CES 2008: OCZ Technology Review 7

CES 2008: OCZ Technology Review

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OCZ is expanding its cooler line-up with a waterblock for CPUs. It features a window, through which you can clearly see the flow pattern of the water. The tubing used in the model is actually very wide and the overall size of the block is very thin. OCZ is calling the block "Hydroflow" - a catchy name.


You may know the OCZ ATV stick from our past review. It has been quite successful and OCZ has expanded the line-up to include a huge 32GB variant to store your precious files on. Another new addition are the OCZ solid state drives. These SSDs come in SATA-I and SATA-II variants with a very high quality metal housing. The SATA-I part can read files with up to 58 MB/s and write them at 35 MB/s, the SATA-II part can read files at up to 120 MB/s and write them with 100 MB/s. Both will be available in 32 & 64 GB configurations.


The OCZ DDR3 Flex2 is the company's watercooling setup for DDR3 memory. Unlike the past versions here the water filled pipes run across the surface of the memory chips on each side, which should yield better results.


OCZ also has their PC Power & Cooling power supplies at the suite. The blue and red Silencers with 750W are nothing new, but OCZ has dropped the association with CrossFire on the red model. We actually mentioned the idea of doing a green one as well for NVIDIA. Another addition is the new GameXStream PSU, which now has its roots in the PC Power & Cooling labs.


OCZ has also been showing of the much talked about Hydrojet cooler in its final form. Sadly the battery of the camera died before we could take a snap of the OCZ variant. WaytronX is the company behind the technology used by the cooler, which is produced by OCZ. The above image shows their version of the cooler, which is identical, except for the branding up top. It has grown in size and is now in its final shape. The retail price should be below 100 US Dollars when it is being sold by OCZ in the near future.
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