New liquid cools hot gaming PCs

08.01.2009

To keep the computer cool while it's running at full speed, Hardcore Computer immersed the Reactor Extreme's motherboard, including the microprocessors and other chips, in four and a half gallons of Core Coolant. That's the wet side of the PC, and it's protected by a clear plastic casing made from the same material used in visors worn by astronauts in outer space.

A radiator designed for the Reactor Extreme sits behind the motherboard on the dry side of the PC.

Attlesey said the coolant is being reviewed for use in a few enterprise systems and the company hopes to find more customers in the server market for the liquid.