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(Taken from the Cool K6-2 500's Press Manual)

"KryoTech's cooling system is based on the phase change refrigeration process commonly used in home and commercial refrigeration systems. Standard refrigeration components are combined with KryoTech's custom designed KryoCavity to remove heat from the CPU and thereby increase its performance."

"Phase change refrigeration is a closed loop process where a continuously circulating refrigerant is vaporized into a gas and then condensed back into a liquid. The phase change from liquid to gas creates and evaporative cooling effect as heat (the latent heat of evaporation) is lifted from the volume being cooled into the refrigerant as it changes state."

"The refrigeration system consists of three main components: the evaporator, the compressor, and the condenser. These components are connected together by tubing to form a closed system. The liquefied refrigerant is vaporized in the evaporator and heat is absorbed from the space being cooled. The vapor is drawn out of the evaporator by a motor-driven compressor and cooled back to a liquid state in an air-cooled condenser. From the condenser the refrigerant is pumped back to the evaporator where it is vaporized and the cycle begins again."

"The cooling system is physically and electrically integrated to be virtually transparent to the operation and maintenance of the computer system. In general there is little change in the operation of the operation of the computer or its software once the CPU is cooled to its operating temperature and the system starts. Similarly, the thermal bus and KryoCavity are positioned in the computer chassis so as to minimize interference with the removal and replacement of other computer parts."

Phew, that's a lot of techno-jargon to digest, but here's the real story as we experienced it.

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