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You should try building it. There’s a big market if you can make it reliable. Keep in mind there are other hot chips besides the CPU. Memory, network interface
by tlb 4y ago
You should try building it. There’s a big market if you can make it reliable.
Keep in mind there are other hot chips besides the CPU. Memory, network interfaces, and power supplies all need cooling too. Most systems are hybrid: water for the few hottest chips and air for everything else.
- eternityforest 4y agoHonestly I probably would, but it would probably cost $100-$250 at minimum to prototype, and it seems rather difficult to find a company that would be interested in the design. I assume gaming PCs are where you'd start? I've never actually had a gaming desktop or anything similar, so I'm not sure what that market is like or if anyone would pay several hundred dollars for one, or if any of those companies would ever hire someone for that without a background in this stuff. I'm mostly in embedded controls and prop building, and have lots of incidental experience with water handling and compressed air, but I've never done anything related to data centers or anything significant with desktops.
- xxs 4y ago>I've never actually had a gaming desktop The waterblock, just acrylic with some fittings, alone is in the 130 euro[0] retail prices. So, there is some market for enthusiast but it's not large, of course. [0]. https://www.ekwb.com/shop/water-blocks/cpu-blocks/velocity2 https://www.ekwb.com/shop/water-blocks/cpu-blocks/velocity2