CoolIT and Maingear have announced that they are working together now and that Maingear will be using CoolIT’s Eco II liquid cooling system for CPUs in some Maingear computer systems. Maingear will use the Eco II in its high-end SHIFT gaming computer. The SHIFT is packed with impressive features.

CoolIT claims that its compact liquid cooling systems have shown unmatched thermal protection and cool much better than standard air-cooling. CoolIT tech can be found inside other computers offered by Maingear in addition to the SHIFT.

The liquid cooling system is designed to maximize the performance of the new video cards from AMD like the HD 5750 and HD 5770. In addition to allowing the video cards to run cooler, the OMNI is also quieter making for less noise in the work environment.

The system is factory sealed and maintenance free. Exactly how much cooling performance the OMNI provides is unknown as is availability and pricing at this time. The biggest downside to aftermarket cooling devices like this is that they will void the warranty on your video cards.

Installation is apparently simple, and merely requires a case that can accommodate a 120mm fan. It’s also maintenance-free, for over 50,000 hours of use, and has a number of preset modes that cater to different usage types. For instance, intensive gamers can prioritise cooling over noise for overclocking, with the Domino’s controller auto-regulating accordingly.

Domino requires at most 8W of power and, according to CoolIT, places up to 70-percent less weight on the motherboard than an equivalent fan and heatsink setup.  The system recently won a CES Innovations award; we’re waiting to hear back regarding availability.

Check out the CoolIT demo video after the cut

CoolIT took the stock HD 4870 X2 from its 750MHz GPU and 900MHz memory, and overclocked it to 880MHz on the GPU and 1000MHz on the memory.  That was enough to see the Xtreme Vantage score jump from X7090 to X8162.

Even more impressive (and important, you could argue), the GPU temperature of the test rig never exceeded 39 degrees during benchmarking.  CoolIT are yet to release pricing details for the Dual Drive Bay VGA cooling system, but it’s expected in September

This MTEC docking station can allow you to overclock while keeping your laptop nice and cool. According to its press release, this latest CoolIT offering has the following features:

• CoolIT’s MTEC Technology – An efficient, Thermoelectric design manages airflow by
pumping chilled air directly into the laptop’s existing CPU and GPU intakes while guiding all
heat exhaust through the rear of the dock.
• Full Software Control –CoolIT’s MTEC Control Center software allows users to customize
performance based on cooling power vs. desired acoustic levels. Control GPU cooling
independent from CPU cooling. The software also provides detailed, real-time readouts for
chilled air supplies.
• Noise Reduction – Low noise airflow design to accelerate heat dissipation without the
acoustic penalty.

This is good news for gamers that want that extra push in performance.

[Thanks Matt!]

“We recently benchmarked this card using 3D Mark Vantage and increased the Graphics score from X7125 at stock settings to X8148 which represents a performance increase of well over 10%” Geoff Lyon, CEO of CoolIT Systems

In testing, the liquid cooled cards were stably clocked up to 880MHz (13.5% Increase) core clock speed and the GDDR5 memory pushed to 1GHz (11% increase). The setup requires two drive bays.

The CoolIT liquid cooling system is set to launch in September. The company is yet to release pricing information.