Watercooling vs standard cooling.. please help!

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Nocturne_sa

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Ordered the OcuK 'Ultimate Viper' yesterday which has the Prolimatech Megahalems Rev B CPU Cooler. I'm wondering if I should get that replaced with the CoolIT Eco A.L.C. CPU Watercooler:

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18187053

The price difference is minimal (especially as the Prolimatech needs to be ordered with a Sharkoon eagle fan).

Opinions? I am short of time as I will need to call OcUK first thing in the morning in the hope that they have not already started building my system!
 
Stick with the mega, the only time you would want to bother with the all in one water units, is if memory heat sink size is an issue.

And as its a pre built bundle they will have made sure the cooler and ram are compatible.
 
2 for and 2 against the CoolIT ..hmm.. I would have thought that watercooling would always be better than air cooling? What about the noise comparion? Do you still require a fan with the CoolIT?
 
Water cooling is better then air cooling, when done properly with custom parts, the CoolIT is'nt bad, but its only on the same level as top end air. And as there will be no issue with tall heat sink memory in that bundle air will be fine.

As an example when i did my custom water, i managed to get the parts cheaply new, got lucky with offers from different places, and it cost me £100, and comfortably beats the eco/dual eco by 15/20c on load temps. So yes watercooling is better then air, but also costs a lot more, to get it done properly. If i did my loop now with current prices it would cost £120-150.

So think of the eco's and H50's as the extremely low end of watercooling, which is only on par with air. They are easy to install as its a completely sealed unit, where as custom u have to do it all.

Noise wise i would say the mega would be slightly quieter at full speed, not by much though.
 
Stick with the Megahalem. Both those all-in-one water-cooling solutions will be more hassle and barely more effective than a top 120mm heatpipe-based cooler.
 
Top end air cooling will equal or surpass low end watercooling. If you are going to bother watercooling then best to do it properly and buy a decent, quality setup rather than readymade 'pre-school' kits.
 
Stick with the air cooling. Changing to the Cool-It is unlikely to make any difference in temperature changes if you have a sensibly placed system.
 
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