1 MAXIMUMPC JUNE 2004
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Zalman Takes Water-Cooling to New Heights with the Resorator!
This is the Resorator 1, the
most innovative answer
to blistering-hot CPUs and
videocards we’ve seen to date.
Designed by Zalman, a
company known for exotic-
looking cooling technologies,
the Resorator (the name is
a hybrid of reservoir and
radiator ) stands nearly two
feet high and six inches
in diameter. Similar to
conventional water cooling,
it circulates water through
water blocks you attach to your
system’s CPU, GPU, and even
your hard drive. These blocks
wick heat away and transfer
it to the water, which gets
pumped into and through the
anodized aluminum column.
Here’s where the Resorator’s
advantage becomes clear.
Because the unit is surrounded
by heat-spreading fins and
sits outside of the PC case
enclosure, it’s able to transfer
accumulated heat to the air
much more effectively than a
normal water-cooling rig. After
dispersing the heat, the water
is pumped back into your PC
for another circulatory trip.
The Resorator comes
bundled with Zalman’s ZM-
WB2 gold-plated copper base
water block, but you’ll have
to pay extra for water blocks
for your videocard and hard
drives.
$280, http://www.zalmanusa.com
Waterblocks, like the CPU
attachment pictured here, allow
the Resorator to absorb the heat
from components and transfer it
to the external radiator.
This is no mock-up.
This is no Photoshop job.
This is no prototype.