The ion cooled PC (and smog generator)

You know that ionic "air purifier" grandma shouldn't use due to health risks? If only you could repurpose the ion generator to create a silent PC... just think of the geek cred! Well, the kids over at Inventgeek did just that and created what they are calling the "first ionic cooling system" ever developed for a completely silent, high-end gaming rig. Sure it'll cost you about a grand for the modification gear, but in the end you'll be pushing 325 cubic-feet of air per minute at 0.0dBA without any moving parts or increased power consumption. Hey, that's what they're saying. Oh there's still the risk of living room smog, but that Inconvenient Truth is certainly better than drowning in a vat of vegetable oil now isn't it silencers? Be sure to click the read link for all the DIY gore.

[Via Hack A Day]

[strider_mt2k @ Sep 18th 2006 7:06AM]

Ion drive? They must be very advanced...

[Dominic @ Sep 18th 2006 7:15AM]

Love the new Engadget..buggy though in some ways....ugh, I don't like looking at the pictures you post anymore, since this one in particular looks extremely grainy on my 15.4 widesecreen Dell...

[MtichellO @ Sep 18th 2006 7:31AM]

I have the exact CPU cooler shown in that pic. It is awesome!!

And yeah the pic above looks very pixelated on my 12" 1280x800 display too.

[XGM @ Sep 18th 2006 6:38PM]

Im running a 20.1" Viewsonic here at 1680 X 1050 resolution, and nothing is pixelated here. you should report this on the engadget forums ;)

That is one silent PC, 8GB of ram to use as harddrive space. Awsome, now they need a few 64GB CF cards to move those bigger files.

[Matt @ Sep 18th 2006 7:46AM]

325 cubic feet of air for 0 Db is sweet, but i dunno if it's worth the risk of smog...

[Thomas Ricker @ Sep 18th 2006 8:40AM]

Yeah, that pic wasn't the best to show off the new system. I've replaced it with a static image.

Thomas

[Oddmanout @ Sep 18th 2006 8:45AM]

"without any moving parts or increased power consumption."

Huh ? Does this mean that it uses the same amount of energy as a conventional fan setup would, or is it implying that the ion doohicky uses no power ?

[michael @ Sep 18th 2006 12:14PM]

Looks like it uses the same amount, since they went with no hard drives in order to keep the power consumption down (they say that), but they still needed at 350w power supply.

[EmEhRKay @ Sep 18th 2006 9:22AM]

Interesting

[GameFreak @ Sep 18th 2006 10:56AM]

haha, I get it. Inconvienient Truth, gore. very subtle :D

[michael @ Sep 18th 2006 12:14PM]

Smog - not sure, since they say they disable something to eliminate the negative ions. Was hoping someone hear would know more.

[Stephen @ Sep 18th 2006 12:57PM]

And no dust! Does it remove smoke from the air like the sharper image model? Put this in a college dorm room and it beats a toilet paper roll and fabric softener any day.

[Thomas Ricker @ Sep 18th 2006 1:34PM]

you go GameFreak, you go.

Thomas

[macona @ Sep 18th 2006 1:49PM]

Sorry, there is no way he is getting 325CFM of air flow throught that. The wind noise from turbulance from that alone will be as loud as most computers. I use a 300+ cfm fan on a small frame argon laser and that is a lot of air.

He might be getting 325 cubic feet per hour (~5 cfm). On a good day.

[Stephen Yuan @ Sep 18th 2006 3:22PM]

Mehhhh I'm the first sheep on engadget!

[Ken @ Jul 11th 2007 9:48AM]

I would expect a catalyst to be added to it, so as to reduce/eliminate the ozone produced.