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Air at the moment, probably move to water if I get a quad and can't cool it sufficiently.
Air or Water - how do you cool yours?
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First water here, only a cheap kit to start off. Worth it for the noise reduction and the cooling is better than any air cooler i've personally experienced, even with this low end WC kit
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HSF for me. 
water, been on it since my p4c.
Only times I've used air is when something goes wrong like no paste, tubes or coolant.
Its great for silence if you do your research properly. My main rig isn't that quiet as it has delta fans on the rad but my server has low speed scythe fans on the rad and now the only noise you can hear is the 7 reasonably quiet hard drives
Only times I've used air is when something goes wrong like no paste, tubes or coolant.
Its great for silence if you do your research properly. My main rig isn't that quiet as it has delta fans on the rad but my server has low speed scythe fans on the rad and now the only noise you can hear is the 7 reasonably quiet hard drives
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Used to be air but changed to water at the begining of last year. I would never go back to air now. Vastly lower temperatures, quiet and the way i have mine set up the radiator is outside my pc room (cupboard) on a windowsill so it removes the heat from my room as well.
I have had three different cpu's, 754 A64 [email protected], 939 A64 [email protected] and now my [email protected] all with the same block. The only thing i have had to change was the graphics block as i used to have Sli'd 7800gt's with Aquaextreme MP-1's, now i have an EVGA Superclocked 8800gts 320mb with a full cover EK8800gts block. Sold the MP--1's which have now paid for the EK.
I have had three different cpu's, 754 A64 [email protected], 939 A64 [email protected] and now my [email protected] all with the same block. The only thing i have had to change was the graphics block as i used to have Sli'd 7800gt's with Aquaextreme MP-1's, now i have an EVGA Superclocked 8800gts 320mb with a full cover EK8800gts block. Sold the MP--1's which have now paid for the EK.
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3 Nexus case fans @ 1300RPM, AC X2 cooler on my X1800, Noctua NH-U9F @ 900RPM on my P4 = a very quiet quiet hum with decent temperatures.
Guess all that adds up to about £70 but I definitely don't have the need to step up to WC until I buy a CPU that is worth clocking.
Guess all that adds up to about £70 but I definitely don't have the need to step up to WC until I buy a CPU that is worth clocking.
I'd be tempted to try watercooling today, it seems much easier and people are spoled for choice of components. Back when I watercooled, there weren't many items available.
Ideally I would like to have a large case and a radbox (do people still use radboxes?) and have CPU/NB/GPU cooled, and maybe a hard drive or two cooled) and acoustically dampened in some foam etc.
Ideally I would like to have a large case and a radbox (do people still use radboxes?) and have CPU/NB/GPU cooled, and maybe a hard drive or two cooled) and acoustically dampened in some foam etc.