Water cooling, worth it?

**whofriggincares** · 10-20-2005, 09:56 AM

Re: Water cooling, worth it?

If you have a pretty efficient water cooling set up (custom, not a kit), your temps will usually be a few degrees warmer that room temps. I idle at 27C and under load usually around 43C with a high overclock and high vcore. My highest temps on my vid card is 34C with a decent overclock. It all depends on what you buy. If you buy a kit, don't expect any changes in temps, kits suck. Buy everything seperately and put it together that way.

**N2K** · 10-20-2005, 09:56 AM

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thinking of saving for that one

**DieFledermaus** · 10-20-2005, 09:59 AM

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IMO Water being inside of a computer doesnt sit with me right. So i use lots of fans.

**N2K** · 10-20-2005, 10:01 AM

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thinking of getting zelman water blocks if i do

**N2K** · 10-20-2005, 10:02 AM

Re: Water cooling, worth it?

Originally posted by DieFledermaus

IMO Water being inside of a computer doesnt sit with me right. So i use lots of fans.

i would do but they annoy me at timesn and less to worry about to dust

**cshot** · 10-20-2005, 10:04 AM

Re: Water cooling, worth it?

Try getting some Artic Silver and putting it on both your processor and vga. Also look into getting a better heatsink and fan combo for both. If you are not overclocking, then there is no need for water cooling.

**N2K** · 10-20-2005, 10:10 AM

Re: Water cooling, worth it?

i do have arctic silver, both my cpu and vga, and northchip, overclocked my amd to 2.5, and want to oc my vga but it heats up

have the zelman 7700 fan/heatsink, the zelman northchip heatsink, and stock evga heatsink and fan, have an evercool intake running at 2000rpm, and two exhaust, one the back and one on the side that i cut out from the case, where the vga and the nb heatsink meet

**DieFledermaus** · 10-20-2005, 10:11 AM

Re: Water cooling, worth it?

Originally posted by Need_2_Kill

i would do but they annoy me at timesn and less to worry about to dust

Thats why i buy cans of air. And use a vaccum for the dust i cant reach.

**N2K** · 10-20-2005, 10:13 AM

Re: Water cooling, worth it?

vaccum close to a comp isnt the best

**big_sammy_b** · 10-20-2005, 10:15 AM

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water cooling a pc makes about as much sense as air cooling a submarine.

**DrunkenPirate** · 10-20-2005, 10:32 AM

Re: Water cooling, worth it?

Moved to Hardware.

**imported_sandman** · 10-20-2005, 10:41 AM

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Don't be worried about water cooling being inside your comp, it's only dangerous if you get a reservoir (NEVER use reservoirs! they leak!). Don't buy a kit either, do it custom, it's lots better. You can get a special liquid that's non-conductive, so even if a tube breaks (which it shouldn't), then it won't fry your parts. You only need watercooling if you're doing some heavy overclocking, you can go pretty far with good heatsinks and fans with Arctic Silver 5. I put a Zalman CF700-Cu on my 7800GTX, and it idles at less than 40C, and never goes above 60C.

**Krypp596** · 10-20-2005, 10:41 AM

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If you dont like noisy fans, go for water cooling...

**ChiefRedCloud-AGE-** · 10-20-2005, 11:00 AM

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But how reliable is a water c:cry: :cry: led system (not a kit)?

Water cooling, worth it?

Water cooling, worth it?

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