Asetek Vapochill LS

Mike D. 24 Jan, 2006 at 1:00am ET Article published in Tech

Final Touches

Once everything was starting to look good, I did some cable management and properly mounted and hid the chill control board. It fit perfectly behind the 3 1/2″ drive bays. All of the Asetek provided cables were more than long enough for the location.

Notice the twisted blue and white cable above. That is the chill control ‘power switching’ cable that connects to the motherboard header. The chill control board decides when to start and shut down your PC. The Lian-Li power switch cable connects to another header on the chill control board. Be sure to use the provided stand-offs when mounting the chill control board, as it will certainly short out if it is placed on anything metallic without them. The chill control board on its own costs about $100, so be careful.

In the dark, the LED is very bright, so I was glad to keep it facing the non-windowed side panel where it is barely visible. Some people like these bright lights, I’m sure.

Once everything is plugged in you should see the Vapochill LCD and the chill control board light up in blue. Starting the unit up for the first time is a bit odd. Pressing the power button on your case no longer turns your PC on. It now serves other purposes: It can be used to change settings on the Vapochill (like start-up temperature) and if held for exactly one second, it will begin the startup procedure by powering up the vapochill unit and leaving the PC turned off until the temperature reaches the ‘start-up’ temperature.

Time to fire the Vapochill LS up!

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Comments

19 Jan 2006 ~ 2:10am Sledgehammer70 This is awesome info! I don't think I have seen a better write -up for this product. Great images, nice detail I give you 150% on this one!

Also I have been looking into the LS for a few days now. I was thinking fo Watercooling for about $400 but I was liek why not go all the way for an extra $400 I mean if youare getting 3.3Ghz on a Opt. what do you think the FX-57 would score? It is all in the aire, but something I am looking into.
19 Jan 2006 ~ 9:56am Medlock Excellent review, Lemonlime!
19 Jan 2006 ~ 12:23pm paroxym Lemonlime: You are

As leet as you are though you might want to spell Asetek correctly

:bigggrin:
19 Jan 2006 ~ 12:38pm primesuspect wow paroxym, thanks for catching that. I'm editing it right now
19 Jan 2006 ~ 12:40pm Shorty

primesuspect wrote:

wow paroxym, thanks for catching that. I'm editing it right now

He sent me an email asking me to do that, Im just about to edit but if you are.. Il wait!
19 Jan 2006 ~ 12:51pm primesuspect Done
19 Jan 2006 ~ 1:23pm lemonlime

paroxym wrote:

As leet as you are though you might want to spell Asetek correctly

Pfft, the truly hardcore do not waste their time spelling things correctly. I've got benchmarks to run my friend..

primesuspect wrote:

Done

Thanks for fixing that prime
19 Jan 2006 ~ 1:37pm Winga Lemonlime - I, like many others followed your trials and tribulations in the forums when you were putting together your now infamous build. All I can say is "Hats off" buddy

Not only did you do a superb job of it, but you left a documented legacy for us all to share. And of course make us all green with envy. :bigggrin:
19 Jan 2006 ~ 1:38pm lemonlime

Sledgehammer70 wrote:

This is awesome info! I don't think I have seen a better write -up for this product. Great images, nice detail I give you 150% on this one! ... I mean if youare getting 3.3Ghz on a Opt. what do you think the FX-57 would score?

Thanks for the comments Sledge!

My Opteron isn't even a terribly strong stepping stepping either . AMD really puts some love into their flagship FX series chips. 3.3-3.4GHz should be no problem if you are willing to crank up the vcore a bit. I think the best CABNE stepping FX chips can do about 3.5. It's rare to see anything higher than that though without a more extreme cooling solution (definitely not anything 24/7 like the LS). Some of them have the cold bug, so I would look up your chip's production week just to be sure.

Winga wrote:

Lemonlime - I, like many others followed your trials and tribulations in the forums when you were putting together your now infamous build. All I can say is "Hats off" buddy

Not only did you do a superb job of it, but you left a documented legacy for us all to share. And of course make us all green with envy.

Thanks very much for the kind comments Winga

TheGr81 wrote:

Excellent review, Lemonlime!

Thanks dude
19 Jan 2006 ~ 7:00pm TheSmJ Pretty cool!

Now how about some pics/specs on that planted tank in the backround...?
19 Jan 2006 ~ 7:32pm Linc An excellent read

I sure flubbed catching that Asetek spelling though, huh?
19 Jan 2006 ~ 9:54pm profdlp Quite a lot of information and a very nice read. All in all a thoroughly enjoyable article. Well done!
19 Jan 2006 ~ 10:05pm lemonlime

TheSmJ wrote:

Pretty cool!

Now how about some pics/specs on that planted tank in the backround...?

It's a watercooled 55g long I thought you might notice the tank The anubias in the front there were pretty yellow in that picture. Cleaned them up since then. The DIY co2 I'm using now has made a huge difference.

General Keebler wrote:

I sure flubbed catching that Asetek spelling though, huh?

This is the Chuck Norris of CPU coolers.. I think the vapo was so powerful that it automatically removed every third vowel from the article the last time I saved it. At least thats my excuse and I'm sticking to it

profdlp wrote:

Quite a lot of information and a very nice read. All in all a thoroughly enjoyable article. Well done!

Thanks for the comments prof
20 Jan 2006 ~ 4:00am paroxym

This is the Chuck Norris of CPU coolers..

Asetek Vapochills aren't hung like horses, horses are hung like Asetek Vapochills.
2 Sep 2006 ~ 10:42am lemonlime Time for an 8 month update!

The 'LS' is still going very strong. Evaporator temp has not swayed at all, and is now cooling my slightly hotter (and cold bug free) 4200+ X2 chip at 3.1GHz without breaking a sweat.

I have had one encounter with Asetek technical support that I would like to share.

A couple of months ago, I had an issue where the unit would not fire up every try. I'd hold the power button in as perscribed, and the LCD on the front of the unit would simply go black without starting the compressor. I'd have to unplug the unit and keep trying to get it to successfully start up. Once it did start, it ran like a champ though. I went to support.asetek.com and opened a new ticket. Someone replied very quickly, and offered to replace the chill control board. I explained that the unit was working, and that I'd be without a computer if I had to send the defective one back before receiving a replacement. They had no isses sending the replacement prior to receiving the defective one. This is a rare thing this day and age Not only did they send the new one first, it arrived within 3 days from Europe. I swapped the card for the new one, and now everything is 'good as new'.

Other than that card replacement, I pull out some dust bunnies from the heat exchanger every month, but that is about it
2 Sep 2006 ~ 11:06am profdlp Quite impressive service.
2 Sep 2006 ~ 11:44am Nightwolf Nice article LL.
7 Dec 2013 ~ 1:48am Jim Jarmon Have you ever tried this with a dual socket 940 system? I've got a monster that likes to run hot!!