WayTronX: OCZ HydroJet

[Monkeywoman]

WaytronX is the company behind the Hydrojet produced by OCZ Technology. They have a suite at one of the hotels on the strip, showing off not only the Hyrdrojet cooler, but an up and running system with two ATI cards cooled by the large cooler as well. The unit should be able to handle 400-600W of total heat. One of the key ingredients to this cooler is its directional carbon baseplate. This allows much more efficient heat transfer than a traditional copper base. The carbon is quite strong and will not wear away over time. As the following pictures show, the graphic cards - may they be AMD or NVIDIA parts - can easily be cooled by simply extending the loop for the coolant to flow through. This way you could simply attach a third or fourth video card to the setup, without having to take apart the entire unit and eliminate any large loop or longer tubing. The pictures below show the cooler and the setup in all its glory.


Source;http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/CES_2008/WaytronX/

[Monkeywoman]

OCZ has signed an initial order for 5,000 pieces with WayTronX. WayTronX does not product the product themselves but is a pure technology company that engineers and develops a product and licenses it to other companies.

Another interesting cooler, built on the same technology, has been created for seperate graphic cards. The unit below cools a ATI Radeon HD 3870. It is quite massive, but allows for very low temperatures in a closed and completely isolated cooling system. The entire unit is powered through a Molex connector, plugged into the power supply. This is necessary because the fan control output on the graphics card changes the output voltage, but the pump needs a constant 12V supply for operation.

1Ghz 3870!

Source, http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/CES_2008/WaytronX/

[hecktic]

oOoOOo.. when can I buy one and for how much?

[3NZ0]

Official stamp of 'omfg I need one nao' given.

Very neat all in one w/c solution.

[chunkylover77]

I wonder if any of the OCZ reps can comment on how quiet this is

[hecktic]

I wonder if any of the OCZ reps can comment on how quiet this is

and the MSRP

[Monkeywoman]

rumors are between 90-120 for the cpu cooler. the gpu version is a total surprise

[LuckyNV]

err... are those water droplets in the 4th pic down?

[emoners]

but what are the temps?

[Monkeywoman]

i dont think so, but subambiant cooling? thats would be sick

[BlueAqua]

Looks just crazy, I hope it will perform well. If it will perform well I think it will be a winner, if not it's just too ugly to put in your case.

[PrometheusCon]

err... are those water droplets in the 4th pic down?

No. It looks like the metal was indented. Look at all the other 'plates' they have the same thing between each one.

First of all... omg sex. That looks so clean. I want one. Even the gpu one looks dynamite (even if it is bulky).

[Eagleclaw]

So the CPU cooler is self contained?

Around $100, hmmm I am interested.

[Ugly n Grey]

Yep, that's too much crap in a case to make me happy. I'm going back to Maxx's water cooling guides....

Is it my eyesight, the camera shot or does that motherboard have a serious warpature in it? Man we're going to need an entire carbon fiber reinforced mobo with titanium backplates if these cooling solutions keep growing in size and weight.

[lowtcell]

I never planned on WC, but this looks really good. Put me down for the Crossfire setup please

[Solarfall]

hmmm.. there are some interesting ideas in those ocz products

[Movieman]

Yep, that's too much crap in a case to make me happy. I'm going back to Maxx's water cooling guides....

Is it my eyesight, the camera shot or does that motherboard have a serious warpature in it? Man we're going to need an entire carbon fiber reinforced mobo with titanium backplates if these cooling solutions keep growing in size and weight.

Unobtanium backplates will be offered in the near future.
My guess is that these either will have or should have a plate that mounts to the MB tray like we use with the dual socket boards with xeons.
The stock intel copper HS weigh in at over 2lbs each and with the plate there's no problem.

[dieqast]

Looks like a killer setup! Now on a Skulltrail with SLi'd 9800GX2's and QX9775's HALLELUJAAAA!

[STaRGaZeR]

Release the damn thing already. Or at least some numbers. Maybe we are waiting for a , or maybe not. But all the hype around this product is

Oh and the ATI card in Monkeywowan's post looks like a 2900XT, not a 3870.

[Movieman]

Looks like a killer setup! Now on a Skulltrail with SLi'd 9800GX2's and QX9775's HALLELUJAAAA!

I don't think you could fit 2 on a ST board..

[Jamesrt2004]

Looks like a killer setup! Now on a Skulltrail with SLi'd 9800GX2's and QX9775's HALLELUJAAAA!

2 of these bad boys on there with the 2 vga ones

woo nice :P

[TopherTony]

Each gpu cooling solution takes up 3-4 slots....any have room for them? I sure as heck dont

[Starscream]

that fullcover GPU block looks awfully familiar.

And how heavy is the GPU only solution cause it looks very heavy.

[brinox]

Yep, that's too much crap in a case to make me happy. I'm going back to Maxx's water cooling guides....

Is it my eyesight, the camera shot or does that motherboard have a serious warpature in it? Man we're going to need an entire carbon fiber reinforced mobo with titanium backplates if these cooling solutions keep growing in size and weight.

the weight of the hydrojet is bending the board when its mounted on just the mobo case standoffs without being screwed into a case...

i saw that too and was like wtf?

[Silver Bullet]

That's pretty cool .. so now just release it so we can play with it