Kingston Readies Water Cooled Memory Kit
Kingston Readies Water Cooled Memory Kit
Posted 12/28/2009 at 10:45am
| by Paul Lilly
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It's that time of year again, when CES looms just around the corner and company's giddy with anticipation begin teasing with sneak peeks of what's to come. Enter Kingston, the memory maker who over the weekend released a few photos of its upcoming liquid-cooled memory modules.
To be released under the company's HyperX brand, the liquid-cooled DDR3 kit comes with barbs for connecting to existing water cooling loops. And while these modules will obviously be aimed at overclockers, Kingston didn't say what frequency the upcoming chips will ship at, or any other specs, such as voltage or latencies.
According to Bit-tech, the modules are currently undergoing testing in Kingston's labs before the company makes a formal announcement during CES next month.
Image Credit: Kingston
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Devo85x
December 28, 2009 at 10:01pm
I am not new to liquid cooling (I am typing this comment on a liquid cooled machine in fact), but I have no idea how you would chain these together without the tubing kinking... Anyone know? I know you can loop it around to the other side of the next stick, but that seems like a lot of extra cable...
Canowyrms
December 29, 2009 at 1:47am
Perhaps there will be only one input and one output for the tubing. I can only imagine a proprietary linking system in which a solid piece of metal is used to connect the ram sticks. Kind of like this:
|-----RAM-----I
|
|-----RAM-----|
|
O-----RAM-----|
Except, you know, not in text and a lot more straight =D. his was an overhead view, btw. I = Input, O = Output.
That would seem to solve the dilemma if you ask me... another piece of hardware that is a complete gimmick, yes, but it would be a sexy piece of hardware. Who **** else has water cooled ram?
AntiHero
December 28, 2009 at 9:30pm
I don't see ram needing water cooling that badly. Way to go marketing gimmicks.
COMMANDER_COOK
December 28, 2009 at 11:44pm
Yeah I thought DDR3 ran cooler than DDR2, but then again, I've never had my hands on any DDR3.
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