485/c ... serator-2/

Translation:

"We had been able to see it in slides at the time of CeBIT without being able to take photographs of them but at the time of this Computex, Reserator 2 is posted finally publicly. The principle changes here compared to Reserator 1 since Reserator 2 is smaller and takes a rectangular form. Moreover, water circulates through a radiator while in the first version, the dissipation of heat being done via natural convection. The inputs/outputs are at the back while with before there is right to an indicator of flow. The surface of dissipation is of 1,5 mÂ² while the weight rises with 7 kilos in spite of the exclusive recourse to aluminium. Dimensions of this Reserator 2 are of 76x436x369 millimetres and it can accomodate 1,5 liters of liquid. The pump is always integrated and has a flow of 300 liters per hour. This Reserator 2 will be delivered out of standard with a waterblock CPU and a waterblock GPU. A waterblock for northbridge will be available in option, as well as the squanderers for memory. The availability should be effective in July."

This might a darn good product much better than the R1. 300 l/hr translates to 1.33 gal / minute.

~El~Jefe~ · Post by **~El~Jefe~** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 11:27 am

this easily could cool an x1900XTX dual crossfire setup.

thats a lot of water going past and a huge radiator.

i bet its 400 dollars.

rpsgc · Post by **rpsgc** » Fri Jun 16, 2006 9:44 am

Some more pics here.

EDIT: LOL @ 666th post.

haelduksf · Post by **haelduksf** » Fri Jun 16, 2006 10:06 am

The blocks look much better than the old ones too. This is looking good!

nici · Post by **nici** » Fri Jun 16, 2006 1:54 pm

The rad reminds me of a diesel locomotive...

BlueAvatar · Post by **BlueAvatar** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 2:18 am

qdemn7 wrote:A copper radiator that size, or the size of the Reserator 1 would be cost prohibitive. They would be simply too expensive and people wouln't buy them.

plus you would need a forklift to move it

the new gear looks pretty good, but I haven't seen a zalman watercooled PSU to go with it yet

qdemn7 · Post by **qdemn7** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 4:37 am

BlueAvatar wrote:the new gear looks pretty good, but I haven't seen a zalman watercooled PSU to go with it yet

Alphacool has one.

BlueAvatar · Post by **BlueAvatar** » Tue Jun 20, 2006 2:30 am

qdemn7 wrote:
BlueAvatar wrote:the new gear looks pretty good, but I haven't seen a zalman watercooled PSU to go with it yet
Alphacool has one.

yeh, i know.. but i get zalman stuff wholesale though work and can't be bothered importing stuff from germany.