I saw something interesting this morning. ModWithMe has designed water cooling kit that combines the radiator, reservoir, and fans into an all in on unit that they call the ShroudRes. While this may not be the option for a hardcore custom loop person it does help with those that want to get into trying out a custom loop in a smaller case. Here is what ModWithMe put on their facebook page about it.
After 2 months of careful design, bouncing the concept backwards and forwards between our Customer Counsel, our people from the Technical University and the ModWithMe Design Team we are finally able to show you the first picture of our upcoming product release! We call this the ShroudRes and it revolves around the concept of optimizing space requirements by integrating the fans, the reservoir and the radiator into ONE combo pack.
– By making the reservoir the fan casing we have been able to reduce space requirements in small builds (the rad/res/fan combo is only 60mm thick with a 30mm radiator)
– By removing big reservoirs inside the case we have improved the airflow.
– By allowing only visibility to the good looking parts we have improved the aesthetic value of the fans.The ShroudRes is available in 120/240/360/480 configurations and will be rolling off the ModWithMe production line from the 1st of September!
Watch this space for your chance to be among the first to own one as the pre-order starts in 1 week!Regards,
Sander van der Velden aka ASPHIAX
ModWithMe Concept Founder
I haven’t found any pricing and like Sander van der Velden said it will be available September 1st, 2013 so we will see what the cost of it is then. I think it would be very interesting to see how well this cools vs all in one loop like the H100i and basic custom loops.
ShroudRes Pictures
ShroudRes by ModWithMe
ShroudRes by ModWithMe
Pictures courtesy of Eteknix