It’s not just one option, either. No, instead they’ve hit the market with three different variations, all at different price points. Basically, making sure everyone has what they’re looking for. According to a Kingston spokesperson, the reason they chose water-cooled options, was due to the reliability and quiet operation. Which makes sense, especially for their choice of dual- and triple-channel kits.

The three options are going to be set within Kingston’s new H20 line-up of memory kits. The two “base versions” will be the 4GB dual-channel kits, clocked at 2000MHz and 2133MHz, respectively. And then there is the 6GB triple-channel option, which is clocked at 2000MHz. The three options will cost you $157.00, $205.00, and $235.00. So if you’re a PC gamer, and you like to build yourself some high-profile, expensive, and impressive rigs, it looks like Kingston has a brand new way for you to make your system one of the best out there.

[via TG Daily]

For the user who has a normal desktop and wants a compact liquid cooling system that is cheap and doesn’t take up lots of room inside our outside the case, CoolIT has a cool system called the ECO ALC. The ECO ALC is a self-contained liquid cooling system that has a small radiator and a fan.

CoolIT has announced that the ECO ALC supports the new AMD Phenom II X6 6-core processor that launched this week. The cooling system can be purchased for $74.99 online at Newegg.com.

The graphics card slots into a PCIe port as usual, while the fan, radiator and pump assembly is fitted to a fan slot at the back of your PC case.  Three different speed settings are on offer – auto, quiet and maximum - offering different balances of noise and cooling performance.

Both cards are limited in number, and will go on sale this month.  The BFG GeForce GTX 295 H2OC is available from tomorrow, August 5th, while the BFG GeForce GTX 285 H2O+ will go on sale starting August 12th.

Press Release:

BFG TECHNOLOGIES ANNOUNCES LIMITED EDITION, MAINTENANCE-FREE, SELF-CONTAINED LIQUID-COOLED GEFORCE GTX 285 AND GEFORCE GTX 295 GRAPHICS CARDS

Lake Forest, IL – (August 4, 2009) – BFG Technologies®, Inc., the leading North American and European supplier of advanced NVIDIA-based 3D graphics cards, power supplies, and the Phobos™ High-Performance Gaming/Home Theater System, announced today the BFG GeForce® GTX 285 H2O+™ and GeForce® GTX 295 H2OC™ graphics cards with ThermoIntelligence® Advanced Cooling Solutions—saving customers time and money by providing a high performance graphics card plus a fully assembled, self-contained liquid cooling solution right out of the box.

The BFG GeForce® GTX 285 H2O+™ and GeForce® GTX 295 H2OC™ ThermoIntelligence® Advanced Cooling Solutions are maintenance-free, self-contained liquid cooling units attached to enthusiast-grade BFG Tech graphics cards that easily install into most systems right out of the box and never need refilling or additional components. These unique solutions feature a top of the line BFG Tech graphics card plus a high-performance cooling loop designed by CoolIT Systems™ that pushes coolant across the GPU and exhausts heat directly outside of the system chassis. Three different system speed settings—Auto, Quiet, and Maximum—give total control over acoustics and performance.

“We’re very excited to be the first company to bring this type of professional grade advanced cooling solution to PC enthusiasts”, said John Malley, senior director of marketing for BFG Technologies. “The BFG ThermoIntelligence Advanced Cooling Solutions provide customers a way to get all of the benefits of liquid cooling their graphics cards right out of the box, without having to install a separate liquid cooling system that requires assembly, filling, and challenging maintenance from time to time.”

Impressive Heat Dissipation

Both ThermoIntelligence® Advanced Cooling Solutions keep the graphics card running up to 30°C cooler under load as compared to standard air cooled models, which ensures reliable operation and longevity.

Custom Cold Plates
Both solutions feature highly efficient, custom cold plates that direct cooling liquid over vital parts of each specific graphics card to effectively absorb heat.

BFG GeForce® GTX 295 H2OC™ with ThermoIntelligence® Advanced Cooling Solution

Memory: 1792MB (1.8GB) GDDR3
Core Clock: 675MHz (vs. 576MHz standard)
Shader Clock: 1458MHz (vs. 1242MHz standard)
Memory Data Rate: 2214MHz (vs. 1998MHz standard)
Processor Cores: 480 (combined)

BFG GeForce® GTX 285 H2O+™ with ThermoIntelligence® Advanced Cooling Solution

Memory: 1024MB (1GB) GDDR3
Core Clock: 691MHz (vs. 648MHz standard)
Shader Clock: 1566MHz (vs. 1476MHz standard)
Memory Data Rate: 2592MHz (vs. 2484MHz standard)
Processor Cores: 240

Availability
The BFG GeForce® GTX 295 H2OC™ graphics card with ThermoIntelligence Advanced Cooling Solution will be available in limited quantities starting August 5, 2009 at NewEgg.com in the U.S., and at leading online retailers in the U.K.

