The Storm G4 is now in Retail, and is being produced by Swiftech!
Here is a link to their website. You can order directly from Swiftech for 79.95 and is compatible with most common socket types.
http://www.swiftnets.com/products/STORM.asp
The Storm G4 is now in Retail, and is being produced by Swiftech!
Here is a link to their website. You can order directly from Swiftech for 79.95 and is compatible with most common socket types.
http://www.swiftnets.com/products/STORM.asp
Last edited by MaxxxRacer; 07-01-2005 at 12:35 AM.
where did you hear this rumor? if so that is really cool. having storm G4's in retail would be amazingly sweet.. though i think swiftech would need to re-evaluate thier pump strategy if they did produce storms.
intesting. had no idea he posted there.
hasn't it been 10 days already? for the g4
Wednesday-Friday this week apparantly.Originally Posted by idleuser
so who is it..... dtek again or someone else?
wow sickany idea how much MSRP will be?
Shame I'll be at work all day Weds/Thurs, so I'm hoping it won't be until Friday. All so I can get in on the first set of orders before they're backordered.
hmmm, this will probly be my block when I go water-cooling in a month or 2 =)
AMD 6400+ BE
DFI Lanparty UT 790FX-M2R
2gb Crucial Ballistix DDR2 800
ATI Radeon X1900XT 512mb
PCP&C 750W
Water cooled:
Swiftech Storm CPU
Maze 4 GPU
MCP655
Modded Heater Core
Probably Swiftech like vapb400 said.
Though we'll probably know for sure within a week I guess.
This is good news G4’s/G5’s will be easier to attain.
Quoted from Cathar’s thread #19:
Quote:
"Will we see a GPU variant of the G4/G5"?
“No. I have a different design for the GPU’s/TEC’s which is almost paper complete and will go into prototyping soon.”
This is even better news, Cathar waterblocks for our GPU’s.
ASUS A7N8X Deluxe Rev II ~ Barton 2500 AQXEA0323 @ 2420MHZ
2x512MB Corsair 3200LLPT BH-5 ~ BFG AGP 6800GT OC
2x80GB Seagate SATA in RAID 0 ~ SB Live Plat 5.1 ~ Live Drive
Princeton LCD19D ~ Enermax EG651P-VE FMA ~ Enermax EG465P-VE(D)
DD M4 ~ M4 A ~ BIX II ~ Eheim 1260
DFI NForce4 SLI-DR ~ Winnie 3200 CBBHD 0449 MPM @ 2700MHZ
2x512MB G.Skill 4800LA ~ 2xBFG 8800GTX
2x74 GB Raptors in RAID 0 ~ Audigy II ZS
ViewSonic VP201s ~ PCP&C 510 SLI ~ Enermax EG465P-VE FMA
DD TDX ~ 2xM4 A ~ Weapon ~ Iwaki MD20
yes it is excelent news. I think i will eventually have an all cathar WB.
Wait, so Swiftech is going to produce the block??
E4300 @ 3.2ghz, 2x1GB Crucial PC-8500, Gigabyte EP45-UD3P, 4850 X-Fire, OCZ Powerstream 520.
that information is unkown at this time.
Hmm, I sense a plot to destroy the jedi, um.. I mean watercooling market.
E4300 @ 3.2ghz, 2x1GB Crucial PC-8500, Gigabyte EP45-UD3P, 4850 X-Fire, OCZ Powerstream 520.
G4's in retail wouldnt destroy the watercooling market.. it would just make my job a heck of alot easier.. lol..
I would just have about 5k posts saying get the G4.... simple like that.
Well that would depend on the retail price too now wouldn't it?
dont tell me they are gonna be 100 bucks stew.. I understand when they are coming from you why they are so expensive but when u get them in ur own cnc popping them out at a high rate, the setup costs are very low as they are distrutubed over a large number of blocks.
btw is this company keeping the design pure to ur materials and specs or are they gonna screw with it like what hapend with the WW.
All in good time, except to say that no one has anything to fear (well, nobody who wants one has a reason).
very good stew. very good. I'll have to get one of these for review if I can ever get my test setup actually working...
BTW, I applaud you for allowing the design to be used for mas production. I hope that you are getting a decent margin on these blocks as you more than deserve it. I can honestly say you have contributed more to the community than any one person.
Last edited by MaxxxRacer; 06-28-2005 at 02:43 AM.
I've accepted that I'll never be rich off water-cooling, not even with the Storm/G4 blocks in mass-production, but so long as I can afford to keep "playing" and experimenting, then that's where the fun is for me. Honestly, with all the hours I've spent on water-cooling over the last 3-4 years divided by the actual monetary return, I really would've been better off flipping burgers at McDonalds on the federal minimum wage, and that will still be true. It doesn't bother me in the slightest though, I'm more than comfortable due to my real job. 'tis a strange thing this water-cooling hobby.
The manufacturing is not being done by me. There's a big hint. This is a good thing though as it frees me up to do more of what I enjoy, which is pushing the boundaries wherever I am able to.
I have a great deal of faith that this partnership will be more beneficial for everyone concerned than in the past.
i hear you on the watercooling hobby... its just a money pit for me as of now.. horrible money pit.
i figured it wouldnt be manufactuers by you as the WW were not either. I do hope that it is produced by either swifty or DD though i doubt DD as you dont have much of a relationship with them afaik.
BTW, I hope you do the same kind of partnership with your TEC and gpu waterblock. I really am waiting for some decent and avaiable competition for the maze4. its about time something new came along.
speaking of the gpu block, do you have an eta on that yet. I know your doing this on the side and its not ur main job but I am very anxious to see what you have in store for us.
i guess if this is happening, cathar has something up his sleeve eh
/me puts feet up and watches with interest...
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