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Limitations of Fan-Based Technologies

All legacy computer cooling technologies use fans, even water cooling and phase cooling systems. There are so many issues that arise from the use of fans in computers that it has spawned an entire industry. Outlined below are the various cooling systems and the inherent maintenance, inconveniences, and costs to you.

Air Cooling Systems

Air cooling systems are 100% fan-based. Fans are used to cool the processors and the components. These are bigger machines that:

Take up more of your living or office space.
Noisy because of high RPMs.
Require a lot of ventilation.
Produce heat as they are working to reduce heat.
Consume vast amounts of power to operate.

There are tremendous high costs associated with operating fan-based systems:

Cooling system needs power to operate.
Components for high end operations such as gaming are unnecessarily running 1000 Watts of power when most of the time they only need that much because of the fans needed to cool them.
Cooling of the video card requires it be independently connected to the power supply of the computer, thereby consuming more wattage to operate.
You can expect high monthly energy bills.

When a fan-based system fails due to accumulation of dust, motor malfunction or burn-out:

Over-heating occurs.
Components suffer from irreversible damage.
Your costly investment is lost.

Xyber Technologies' passive heat dissipation system requires from 90 to 240 watts of power to operate depending on the type of system. Xyber units don't require much space and can even be stored in a drawer or cabinet because they don't require much ventilation to operate safely. Xyber machines are not susceptible to any of the problems listed above. Your investment is safe because there is no fan to consume energy or malfunction. The minute quantities of inert gas are safely housed in aluminum tubing that is not subjected to the constant expanding and contracting that occurs with plastic tubing found in the next troublesome cooling system we will discuss: liquid cooling.

Water Cooling Systems

Liquid cooling systems are actually two systems in one. They are limited to being able to cool only a few components, depending on the systems configuration. As a result, they still require fans to cool the radiator and the other components.

These big, clunky machines:

Consume more power than air cooling systems.
Have a limited cooling capacity and therefore require fans as well.
Make noise because of the fans.
Are costly to purchase and maintain.
Require a lot of ventilation.
Take up even more of your living or office space.
Are complicated for the end-user.

The end user has a lot to do to set-up and maintain his water cooling system. He may have to assemble it and add the special cooling solution. Then he will have to monitor it over time to ensure the solution levels are kept high enough and regularly inspect the plastic tubing for leaks.

The obvious disadvantages of a liquid cooling system are:

Water and electricity produce bad results. (Some manufacturers have mitigated this problem by using special liquids, but the maintenance issue has not been solved)

Because components produce a lot of heat, the plastic tubing is constantly expanding and contracting. This can cause the tubes to crack and leak water that can result in electrical shorts and irreparable internal damage. Kiss your investment good-bye!

Water cooling systems are high maintenance. You have to:

Regularly check for mold and bacteria in the tubing.
Bleed the system once a month.
Check for leaks in the tubing.
Maintain the levels of the special solution.
Ensure your water pump doesn't burn out.
Hope that the power never goes out, because this can cause condensation on the tubing, and as we mentioned before: water + electricity = bye bye
Constantly checking to make sure that the water pump never fails.

If the solution dissipates the system will run dry and your computer will shut down. And because the water pump is housed inside the reservoir, if you ruin your water pump you ruin your system.

Water cooling systems are an ongoing expense:

More costly to operate than air cooling systems.
Consume vast amounts of power to run, including the fans and the water cooling system.
Special solution needs to be purchased on an ongoing basis.
System warranty likely doesn't cover damage to the components as a result of water pump malfunction or tubing leaks.
You can expect a high energy bill each month.

Xyber Technologies' passive heat dissipation system does not have fans, does not require you to add a special solution, does not require you to assemble it and its aluminum tubing is not subject to leaks. There are virtually no ongoing costs and maintenance associated with Xyber computers. And they consume one quarter of the power for high end operations so your energy bill is not adversely affected each month.

Now we will take a look at the most expensive, most limited and most difficult cooling system that requires a highly skilled user possessing great technical proficiency.

Phase Cooling

Phase cooling is not user friendly. It involves using a refrigerator compressor to cool your computer. It necessitates cutting holes throughout your computer case and running copper tubing to hardwire the compressor to your CPU. In addition, it is designed to ONLY cool your processor, therefore fans are still required for the other components.

Needless to say, there are obvious drawbacks to this particular cooling method:

Cost of compressor starts at $3,000.
It only cools the CPU so fans are still needed to cool the components.
Fans and compressor make A LOT of noise.
Compressor is big and really noisy.
Consumes the most amount of power of all the systems, requiring a minimum of 1000 to 1500 watts to operate.
Requires a high degree of technical proficiency.
Inherent risks of data loss and permanent damage associated with overclocking.

There is an even more serious risk associated with phase cooling. If a power outage occurs, copper or aluminum tubing that falls below freezing point creates condensation within the case and destroys the electronics. As a result, the compressor can never be turned off. Be prepared for an expensive monthly energy bill.

Phase cooling is simply impractical and far too sensitive to be useful:

Expensive.
Complicated.
Bulky and unattractive.
Risky.
Limited.

Xyber Technologies' passive heat dissipation cooling system is user friendly, cost effective, can be safely powered down and is housed in a space saving, high tech design that easily becomes a part of your living and working environments without forcing you to change your space to accommodate its presence.

Xyber's Revolutionary Technology Offers You the Most

Xyber Technologies' passive heat dissipation cooling system is the result of a close examination of competing technologies to understand what was needed to enhance the user experience on all levels. The culmination of this research is the flagship Xyber MK Series of high performance Silent Desktop PC's for high end gaming, business, home and home theater systems. Xyber's revolutionary technology rids desktop PC's of the limitations and expense imposed by legacy cooling systems. You get the most possible with a custom Xyber MK Series Silent Desktop PC.