Water Cooling: How much better is it then air?
I have heard from people that air cooling is just as good as water so don't bother. Also that if it is better then only by a minimal degree.
What is the best situation that I can expect. Right now my E6600 is running at 36-37 idle and 49-50 load at 3.1Ghz. If I could get some performance out of this, and push the clock further I would like to.
Please give me as many opinions as possible and your experience with it.
Thanks,
What is the best situation that I can expect. Right now my E6600 is running at 36-37 idle and 49-50 load at 3.1Ghz. If I could get some performance out of this, and push the clock further I would like to.
Please give me as many opinions as possible and your experience with it.
Thanks,
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I use watercooling because it can be quieter than high performance air cooling (without utilizing massive multi-pound heat sinks, that is). For higher performance, water cooling can be combined with TECs, but then you may need an auxilary power supply and protection measures against condensation. Or, you can go the all-in-one route.
I have built a bunch using different stuff and its gone from Worse than Air (Coolermaster Aquagate) to 3 to 5C better than air with about $300+ worth of stuff (Swiftech, DangerDen and Asetek)
It looks cool but adds more complexity than necessary for 90% of comps.
Now if ur in that 10% that wants more mhz than the cost wont matter to you.
Anyone feel differently, or have any ideas on how I could get some performance out of less money put in.
Thanks,
As for performance, you're not really going to gain much, if anything at all over some of the recent heatsinks that are on the market.