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What was the first AIO with a VRM fan?

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For custom loops Alphacool, barrow, byski,... did have blocks with fan mounts on them way back.

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But aio wise I think arctic was the first with the freezer 2. Now enermax and asus are starting to do it too as it does flat out help cool the stuff

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Some niche air coolers had the option to have a second fan for vram cooling down low. That and bac in the day downdraft coolers werent uncommon

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I know that several companies have implemented this idea (was it an Asetek idea, or did some other company come up with it first? Which model?), including Asus, MSI, Enermax, Arctic and SilverStone. But which company originally implemented it?

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I only know of Arctic that does it, but I am not well versed in the world of liquid.

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For custom loops Alphacool, barrow, byski,... did have blocks with fan mounts on them way back.

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But aio wise I think arctic was the first with the freezer 2. Now enermax and asus are starting to do it too as it does flat out help cool the stuff

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Some niche air coolers had the option to have a second fan for vram cooling down low. That and bac in the day downdraft coolers werent uncommon

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1 minute ago, jaslion said:

For custom loops Alphacool, barrow, byski,... did have blocks with fan mounts on them way back.

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But aio wise I think arctic was the first

Helpful! Did Arctic use their own pump, or one from an OEM like Asetek?

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3 minutes ago, WereCat said:

Arctic uses their own stuff AFAIK.聽

Do you mean the LF3, or the previous ones, too? I know you're correct for the LF3.

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1 hour ago, RevGAM said:

I know that several companies have implemented this idea (was it an Asetek idea, or did some other company come up with it first? Which model?), including Asus, MSI, Enermax, Arctic and SilverStone. But which company originally implemented it?

I assume this is excluding something like the NZXT Kraken G10.

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1 minute ago, Agall said:

I assume this is excluding something like the NZXT Kraken G10.

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If you're talking about an AIB, yes.

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3 minutes ago, RevGAM said:

If you're talking about an AIB, yes.

The G10 is an attachment that replaces the cooling shroud and heatsink of a GPU with a water cooling mount and VRAM/VRM fan mount for you to add your own fan (i believe? Or does it have its own an already attached?) to to cool the other components

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20 minutes ago, RevGAM said:

Helpful! Did Arctic use their own pump, or one from an OEM like Asetek?

The lf2 and 3 are from arctic

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29 minutes ago, RevGAM said:

Do you mean the LF3, or the previous ones, too? I know you're correct for the LF3.

LF 2 & 3. I don't know what was the 1st one.聽

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