The world's first carbon-based CPU cooler

[G.Foyle]

I smell lots of carbon products coming... marketing sux

[Serra]

I see products like this coming from OCZ and I start to cry. Carbon fiber is more of an insulator than conductor, and the design of this thing just screams with lack of thought. Even though they did state the final design will be different, I see a few major issues arising with the very idea of this product, not the least of which is that there's no pump listed as a part or visible. That tells me that they would be counting on *convection* of the water to cool a CPU. That's just retarded for a company who produces for enthusiasts and overclockers. The fact is that for the heat loads we use, convection simply cannot move water fast enough to be as effective as even a midrange heatpipe solution.

[railmeat]

I see products like this coming from OCZ and I start to cry. Carbon fiber is more of an insulator than conductor, and the design of this thing just screams with lack of thought. Even though they did state the final design will be different, I see a few major issues arising with the very idea of this product, not the least of which is that there's no pump listed as a part or visible. That tells me that they would be counting on *convection* of the water to cool a CPU. That's just retarded for a company who produces for enthusiasts and overclockers. The fact is that for the heat loads we use, convection simply cannot move water fast enough to be as effective as even a midrange heatpipe solution.

found some info on it-----google, 30 seconds...
http://www.overclock3d.net/news.php?...it_to_market/1
"OCZ Hydrojet has discontinued the project because the final product did not meet our requirements when it came to footprint, performance and price for consumers. While we were able to achieve many of the performance milestones we originally defined the cost of the material necessary to produce the Hydrojet was prohibitive, and did not offer what we believed to be a optimal balance of price versus performance to our customers. The Hydrojet was a great concept and we will continue to work on liquid cooling solutions, both external and self contained 100% but will only release products to market when they meet all of the requirements when it comes to performance and value for our customers. "

This was confirmed on the OCZ offical forums, in a response to someone asking when the Hydrojet would be released. The response given by the OCZ Support Forum Manager was:

The Hydrojet was cancelled, we will not be releasing it.

So the Hydrojet won't be appearing on the market, which is a pity as it had some potential. Especially for those who are interested in liquid cooling but don't want the hassle of setting a loop up. You can view the original OC3D article here, and you can also discuss in our forums here.
http://www.overclock3d.net/news.php?...it_to_market/1


so basically adding cost to build(by someone else) and profit vs so so performance,they scrapped it?profit margin was not there and performance vs other tec style setups did not make it worthwhile im sure....



other pics,specs below..again google works wonders guys.

http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/486

http://www.overclock3d.net/news.php?...it_to_market/1

http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/fo...ad.php?t=28645

http://www.techpowerup.com/tags.php?tag=OCZ+HydroJet









@Serra
"That's just retarded for a company who produces for enthusiasts and overclockers."


produce?they put stickers on already made products and sell them with a good warranty.

find out who the oem is and then questions will be answerd quickly...i like original groups,not cover bands..ocz is a marketing,warranty company basically.if they made there own products these concept idead would go from drawing board,to prototype,to testing to us.there basically at the mercy of another comapany to pull something off for them.there warranty is what makes ocz good.not there stickers on another companys product...this is why i respect danger den and swiftech.all in house right to you,no middle man.


and what ever happened to the phase change CRYO-Z ??????? same senerio im thinking as this carbon thing.....?

[turbox997]

I smell lots of carbon products coming... marketing sux

QFT... if this product just somewhat works, just watch everyone catch on and it'll be the new big marketing thing since heatpipes(but those actually work well).

IMO, they'd be better off making that water core into copper with fins drawing out from it and then a fan cooling it. It seems like it would be such a small amount of water just sitting there and stirring up(not sure how good of a job it would do conducting and dissipating the heat in such a small closed chamber right above the cpu...seems stagnant to me compared to a conventional water block cooling set up, water has a lot of circulation to cool off before coming in contact with the heatsinks again).

In assumption that this does actually work well, then we'd have to assume that the water draws the heat very well from the initial heat sinks in the chamber, then it can actually draw/channel that heat to the copper/carbon fins fast and effectively enough to cool(if the water can be cooled fast enough) the cpu.... if it doesn't work, like I said, I can just picture hot water(because it's not getting cooled down fast enough) just stirring around in there.

But who knows, maybe it is just enough to keep ambient temps stable?