water cooling really that useful?

vaulsey · 28 Jul 2011 at 13:55

is watercooling worth buying or should i go for big fan cpu cooler? :confused:

JeffyB · 28 Jul 2011 at 13:58

It depends, if your after quietness and big cooling capacity then yes it's very worthwhile. Also the aesthetic appeals to many and building a loop is a lot of fun. What's your current spec?

vaulsey · 28 Jul 2011 at 14:02

i have i7 930,4gb ddr3 1333ghz (soon to upgrade to 16 or higher), 1 asus gtx 560 ti, however i have only one 120mm cooling fan.

vaulsey · 28 Jul 2011 at 14:03

also looking to buy 2tb hard drive and 60gb ssd

jorzeh · 28 Jul 2011 at 14:03

You'll never get cooling as good as watercooling on air, And if you have enough quite rads and fans you can have near silent PC even while gaming/heavy load.

Ofcourse the fun is building your own kit and making your system nice, I love modding with my dremel so watercooling is a nice thing for me

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vaulsey · 28 Jul 2011 at 14:05

sweet

also i got 3 spaces to add fans should i leave the back fan free for the watercooling system? and buy 2 140mm for side?

dfour · 1 Aug 2011 at 12:57

What case are you using and what budget do you have? Custom watercooling isnt a cheap option unless you can source it all second hand.

Krony · 1 Aug 2011 at 13:25

I think he is after a sealed loop H50 type liquid cpu cooler by the sounds of it.

Tealc · 1 Aug 2011 at 20:30

In that case high end air cooling is better and quieter.

SeraphX · 1 Aug 2011 at 20:31

vaulsey said:
is watercooling worth buying or should i go for big fan cpu cooler?

in the quest for higher clocks, more frames, better benchmark scores etc etc yes, higher temps are the enemy, watercooling is the grail

joxang · 1 Aug 2011 at 22:56

The other main thing is gpu silence. Even if you have 20 radiator fans, on a fan controller they will be whisper quiet. One single air-cooled gpu fan goes mental soon as you load it up.

Krony · 2 Aug 2011 at 11:06

joxang said:
The other main thing is gpu silence. Even if you have 20 radiator fans, on a fan controller they will be whisper quiet. One single air-cooled gpu fan goes mental soon as you load it up.

Yea i don't miss that full load gpu noise

dfour · 2 Aug 2011 at 15:41

Krony said:
Yea i don't miss that full load gpu noise

Nor me or the 60+ degree idle for mt 6950/70. Idling at a nice cool 40 degrees atm.

SeraphX · 2 Aug 2011 at 16:03

dfour said:
Nor me or the 60+ degree idle for mt 6950/70. Idling at a nice cool 40 degrees atm.

toasty lol

My old 5850 idled at 20 and full loaded at 900/1200 1.25v under furmark at 30

EK Block 360 rad

Biffa · 2 Aug 2011 at 18:38

Depends on the ambient surely, you can never get below ambient with just water. And if you measure it in the winter or in an airconditioned room then your temps are going to be different to anyone elses.

RollerBall · 2 Aug 2011 at 18:42

joxang said:
The other main thing is gpu silence. Even if you have 20 radiator fans, on a fan controller they will be whisper quiet. One single air-cooled gpu fan goes mental soon as you load it up.

You can get some decent aftermarket air GPU solutions though. My 88GT is silent all the time. It's got an Accelero S1 on there with the turbo module. Even without the turbo module (two small fans) it can stil get away with cooling it passively and not go above 60-70*C. With the Turbo module it never goes above 50*C and my radiator fans are louder (1650 Yates) despite being geographically further away from my ears.

EDIT: Forgot to mention all the temps said here are load.

jorzeh · 2 Aug 2011 at 19:37

Nothing like messing around modding, I just finsihed my 600T SE roof mod, All todo now is swap the fans out for white and black fans with lights. (spare backup pc btw)

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/26/top2mod.jpg/ Pow!.

RollerBall · 2 Aug 2011 at 20:15

jorzeh said:
Nothing like messing around modding, I just finsihed my 600T SE roof mod, All todo now is swap the fans out for white and black fans with lights. (spare backup pc btw)

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/26/top2mod.jpg/ Pow!.

Look like you could possibly get a 360mm there doesn't it?

joxang · 2 Aug 2011 at 20:31

RollerBall said:
Look like you could possibly get a 360mm there doesn't it?

You can

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*shameless worklog plug

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jorzeh · 2 Aug 2011 at 22:24

RollerBall said:
Look like you could possibly get a 360mm there doesn't it?

Yes, You can but you need to really cut a lot of the top of the roof away, Personally i didn't bother because i'm quite small and i couldn't really lift the case around by myself, And my husband is away working, So i decided just to go 240mm top 120x60 in the back, And i'll go for 200mm rad on the front all exhausts then i'll be modding the side window a lot and adding a nice clear 200mm fan as a intake.

Just waiting for my nails to repair

Nat,