The BFG GeForce® GTX 285 H2O+™ will be available in limited quantities starting August 12, 2009 at NewEgg.com in the U.S., and at leading online retailers in the U.K.

Visit www.bfgtech.com/advancedcoolingsolution.aspx for more information.

Video demo after the cut

The fan housing slots into the standard mounts at the back of most full or mid-sized towers, while the pump – also at the rear – can move up to 500 liters per hour.  Thermaltake claim the system fan is “silent”, a 240mm piece running at 1,000 to 2,000 rpm.

Optional extras include Thermaltake’s WB400 and WB200, which can be used to liquid-cool a graphics card and Northbridge respectively.  No word on pricing, but full specifications here.

[via HEXUS]

Three models are on offer, ranging from the Paladin XLC V1 with a Core i7-920 CPU, 6GB of DDR3 RAM, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275 graphics and 1TB of storage, up to the Paladin XLC V3 with the Core i7-975 Extreme CPU, triple NVIDIA GTX285 graphics, 12GB of DDR3 RAM and both an 80GB SSD and 1TB 7,200rpm HDD.  The full specifications, plus the intermediate model, are in the gallery below. 

All three run Vista Home Premium, have gigabit LAN and liquid cooling.  There’s also an option to specify one of six custom cases.  The iBUYPOWER Paladin XLC systems start at $1,399, with the top-spec i7-975 Extreme going for $4,299.

Press Release:

iBUYPOWER Launches Paladin XLC “Extreme Liquid Cooling” Gaming Systems with Oversized Fans and Double-sized 240mm Radiator Liquid Cooling System

Paladin XLC V3 Features Coolermaster HAF 932 Full Tower, Intel Core i7-975 CPU, and three NVIDIA Geforce GTX 285 in Triple-SLI configuration

El Monte, CA – July 01, 2009 – iBUYPOWER one of the largest gaming PC manufacturers in the world, is excited to announce the super-cooled Paladin XLC line of gaming PCs. iBUYPOWER outfitted each system with Asetek’s 240mm radiator liquid cooling solution to keep the Paladin XLC running long and cool in a tundra-esque state. The double-sized radiator is paired with 2 massive 230mm fans, which turn at a virtually noiseless 800RPM.

“PC Cooling is a fairly simple concept, the cooler a system runs the better and longer it will perform,” said Darren Su, Vice President of iBUYPOWER. “The Paladin XLC systems were designed with advanced cooling systems to increase component lifespan, allow for higher clock speeds, and ensure a better gaming experience for our customers.”

The three configurations each feature an Intel Core i7 processor, 6 GB or more of DDR3 memory, and at least a terabyte of storage space. Paladin XLC customers also have the option of supping up their system with an 80 GB solid state drive for lightning fast boot times, a Blu-ray drive, a second 1 TB 7200 RPM Hard Drive, or choosing from one of six iBUYPOWER exclusive custom painted case designs.

The Paladin XLC systems start at $1,399, and are available now at www.iBUYPOWER.com.

Customers with more specific gaming needs can configure a fully customizable system at www.iBUYPOWER.com. All iBUYPOWER systems also come standard with 1 year limited warranty and lifetime technical support.

Full hardware specifications of the PC are unknown, but the Edelweiss PC does have a FATAL1TY motherboard, dual graphics cards and a DVD burner.  We’re assuming that along with the color update, Pius also slotted in some more impressive hardware to take advantage of the heavy-duty watercooling system, too.

Add in the excellent cable-routing, and you’ve got a mind-blowing case mod.  No word on how much all this cost, nor how long it took, but we’re guessing the answer to those questions are something like “a lot” and “a long time”. 

[via Hack N Mod]

Full hardware specs include an XFX 790i Ultra SLI motherboard, 4GB of Kingston HyperX DDR3 memory and a 3.0GHz Intel Core 2 Quad processor.  There’s also twin 300GB 10,000rpm VelociRaptor hard-drives, a PaLit GeForce GTX 280 video card, Sony BDU-X10S Blu-ray drive (which ejects upward) and a custom Synaptics flush-mounted transparent touchpad with proximity sensor and light. 

The team building the desk even decided that the glycol water-cooling wasn’t eye-catching enough, and so slapped six blue neon bars and seven glowing exhaust fans inside, pushing up the power requirements until only a kilowatt PSU could suffice.  No word on how much they spent in total, but we’re imagining it the price was as excessive as the end result.

[via Gizmodo]

There’s also some ominous “blood red” fluid in the oiler section next to the glass status lamps, which apparently bubbles.  It’s separate from the PC’s water-cooling, however, as everybody knows blood and electronics don’t mix well.

The final Steampunk Frankenstein project took around six months of eBay searching for all the component parts, and weighs in at over 400 pounds.  Cleverly integrated into the back of the case is a dolly system, to help wheel it around.  Check out the full gallery here; next we’re promised all the build pictures.

