Watercool MO-RA 3, anyone know something about it?

[Edward88]

Anyone have any news about the date for the release of the new Watercool MO-RA 3??

I was going to buy a MO-RA 2 but with the imminent release of the new version i decide to wait a little bit more



The only news i found where in the watercool forum but i dont understand german very well


I read the forums, but i was wondering if anyone here on XS knows something that is not post there

[skinnee]

Watercool never replies to my emails, not even a "go F*** yourself American scum"... nothing.

[Edward88]

Watercool never replies to my emails, not even a "go F*** yourself American scum"... nothing.

True, they dont replies mine either.

[nyeah]

True, they dont replies mine either.

they replied mine after a month lol.

[Nickel020]

Nothing new in their forum, all the info they have posted I ahve already posted in your other thread. They usually make product announcements in the early evening (local time here in Germany), for all anyone know's they could annouce the Mo-Ra 3 tonight and have it on sale in their online shop tomorrow.

[Ekke]

Newest info from Watercool (with Google Translate):
"We provide the MO-RA3 series on Thursday of next week (before 05/06/2010). "

At last!

[Nickel020]

Human translation:

"We've again changed a few small details, now it's done. We will introduce the MO-RA3 series on Thursday, 6th of May."

Note that he says the MO-RA3 series, meaning that there will be more than one, probably one for 120mm and one for 140mm fans.

[Edward88]

Human translation:

"We've again changed a few small details, now it's done. We will introduce the MO-RA3 series on Thursday, 6th of May."

Note that he says the MO-RA3 series, meaning that there will be more than one, probably one for 120mm and one for 140mm fans.

Great news!!!

Hope that they dont cost to much, something like the mo ra 2 would be nice

[Church]

If they will fix MoRa2's two drawbacks - monster flow restriction and inability to mount fans on Pro's shroud in push-pull, it will be THE RAD in spirit of XS's MOAR RADS

[Nickel020]

Here it is!



What's new:

- higher fin spacing
- 4 parallel tubes instead of 3, should increase flow noticeably
- it looks like the radiator is deeper, i.e. surface area might even increase
- available in black, white and as usual, stainless steel; different parts can be combined
- fans can now be mounted on both sides on the Pro version (one side only for LT), mounts for 9x120 and 4x140 are out now
- a 9x140mm version will follow!
- an optional fan controller will be available, connect 9 fans and adjust the voltage in 1.0V steps, or just use it to "bundle" all fans into one cable

All the pictures shown are the Pro version!

[Vapor]

That looks really sweet...very nicely setup as a powerful external unit now

[ottoyu34]

I want one in black.

one Question guys, is it copper?

[Nickel020]

The tubing is copper, the fins are aluminum. But the water never touches the fins so that's not a problem. That thing would be incredibly heavy if the fins would also be made from copper and it wouldn't be all that much better. Just look at how heavy and expensive the TRUE copper is and how small its advantage over the normal TRUE is.

[Edward88]

The only question that remains, when will be available here? :p

[Blueking]

The only question that remains, when will be available here? :p

Pro version is added in watercool's site shop next week core and LT weren't given any date when to be added in shop

later there will come 9x140 mo-ra 3, and maybe even 9x180

[snoro]

later there will come 9x140 mo-ra 3, and maybe even 9x180

Wait... WHAT ???? That should be enough to watercool a 4sli gtx480 with 2 overclocked xeon and mobo fullcover of the evga sr-2.

[Raiden]

True, they dont replies mine either.

They dont reply mines either , i guess they dont understand english

This new radiator seems sweet

[space_pope]

Looks like a 50 dollar wal-mart heater.

Hopefully the performance will be alright.

[Sage88]

by looking at the photo of the white one, it looks like not all the fans will be secured on all four corners. Would this increase noise/vibration?

Edit: If you are getting on of these, with 18 or so fans, noise probably ain't the biggest concern

[Waterlogged]

OK, so let me see if I got this right?

MO-RA2 = 3 tubes X 20 passes = 57, 180° elbows. . .MO-RA3 = 4 tubes X 18 passes = 68, 180° elbows. . .and both still have round tubes. . .yeah, sounds better.

You can wrap crap in any sausage casing you want and call it it a sausage but, it's still a crap sausage. This is more an aesthetics upgrade than anything else.

[Vapor]

FWIW, 4 parallel tubes with 18 passes is significantly less restrictive than 3 parallel tubes with 20 passes

I do agree this is should mostly be an aesthetic upgrade though....looks like they finally have an appropriate housing/mounting now. Before it was too big to be used on all by a few builds (internally or mounted onto a case) and didn't have enough housing options to be its own external unit--now it has an appropriate housing

[Waterlogged]

FWIW, 4 parallel tubes with 18 passes is significantly less restrictive than 3 parallel tubes with 20 passes

I do agree this is should mostly be an aesthetic upgrade though....looks like they finally have an appropriate housing/mounting now. Before it was too big to be used on all by a few builds (internally or mounted onto a case) and didn't have enough housing options to be its own external unit--now it has an appropriate housing

I don't think it'll go down by a whole lot but, I've been wrong before. From the thickness of the unit, I'd guess the tube diameter is bigger as well meaning thermal transfer could suffer a bit. I'd really like a good look at this with it's clothes off.

[Vapor]

If the tubing is identical....total restriction (Rt) could go down ~49%

(Rt = R1 * R2 / ((sqrt(R1) + sqrt(R2))^2), repeat and substitute for triple and quadruple channel parallelization)

[Edward88]

Any news about this?

[Nickel020]

Nope, nothing new beyond the initial announcement yet.