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"stanmc" <stanmcn0spam@ameritech.net> wrote in message
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> Kylesb wrote:
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> > "Dennis" <Dennis_The_Menace@no_spam.net> wrote in message
> > news:10e6qacd1t4q3d1@corp.supernews.com...
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> > |
> > | Hi,
> > |
> > | I saw for the first time one of those water cooling
> > | systems for the CPU. It looked very geeky, with the
> > | knobs, meters etc. Does anybody know anything about
> > | these units? Does anybody actually own one?
> > | Real curious as to the effectiveness.
> > |
> > | TIA,
> > |
> > | Dennis
> > |
> >
> > The bottom line is a water cooler is a lot of money. Your money is
> > better spent buying a fast CPU and a decent HSF unless you live in a
> > tropical climate and have no air conditioning, then water cooling
> > might be a reasonable investment.
> The article on Tom's hardware showed prices from $199 to $500. I'd
> rather get a $50 Heat Sink and large, quiet fan.
The main consideration is noise..
Even if your using ice cream cartons to make a path for the HSF air to go
straight out of the system, it's still going to be hotter in there than it
would be with water cooling. Water cooling means you can keep the cpu at a
nice temp, keep the internals cooler (fans can be @ 7v/5v or maybee most can
be off)
If your tired of the noise then I say look at this.. If I would have went
with watercooling from the start, then I would have a system that's not as
noisy as what I have now (and that cost less)..
Of course, It all depends on what he wants to do too.. and he'll probably
need to step up around the 250 - 300$ mark to cool the NB, SB, Video,
Processor, & whatever else..
He could go the DIY path and do much better too (but I get the impression he
was just trolling)
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