Exclusive Digital Storm Cooling System

We’ve been burning the midnight oil here at Digital Storm building a monster piece of hardware, and you the Digital Storm faithful are getting an exclusive on this Top Secret project. We are experts at overclocking, we’ve done it since we started our business and overtime have accumulated so much knowledge we felt its about time we do some big time innovations to really push our overclocks higher. So, our R&D team has been building a brand new all internal cooling system that is currently undergoing testing before release, and the numbers we just pulled off are eye popping.

Check out the screen shot:



Quick Highlight – We are running a Intel Core i7 980X Six-Core with twelve threads at 4.7 GHz, with idle temps at 13 degrees Celsius, and under load at 56 degrees Celsius! Thats about twice the performance of our high-end Stage 6 Sub-Zero LCS Dual Loop cooling system. This is a tremendous leap in performance and we cant wait to release this exclusive product to our customers.

Here's a few things as well about this new line:

1. All liquid cooling radiators are the new 140mm versions
2. We're using 45' angle compression fittings
3. We've done some heavy exclusive modifications to the number one selling Corsair 800D transforming it to an exclusive enthusiast's dream chassis.
4. Our new cooling system isn't phase change! There are no moving parts which means a very low, if not, zero failure rate.
5. The system self adjusts chassis fans based on temps providing a whisper quiet system during normal use, and fine-tuning airflow during intensive gaming or computational tasks.
6. And no, it's not just a beefed up liquid cooling system. Liquid cooling can only get as cool as the ambient (room temperature) as it uses the air around it to cool the system.

1 question:
is the breakthrough an innovative breakthrough, or a logical breakthrough...? as in, didja guys completely create something mindblowing no-one's ever done before, or, didja just manage to out-do everyone else in this specific department of watercooling?

awesome! can't wait!

Yeah.. that's pretty much my potential beef with it.

Does it sound cool? Certainly, I'm intrigued to see what kind of setup they're doing. Will it have an acceptable value and be the first cooling solution besides air cooling that I could actually recommend? We'll see, but I'm not getting my hopes up. =\

piezoelectric cooling?

Originally posted by MagiK The Signature build is as stated a HIGH END, and logically High Budget build.  Im sure that over time with the way things work, the technologies and innovations will trickle down to the lower budget crowd.  But in the end, as a business DSO needs to cater to both high end, high budget markets and the low end low budget markets to be competitive.  There is no shortage of budget builds available, it is time for more high end options....In my opinion. ..which is of course biased.

I didn't say anything about it being a budget option, just a value option.

I can't recommend their current liquid cooling options to anyone, regardless of their budget, it just does not offer enough cooling for the price.

Why do you insist on trying to debate something so subjective with me?

You are welcome to your liquid cooling, all I'm saying is that I hope the new cooling option they're introducing will have a better performance/price value.

Is that such a horrid thing to ask for?

This isn't something that is going to be a 'value' item unfortunately. To produce these results, the component costs add up. This is for an ultra line of Black|Ops systems.

What we have done isn't revolutionary, or new. It's exclusive because no other system builder currently sells a product with this type of system that's been built from the ground in part by part by themselves. We're making it from the individual components, fabricating the circuit board, and programming the entire control system.

The system could also go below 0'C under the right conditions, but, we're programming it not to because we don't want to have condensation form around the CPU socket area.

In addition, we'll be offering it both as an entire system, or, the customer can opt out to just purchase the chassis with the cooling system so they can build their own system.

Edited by Alex - 18 Sep 2010 at 2:31pm

realtemp will show much more accurate temps.

@ Alex,

WooHoo I`ve been Stage 8 since August here Alex!

No worries bud! I agree!

Originally posted by Alex Originally posted by justin.kerr that screen shot can't be true, it is impossible to run 4.7Ghz on 1.1 V core.  and HW says 68C for temps. That reading is wrong. It's probably an older version of HW Monitor, we're using the new EVGA X58 SLI 3 motherboard. The CPU VCore was I believe at 1.50 - 1.55v or so. The CPU temp readings are correct which were verified with an external temp probe, and the motherboard's onboard LED module which shows CPU temp.

@Alex and other experts. Your temps are superb and not close to too hot and I look forward to seeing RealTemp once it is in the case. Yeah I'd expect 1.5 to 1.55 Vcore for guaranteed 24/7 stability at 4.7GHz.

Originally posted by ablahblah ahh, so it just kills the competitors in logic. awesome, so it's involving microprocessor controllers? if it's doing that, technically though, couldn't you add some temp/humidity sensors and install a logic to calculate the dew point and set it as a type of temp limiting factor?

Correct! We're mounting an LCD screen on the front of the system showing the fluid temperature, etc... We're installing temperature sensors that will be directly in contact with the fluid.

Originally posted by ablahblah oh, and technically, from the looks of it right now... you guys DID do something nice and revolutionary...If that system is able to hit potential sub-zero temps, that means you have some form of cooling method in there. And you mentioned radiators and compression fittings. So that means. You guys have seriously just created the world's first Liquid COOLING system, not Liquid Heat Exchange system! Liquid Heat Exchange is referring to common "Liquid Cooling", where really it's just exchanging heat through air. Maximum low temp is based on ambient air temps. The only way to get to sub-zero is by adding actual cooling of the coolant media, which usually meant direct peltiers, or nitrogen. I really haven't seen any way of actually combining the two until now, dunno if any of you have, but I haven't, heh.Annd I just reread that first post.

You're right!

Originally posted by ablahblah Hmm. Lemme make a quick assumption here on what the heck you guys whipped up...You mentioned no moving parts. However, you mentioned radiators and a controller system. Voltage-moderated Peltier/Radiator mashup?

Only time will tell.

Alex mentioned on one of his previous posts that this system was being desgined for a modified 800D case aka Hailstorm case in order to fit 2x triple 140mm radiators internally to the case.

Originally posted by MagiK Alex mentioned on one of his previous posts that this system was being desgined for a modified 800D case aka Hailstorm case in order to fit 2x triple 140mm radiators internally to the case.

Actually one triple 140mm and one dual 140mm.

On the first page if you read all the posts Alex mentioned availability will be in 2-3 weeks