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Asetek is no stranger to many enthusiasts, and it's blatantly obvious that they take cooling very seriously. They became incredibly well-known with their VapoChill phase-change CPU cooler, which is the ultimate in high-end for those overclocking masters who want nothing less than an extreme overclock.
But Asetek's main concern now is providing efficient cooling paired with silent cooling. In their suite they had a few examples of what their goals are all about. In the picture below you'll notice a large gaming machine. It's equipped with an overclocked QX9650 (4.0GHz), four sticks of overclocked RAM and dual 9800GX2s, also overclocked.
Where overclocking is concerned, ridiculous heat is sure to be there. However, when overclocking all this, the need for very efficient cooling is even more important. Add the desire for silence, and it's a whole new ball game.
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Asetek's Quiet Bleeding-Edge Gaming PC </td></tr></tbody></table>
Well, the system above, as packed as it was, hovered only around the 45dB mark. The loudest feature of this particular PC is the chipset fan, which happens to be incredibly tiny, but very loud. Without it, Asetek claims that the dB would drop to around 30dB... totally reasonable, especially for an absolute top-of-the-line PC.
There is no real product wrapped around this, although you could purchase all of the parts separately and put one together. They are primarily showing what's possible, and with so many PC boutiques picking up on their technologies, it's very likely that you'll find machines just like this one on the market very soon, if not today.
But Asetek's main concern now is providing efficient cooling paired with silent cooling. In their suite they had a few examples of what their goals are all about. In the picture below you'll notice a large gaming machine. It's equipped with an overclocked QX9650 (4.0GHz), four sticks of overclocked RAM and dual 9800GX2s, also overclocked.
Where overclocking is concerned, ridiculous heat is sure to be there. However, when overclocking all this, the need for very efficient cooling is even more important. Add the desire for silence, and it's a whole new ball game.
<table align="center"><tbody><tr><td>
Asetek's Quiet Bleeding-Edge Gaming PC </td></tr></tbody></table>
Well, the system above, as packed as it was, hovered only around the 45dB mark. The loudest feature of this particular PC is the chipset fan, which happens to be incredibly tiny, but very loud. Without it, Asetek claims that the dB would drop to around 30dB... totally reasonable, especially for an absolute top-of-the-line PC.
There is no real product wrapped around this, although you could purchase all of the parts separately and put one together. They are primarily showing what's possible, and with so many PC boutiques picking up on their technologies, it's very likely that you'll find machines just like this one on the market very soon, if not today.
