asetek Vapochill Extreme Edition : Review

Quote: In the Vapochill, heat from the CPU is transferred via an evaporator into a refrigerant, causing a phase change from liquid to vapor. In turn, the now gaseous refrigerant is sent to the compressor where the pressure is raised forcing a phase change back to liquid at the condenser. This is a quick simplification of the physics involved, but suffice it to say that the process is efficient, and boy, does it work well. Vapor Phase cooling has been shown to be 10 times more efficient than water cooling measures, and up to 50 times more efficient than air cooling. In a nutshell, it means running your super-hot Pentium 4 and Athlon XP CPUs at subzero conditions. It also leads to higher obtainable overclocking speeds, since heat (the great enemy of electronics) is no longer a factor. Dave had a look at their Premium Edition roughly a year ago, and had some really positive things to say. This time, we will be looking at the Vapochill XE, short for Extreme Edition, which comes with an extra 50 Watts of cooling power over the Standard Edition (30 Watts more than the PE), bringing the total up to 180 Watts.

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