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Easiest CPU liquid cooling install ever?

Asus brought a completely cable-free liquid cooler to CES: Asus’s “Q-Connector” uses hidden pogo pins instead of fan/pump cables! No price, but Asus spokesperson JJ Guerrero says even some mid-range Strix motherboards should include, and you can swap the pogo pins for a cable if you change motherboards. Another way it’s becoming easier to build a beautiful PC.

<em>See how the pins are modular? That’s for backwards/forwards motherboard compatibility. </em>
<em>You can see the big copper contacts just to the right of the CPU socket. </em>
<em>The cooler covers them completely. </em>
<em>Here’s a system with a Q-AIO installed.</em>
<em>A closer look at the Q-Connector cooler in the system.</em>
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See how the pins are modular? That’s for backwards/forwards motherboard compatibility.
Asus, GIF by Sean Hollister / The Verge
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