Air or Water ?

[Mott13]

I was gonna say you cant even find water systems for 100 and if you did they cant be any good,I got my water from dfi-street for free:) (contest)and I think this setup could go for bout 200-250 but Ill never go back to air :shake: :shake: :shake:

[ReD.SkY]

wow talk about luck, are there any current contests?

[Dracula]

']

 

thx, i think i will stick with the xp-90c it looks good with some good testing.

The XP-90C IS a good choice for air-cooling. That and the 92mm, 119CFM, Vantec Tornado Fan is the combination I'm currently using on my FX-57. Just so you know though, since the XP-90C is 100%

copper

it

costs

and

weighs

2x as much as the XP-90 and doesn't require the same type of high CFM fan to do a good cooling job. This is because

copper

conducts

heat far better than

aluminum

, while

aluminum

radiates

heat a little better than

copper

. This is why an all

aluminum

HS

needs

a high CFM fan and why an all

copper

HS doesn't. However, having learned from past experience, I would

not

do air-cooling now anyway. I would go with

non

-

water

"

Liquid-Cooling

" for better processor

Over

Clocking :nod: .

[ReD.SkY]

yup ... i wish i could afford liquid

[red930]

']thx, i was afraid of using water anyways (leakage)

 

Yeah mine currently leaks a little bit around one of the fittings, I'm thinking the hose was cracked to begin with or something. Doesn't leak unless I move it, so I'm just leaving it 'til Christmas so I have time to fix it.

[Dracula]

I'll be honest with you though, even with these three wonderful choices for "air-cooling" I would still recommend

LIQUID

-COOLING

more. Just so you know, water is only one version of

liquid

-cooling and it is not the best. You want to go with a form of "

liquid

-cooling" that uses an

anti-freeze

type liquid. It comes either as an additive to water or as a pre-mixed solution. This will work markedly better than

plain

water, should you decide to go that route with your CPU thermal solution. The reason for me giving you this advice is because the most important component in your computer that you should worry about

Over

Clocking is your CPU. You really don't need to concern yourself with

Over

Clocking your RAM or LDT

as much

. Your video card is a whole other "ball-of-wax" and you can

Over

Clock that however you'd like without feeling overly uneasy about it getting too hot. Since the CPU is the main thing you'll want to push to the limit, you really need to keep

that

at its coolest. I recommend that you forget about "air-cooling" and go with "

liquid

(not water)

cooling

" instead. I know that it does cost more than air-cooling, but you will get better

Over

Clocking results with it, not to mention that it is still considerably cheaper than

phase-cooling

if you are using “special” cooling for your CPU only.

 

The non-water liquid thermal solution has superior cooling qualities and usually contains corrosion inhibitors to protect your block, pump and reservoir from corrosion damage and performance degradation. These non-water-coolants typically will work with most water cooling systems. Here are a couple examples of some reputably good

CPU Liquid-Cooling systems

that I would recommend:

 

ZALMAN's "RESERATOR 1 Plus"

 

 

 

 

Here's a link to this item at the manufacturer's website:

 

http://www.zalman.co.kr/usa/product/view.a...dx=160&code=021

 

AND

 

ASESTEK's

water

chill

, TRIPLE Radiator, CPU Antarctica cooler, POWER KIT

(03-L-1247)

 

 

 

 

Also, here is a link to all the awards the ASETEK's

water

chill

has won:

 

http://www.asetek.com/main/page.asp?sideid=574

 

Their prices range from $229 to $280, and of course, as always, you can go directly to the best prices on the net for either one of these items simply by clicking on any of the photos in this post. I hope this helped you out

:^)

.

[Mott13]

']wow talk about luck, are there any current contests?

 

Yup but not for water:( for a nv silencer 5:)

 

http://www.dfi-street.com/forum/showthread...26&page=1&pp=15

[ReD.SkY]

yah it did but i cant afford

[oliveryochest]

Just so you know though, since the XP-90C is 100% copper it costs and weighs 2x as much as the XP-90 and doesn't require the same type of high CFM fan to do a good cooling job. This is because copper conducts heat far better than aluminum, while aluminum radiates heat a little better than copper. This is why an all aluminum HS needs a high CFM fan and why an all copper HS doesn't.

This may be true, however, there is no need to go with the copper and let me tell you why.

 

1. weighs a lot

2. cost more

3. Testing shows that the XP90C cools only about 2-3C better than the XP90

 

The best bang for the buck would be a XP90 with a panaflo fan. You can get that at svc.com

[ReD.SkY]

are u 100% sure? because i want to save money but keep my pc kool what is better panaflo or vantec tornado? i think tornado is better cuz cfm and speed...idc bout noise. i want cold cpu plus it is cheeper than pAnAflO

[lowboy]

Vantec load at full but with fan cotoller work great with good air pressure and cfm.

[ReD.SkY]

lol newegg raised the price of xp-90c to 62, was 52

well i guess ima get xp-90