Alienware Liquid cooled laptop by Asetek

[Tsunade_Hime]

Yep, I wouldn't care much about that either. Having 4.5 to 5 hours on the IGP certainly is "nice" but the bottom line is I own an Alienware M18x for performance. I really don't give a rat's tail about the battery life at the end of the day. Having 45 minutes to an hour will do fine for a quick email check between flights, LOL. Otherwise, I never run without being tapped into a wall outlet. I would choose the cooling performance over battery life in a heartbeat, assuming it were to really work as well or better than using an AC unit for overclocking.

Ya this I would agree with 100%. My R2 has never been really used on battery, the GPU's throttle down to such horrible levels, it's not even worth considering. I would like something as a battery backup, but that is it. Big Alienware laptops are NOT meant to be run on battery, and assuming one will work is foolish.

[Virgle144]

Ya this I would agree with 100%. My R2 has never been really used on battery, the GPU's throttle down to such horrible levels, it's not even worth considering. I would like something as a battery backup, but that is it. Big Alienware laptops are NOT meant to be run on battery, and assuming one will work is foolish.

Wait the M18x has a battery

[Mr. Fox]

Wait the M18x has a battery

Yes, it certainly does. The point that was being made is that the water cooling device takes up part of the battery bay and a smaller (lower capacity) battery is needed to make room for the pump/reservoir. So, the 4.5 to 5 hours battery life the M18x has on the IGP is going to be sacrificed in the name of enhanced performance and overclocking capabilities with liquid cooling. This would be a more than fair trade-off to some of us.

[Gamer872]

This is inconceivable! Do you guys really know the potential of such a thing? They (Alienware or whoever) can now make systems with far greater power than they ever could before. They just need to make the tech fit inside a smaller system like a new M15x for example. Imagine an M15x with an i7 2700k (or the ivy bridge level of this, don't know the name) and a GTX680m. Holy crud that would be sweet. Now all they need to do is figure out how to store more power in the same size battery.

[bigtonyman]

This is inconceivable! Do you guys really know the potential of such a thing? They (Alienware or whoever) can now make systems with far greater power than they ever could before. They just need to make the tech fit inside a smaller system like a new M15x for example. Imagine an M15x with an i7 2700k (or the ivy bridge level of this, don't know the name) and a GTX680m. Holy crud that would be sweet. Now all they need to do is figure out how to store more power in the same size battery.

I'd like to have a some what portable system.

[johnksss]

Very interesting indeed...
But...Im thinking the best place for this pump would be to remove one of the fans and put it there. Preferably the second GPU fan. That way you would keep all components and no lost of battery space or dvd drive. And since most rad's run dual fans....these fans should suffice..(speculation of course)

And that 48 fps was looking pretty low for dual over clocked 6990m's you can get close to that with just one card at that section of the bench....

And not everyone will be rushing in to change to many cpus or gpus. And just like desktop setups..Allot of the time you have to take the whole thing apart anyway to get to your gpus and or cpu as well....

Hope this idea doesn't play out like the last potentially good one someone had...
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[Mr. Fox]

Very interesting indeed...
But...Im thinking the best place for this pump would be to remove one of the fans and put it there. Preferably the second GPU fan. That way you would keep all components and no lost of battery space or dvd drive. And since most rad's run dual fans....these fans should suffice..(speculation of course)

And that 48 fps was looking pretty low for dual over clocked 6990m's you can get close to that with just one card at that section of the bench....

And not everyone will be rushing in to change to many cpus or gpus. And just like desktop setups..Allot of the time you have to take the whole thing apart anyway to get to your gpus and or cpu as well....

Hope this idea doesn't play out like the last potentially good one someone had...
IDF - Hot Gaming Notebooks Get Air Conditioning - Embraco Brings Refrigeration To Gamings Notebooks - Legit Reviews

It's a real shame that mini-AC unit never took off.

Laptop Cooler that cools the air????

http://www.dvhardware.net/article29263.html

[johnksss]

I remember that second one. It's what they used to over clock the w90 when it first came out.

[Xanoku]

Getting this the day it comes out. I don't like seeing temps over 85 on my GPUs.
Scares me.

It probably won't cut down on fan noise though. Maybe even MORE noise to cool those rads. They'll have to be thick as hell to cool this beast.

[Cloudfire]

If this means cooler and quieter laptops I am all for it. But I reckon it will only be used inside notebooks like M18x due to the size of the chassis plus that is where you find most people who are willing to pay for it