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Posted: **Wed Oct 11, 2006 1:33 pm**

Corsair Launches Nautilus GPU Water Cooling Blocks

Tailored for the NVIDIA GeForce 7800, 7900 GT/GTX, and 7950GT Video Cards, the new Nautilus GPU blocks provide extreme cooling performance --

Fremont, CA (October 11, 2006) – Corsair® Memory, Inc., a worldwide leader in high performance enthusiast computer products, took its acclaimed water cooling product line to a new level today with the release of the Nautilus GPU water blocks supporting the latest NVIDIA® GeForce™based graphics cards in both single and dual SLI™ configurations. The Corsair Nautilus GPU water blocks are the perfect accessory for the Corsair Nautilus500 external liquid cooling system, and other third party liquid cooling solutions that utilize 3/8” tubing.

The Corsair Nautilus GPU water block is designed to provide maximum cooling for NVIDIA GeForce7800, 7900 GT/GTX and 7950 GT series video cards in both single and SLI configuration. Constructed with a pure solid copper base and RAM cooling pad mounting points design, the Nautilus dual GPU water blocks provide optimum cooling directly on the GPU and the video RAM. This additional cooling allows for significant GPU overclocking. The compact low profile block features a single inlet and outlet for cooling two video cards that reduces the tubing lengths and improves the flow characteristics of the water cooling sub-system.

Designed for enthusiasts, the new Nautilus GPU water block brings up to 40% more GPU cooling efficiency* when paired with the Nautilus 500 water cooling unit, allowing for significant overclocking. While overclocking is not guaranteed by any one component, the degree of system overclock generally correlates with the degree of component cooling.

“Corsair continues to invest in developing the best in class products for computing enthusiasts. The Nautilus GPU blocks are another example of our commitment to support the enthusiast community.” stated Richard Hashim, Director of Product Marketing at Corsair Memory. “Corsair engineers are overclockers at heart. We realize the importance of having excellent cooling for the core components in order to maximize performance. In combination with our Nautlilus500 external liquid cooling unit, and the included processor block, the Nautilus GPU blocks are designed to deliver exceptional system cooling and performance.”

The Corsair part number for the single Nautilus GPU block is CWC100-NGPU, and the part number for the dual pack is CWC100-NGPUDUAL. The Nautilus GPU water block is currently available through Corsair’s authorized distributors, resellers and retailers worldwide. The estimated street price is US$99.99 for the single version and US$199.99 for the dual version. For more information on where to buy, please visit http://www.corsair.com/corsair/where_to_buy.html. For more information on the Nautilus GPU water block, please go to http://www.corsairmemory.com/corsair/na ... locks.html

* Disclaimer: 40% GPU cooling efficiency is achieved based on and AMD based system consisting of AMD® Athlon™64 FX-60 CPU, ASUS® A8N-SLI Premium (1009 BIOS), Corsair TWINX2048-4000PT, and NVIDIA 7800 GTX 256MB (2x in SLI mode) watercooled with dual Nautilus GPU blocks. For more information on the complete specification of the test system and testing methodology, go to http://www.corsairmemory.com/corsair/nautilus_500.html

About Corsair
Corsair, a member of JEDEC, has been a leader in the design and manufacture of high speed modules since 1994. We have earned our reputation as being the first to market with leading-edge products supporting new computing platforms and technologies. Corsair supplies memory for applications ranging from mission-critical servers to ultra-high performance gaming systems. The performance and reliability of Corsair memory products makes them ideal for memory intensive computing. Corsair also manufactures high performance cooling solutions and power supplies for the enthusiast marketplace.

Posted: **Wed Oct 11, 2006 1:35 pm**

Posted: **Wed Oct 11, 2006 1:36 pm**

looks exactly like the early dangerden ones and 100$ each is insane

Posted: **Wed Oct 11, 2006 3:46 pm**

Well DangerDen makes these for Corsair and many months ago Corsair gave DD their design and Corsair says that DangerDen took their block design changed it a bit and took it to market before Corsair got theirs out the door. I guess dragging your feet doesn't pay off in the long run! While $100 each sounds like a lot it is a ton of copper and with copper prices being so high a good chuck of the cost is the copper chunk they mill it from. (yes I'm sure they recycle the shavings for some serious cash and recoup most of the milling losses).

Posted: **Wed Oct 11, 2006 3:58 pm**

make sense. But I'd prefer a swiftech block for 60ish

Posted: **Wed Oct 11, 2006 4:21 pm**

swiftech has a full coverage block for $60?

Posted: **Wed Oct 11, 2006 4:30 pm**

Alphacool does a full block for €60

http://www.alphacool.de/xt/product_info ... cards.html

Posted: **Wed Oct 11, 2006 4:33 pm**

That's not bad... would be like $75 in the US then. Too bad is has G1/4 fittings on it -- I like 3/8.

Posted: **Wed Oct 11, 2006 4:34 pm**

forgive the ignorant american, whats that in US$ and where is it available in the US?

Posted: **Wed Oct 11, 2006 4:37 pm**

http://www.frozencpu.com/brands/brand/b ... acool.html

and as Apop says €60 = $75

They also make one of the best cpu blocks on the market.......

Posted: **Wed Oct 11, 2006 4:59 pm**

I don't think these blocks are machined...that copper looks die-cast. I got the DangerDen Tyee set on my x1900's, and the finish of teh copper is very different. That almost looks like a copper-Alu blend.

Posted: **Wed Oct 11, 2006 5:03 pm**

cadaveca wrote:I don't think these blocks are machined...that copper looks die-cast. I got the DangerDen Tyee set on my x1900's, and the finish of teh copper is very different. That almost looks like a copper-Alu blend.

they are machined, but then glass beaded afterwards which gives even more performance!
The quality of their work is amazing!!! I have their NexXxoS XP CPU block.. ;)

Posted: **Wed Oct 11, 2006 5:05 pm**

LoL. you mean they sandblast them?

Posted: **Wed Oct 11, 2006 5:09 pm**

cadaveca wrote:LoL. you mean they sandblast them?

Nope! Glass bead.......gives better results.....copper is too soft and malleable for sand blasting........the sand would contaminate the block too

German engineering @ it's best IMO....... @ least the cpu block is

Posted: **Wed Oct 11, 2006 5:14 pm**

Um...glass...

It's sand.

Posted: **Wed Oct 11, 2006 5:15 pm**

cadaveca wrote:Um...glass...

It's sand.

Ahh Feck......

Posted: **Wed Oct 11, 2006 5:28 pm**

LoL. Sry dude, but i couldn't help it.

Posted: **Wed Oct 11, 2006 5:32 pm**

cadaveca wrote:LoL. Sry dude, but i couldn't help it.

not to worry........i haven't been on the ball lately...

Posted: **Wed Oct 11, 2006 5:33 pm**

cadaveca wrote:Um...glass...

It's sand.

Technically glass is melted sand, if you want to be really specific. Now you want to get insanely technically I'll get my chem major friend in here. Then your eyes will roll back in your head

Posted: **Wed Oct 11, 2006 5:36 pm**

dicecca112 wrote:
cadaveca wrote:Um...glass...

It's sand.
Technically glass is melted sand, if you want to be really specific. Now you want to get insanely technically I'll get my chem major friend in here. Then your eyes will roll back in your head

Get him to join in........I'd love to read his answer.....I used to love chemistry.