The first thing you notice about this mod is its size—it's 8 feet tall, and weighs over 400 pounds. The project apparently took a year to complete, and it shows. Not opportunity for modification is pass up, with everything from the power button (a discreet brass valve) to the air intake (an old church floor vent) gets a neo-Victorian overhaul. While it looks like a wooden mainframe, its guts are pure high-end gaming. The dual Nvidia 8800 GTX system is watercooled throughout, keeping noise to a minimum. This is Steampunk done right—as actual art, not as a fashion statement. Check out gallery below for a few more pics, but definitely click through to Dana's full Flickr set to see the Frankenstein in all its glorious detail. [Dana Mattocks]

The computer was built at the Max Planck Institute for plasma research in Germany, and basically uses an enhanced version of the water-cooling that PC modders love. Apparently it's what helps make this computer quite so "super" in such a small size.
In-chip cooling next, hey? That's pretty neat, and the leak-proofing is going to have to be amazing, but makes perfect sense with the 4,000 times efficiency water cooling offers over air cooling. [IBM press release via Gadget lab]

[TopMods, via TechnaBob]

Press Release [via IGN]

In the French business magazine L'Expansion, the CTO confirms that the laptops will probably under the HP brand and not the Voodoo brand, even though it's got Voodoo parts inside. If this can get laptops to last longer and not scorch our thighs like Anakin Skywalker at the end of movie #3, then we're all for it. – Jason Chen

[HP to launch water-cooled fanless notebooks this Fall [Uberpulse]

This is the new Shuttle SDXi and although it's a variation of the XPC, it's also one BMF. It comes loaded for speed with a 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo E6600, 2 GBytes Crucial Ballistix RAM and a 10.000rpm Western Digital Raptor hard drive. But more importantly, the painted flames on the sides are guaranteed to make it run even faster. Or something like that.

Beyond the flames, the Shuttle SDXi supports CrossFire, so it can have two ATI Radeon X1950 Pro video cards. And the whole rig is water-cooled for silent operation. The PC comes with all the required ports, including Gigabit Ethernet, two FireWire, eight USB 2.0 but also eSATA and S/PDIF digital sound output. The SDXi has been announced in Japan but like most Shuttle products, it will probably get to the rest of the world shortly. Images of the back (with all the ports) and the box (with keyboard and mouse, also painted with flames for faster typing, dragging and clicking) are after the jump right now.

Price hasn't been announced yet, but sources point that the custom wheel rims will not be included. –Jesus Diaz

Product page (in japanese) [Shuttle via PC Watch]

Freaking hypocrites—the Kansas City airport can take my toothpaste from me, but Bangkok can have an entire airport filled with water. (Sorry, I'm still bitter about losing my sparkling kid's Crest) – Travis Hudson

World class airport with no air-conditioning? [Spluch]

Gamers-on-the-go will also appreciate a quick method of installing the Nautilus500 without having to drain the water. LAN party hopping, the nerd's version of bar hopping.

You can grab the Nautilus500 for an MSRP of $159. – Nicholas Deleon

Product Page [Corsair via Fareastgizmos.com]

Interestingly, Koolance doesn't provide instructions on how to disassemble the Xbox 360 so as not to upset Microsoft, but instead provides some rather cryptic pictures on its Web site. In essence, figure it out yourself, Johnny. The company also warns that installing their cooling kit voids your warranty, is extraordinarily difficult to do and makes an angel loose its wings.

Koolance's Xbox 360 Water Cooling kit is available now and costs $394.99. Don't tell Microsoft that you're trying to clean up their mistakes; it makes them sad. – Nicholas Deleon

Product Page [Koolance via Xbox-Scene]

The mod is set to be featured in a UK Xbox magazine next month, or you can check out the original forum post and see all the pictures right now. It definitely puts the Cool IT water-cooled 360 in its place. – Nicholas Deleon

Dano2k0's Watercooled 360 Project, All In Its Original Case!, Possibly one of the best watercooled projects yet? [Xbox-Scene Online Web Community via Xbox-Scene]

So if you're looking to do some serious overclockage, this kit has everything you need to cool off that PC, all the way down to a bottle of coolant. Best of all, the Water Cowboy keeps all the paraphernalia inside the case, where no one will be the wiser.

The first water cooling unit for PC built into power supply [Newlaunches]

A Summer 2006 consumer release date will be the target, but Cool IT reps said that they don't want to sell the unit as a do-it-yourself install, so the company will be establishing certified modders around the country who can install the units. Cool IT will also be dabbling into selling the 360 units pre-modded. There was no current discussion with any deals between Microsoft and Cool IT, but Microsoft representatives have made multiple trips to the Cool IT booth and Cool IT said, "We will be happy to work with any company that would help further our products and profits."

Press Release

I'll paste the emails after the jump, but suffice it to say, Zalman's answer was essentially "Shit happens, consumer. Buy our new accessories, which probably won't fix the problem, either." I'd say give Zalman a pass until they can figure out a better answer than that.

Subject: Impeller Problems on Reserator 1 Pump Body: I've got the death rattle, too.

Here's the thing, though: I sort of don't want to swap the pumps right
now if it's just going to happen again. Is there any way you could
start a list where customers could sign up to be notified once you
guys have researched a better pump solution?

Thanks,

Joel Johnson

Subject: Re: Impeller Problems on Reserator 1 Pump
Body: Mr. Johnson,

The recommendation from our engineers is to use pure, distilled water
mixed with our upcoming G-100 anti-corrosive fluid. After extensive
formulation and testing, they claim it should prolong the performance of
the pump and ensure smooth, quiet operation. This fluid should be
available in 4-6 weeks. Like any mechanical parts with moving
components, they will eventually wear out. There is no product that we
have come across yet that is compact enough to fit into the base of our
cooler, submersible, relatively inexpensive, and lasts indefinitely.

Unfortunately, we do not have a mailing list set up. However, if there
are news of pump updates, it will definitely be posted on our website at
www.zalmanusa.com.

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