To keep all that cool – never mind quiet – Puget turned to a custom watercooling system, with a huge nine-fan external radiator.  Each 120mm fan runs at 5V, meaning the whole thing is “nearly silent” but keeps the processors at 36 degrees C at idle or 45 degrees C under load.

The question remains of what the buyer actually intends to do with this monster.  Tom’s Hardware doesn’t say, but obvious avenues might be video editing (if you’re seriously into HD) or perhaps running a few instances of Crysis simultaneous. 

The vent was salvaged from an old church, and now acts as the air inlet for the water-cooling system.  Meanwhile everything is backlight with green cold-cathode tubes, which manage to make the Frankenstein Computer look even more ominous.  Happily one of the gauges does actually show the computer temperature, though there’s probably not a steam blow-off valve.

In fact the only really incongruent thing is the drive face-plates, which are still stock black plastic and stand out like a sore thumb.  Hopefully they’ll get some Steampunk dressing-up of their own.

[via BoingBoing]

Incorporated a single PCB with an overclocked version of ATI’s dual-GPU with dual-256 bit memory interface, dual 1GB memory support running at 1000Mhz GDDR5 and watercooling loop pre-assembled Asetek via an internal CrossFire; the ATOMIC HD 4870 X2 , according to SAPPHIRE’s VP of Marketing, is the World fastest video card with unprecedented performance.

At a suggested price of $699, all cooling elements are said to have connected via high-quality Teflon tubing to improve the life cycle of the product. The whole system is maintenance free, pre-charged, factory assembled, and helium leak tested prior to shipment.

SAN JOSE, Calf. December 18, 2008 – Asetek announced today that its popular LCLC liquid cooling solution has been chosen by SAPPHIRE Technology to cool its new, high performance ATOMIC HD 4870 X2 single-slot graphics card. Believed to be the fastest graphics card ever, the limited edition ATOMIC is geared for the most extreme gaming, entertainment, and graphics enthusiast.

“Our single-slot ATOMIC HD 4870 X2 delivers the fastest PC graphics on the planet,” states Adrian Thompson, SAPPHIRE’s VP of Marketing. “This is an amazing product—the fastest card in the world which needs the best cooling system available. Asetek’s compact, low-noise liquid cooler makes the ATOMIC’s unprecedented performance possible!”

“Gamers are always seeking ‘king of the mountain performance’ and looking for ways to easily—and safely—upgrade their systems to that ultimate level,” notes Gary Baum, Asetek’s Senior VP of Marketing and Sales. “SAPPHIRE’s ATOMIC solution delivers this performance in an attractive, single-slot graphics solution that cools both the CPU AND the graphics card with virtually no audible noise. With Asetek liquid cooling, extreme gamers no longer need to tolerate loud fan noise nor maintenance headaches in order to achieve top gaming speeds.”

At the heart of the SAPPHIRE ATOMIC is Asetek’s closed loop liquid cooling system that brings workstation class thermal management to the PC. The LCLC enables faster clock speeds, outstanding graphics performance, and highly reliable, quiet operation—all without the maintenance typically required by traditional liquid cooling systems.

To achieve this performance, liquid coolant is circulated through the graphics card cooler, CPU cooler, and a chassis-mounted radiator by an integrated CPU cooler/pump that attaches onto the standard system CPU heat sink mountings (both AMD and Intel mounts are supplied). All cooling elements are connected via high-quality, minimum permeability Teflon tubing—minimizing fluid loss over the life of the product. The whole system is charged, factory sealed, and helium leak tested prior to shipment. No end user maintenance is required for the life of the product.

According to Baum, “We are extremely pleased to have been chosen by SAPPHIRE Technology as their thermal management partner. It is gratifying that leading systems integrators and premier OEMs throughout the world continue to recognize Asetek’s advanced liquid cooling solutions as the most efficient, quiet, and reliable on the market today.”

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.

Designed to fulfill the needs of most demanding PC enthusiast and gamer, the high density Flex FX memory can deliver extremely high frequencies of up to DDR3-2000 and DDR2-1200 speed. The water cooling ready “flexible” all-aluminum design allows option to run the modules water-cooled, or passively via the array of aluminum fins, and the concurrent use of both to advance heat dissipation.

The new Flex EX series will be available in 4GB (2x2GB) dual channel kit with the following configuration :

OCZ PC2-9600 Flex EX 4GB (2x2GB) 1200MHz CL 6-6-6-18 @ 2.2V

OCZ PC2-6400 Flex EX 4GB (2X2GB) 800MHz CL 4-4-3-15 @ 2.1V

OCZ PC3-12800 Flex EX 4GB (2x2GB) 1600MHz CL 7-6-6-24 @ 1.9V

OCZ PC3-16600 Flex EX 4GB (2x2GB) 2000MHz CL 8-8-8-30 @ 2.0V