I think Im going to try depressurizing it with a vacuum cleaner. Im also going to try closing it again with thermal epoxy or plumbing solder. The pipe still seems to be working for the first half since it warms up nicely. I don't have time to buy a new cooler, since I need to pack it up and return ...

Are there any places that sell the VM-102 or Polar Freezer in the United States? VM-102 avaliable seems to be extremely limited and finding a information on the Polar Freezer is difficult via Google. VM-102 won't be sold in US due to patent issues. I got mine on eBay, works well on my EVGA overcloc...

Hey i was wondering how you installed your VM-102, ive got one now and im getting quite high temps even with active cooling, did you use quite alot of thermal paist on the groves in the bottom bit and the GPU block? Yeah, I loaded up the grooves with the paste they sent. I had AS5, but couldn't fin...

I hope the Aerocool VM-102 will be available in the US by the time I upgrade to AM2 or Conroe. I would like to have a passively cooled PC using my Centurion 532 with only 1 intake fan, 1 exhaust fan, and my Seasonic S12. It won't. Apparently there are some patent issues that won't let Aerocool sell...

Thomas wrote:If I go to the states with these, will you buy me a cup of coffee?

Check this: http://www.aerocool.us/where.htm

They can't sell the VM-102 because of patent issues (at least according to the US branch of Aerocool).

I found one on eBay for a decent price shipped from Germany.

Thanks,
Ozy

Tephras wrote:In english. ComputerBase has also compared the Polar Freezer with the VM-102.

Ack, I want one of those VM-102s. Can some nice European chap bring a load of those to the states?

Ozy

The VM-102 is rated to dissipate 70W, which is more than the rated power output of both the 7600GT and the 7900GT. In a case with decent airflow, the VM-102 should be able to handle the 7900GT without adding fans. At least, that's what I'm going to try if I can get my hands on a VM-102. They aren't ...

Ackelind wrote:Everything drawn by computers is converted to heat.

That's generally true for all power...eventually...

Everyone should be ashamed of themselves that running their computers 24/7 is contributing the eventual heat death of the universe.

IMO, it's because it's very hard to find it in US. I have one, but i wait for the 7900GTs to appear in stocks. Yes, I got this response when I inquired as to US availability: Hi Kevin, VM102 will not be introduced to the US market due to a few unresolved patent issues. Have a good day. Best Regards...

Having two drives does NOT double your chances of failure. Statistics doesn't work that way. It's an average, not an addition. If your chance of failure is 1%, and you have 100 drives, does your chance go up to 100%? Or course not. If you make two bets on red in roulette, is the chance of winning 1...

Cache doesn't matter so much because AMD64 has such rockin' memory bandwidth and low memory latency.

89 Watts is the TDP of the processor _family_.

That is, the highest performing processor of that family will AT MOST use 89 watts under high stress activities.

Your processor is probably not using 89 watts.

Generally you don't need to connect your CD/DVD drive to your sound card anymore. The digital sound is transported over the PCI bus.

Ozy

Just to clear up a little misinformation... The nforce4 does NOT do Dolby Digital encoding. The chipset that does this is the nforce2 with SoundStorm. Dolby Digital encoding means taking multichannel non-Dolby audio (games, etc...) and turning it into a DD stream that you can send to a receiver with...