First Retail Water-Cooled DDR2 Memory Tested 132
Twistedmelon writes "We've all heard of water cooling for processors and even graphics processors,
in today's high end PCs. However, a water cooled memory module is
something that hasn't been done until now. OCZ Technology recently
announced
their line of Flex XLC Water-Cooled RAM, with its integrated heat-spreaders
that can be connected to any standard water cooling system. The memory
operates much cooler under load with tight timings at DDR2-800 speeds. For
those with water-cooling setups,
these DIMMs could easily be tapped into an existing system allowing for
quiet and robust cooling for your system memory as well."
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Except that what really makes water start to conduct is the impurities dissolved in it. Have you looked inside you computer lately? I've got industrial grade air scrubbers running in my house (roommate with allergies) and I still get dust buildup inside the case. As soon as that deionized water hits that dust, I'm sure the resulting mud would be conductive enough to be devastating.
On the other hand, we are getting closer to the point where everything inside the case that needs cooling could be hooked up to the water system. If we can add power supply and hard drives, then it might be possible to hermetically seal the case, and just cool the water.