tweakfreak88 Posted August 13, 2006 Posted August 13, 2006 Well it's time to drop the dollar on cooling but the question is what. I have a stock CPU and GFX cooler which both are actually doing quite well for just being stock(2.79ghz X2 w/ only 1.5v and 705/1896 7900GT w/ only 1.2v core). The chassis currently has 1x120mm rear fan and a PSU w/ a 120mm fan in it, thats all for cooling. So I have come down to the following options. 1.) Big Typhoon w/ a Globalwin 120mm fan Zalman VF900 for the video card Intake 120mm fan Cost:~$107 2.) Maze4 GPU Block TDX CPU Block Stealth GTS 360 Radiator DD-D5 Pump 1/2" Tubing 3x120mm Globalwin fans **Unsure about addtives or fillports** Cost:~$295+ I'm trying to balance performance, noise and cost. The air cooled system is obviously cheaper BUT it seems that I have a very good overclocking video card and CPU so that MAY make it worth buying the WC kit. Any recommendations are welcome along with changing some componets in my two configured setups. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ooeric Posted August 13, 2006 Posted August 13, 2006 go with air cooling since fans blowing downwards also cools other nearly components which WC cant do unless you want to hang ugly butt fans in your case. and you save alot of $ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
unleashed Posted August 13, 2006 Posted August 13, 2006 At $300 for W/C and what you would gain from it, I'd buy another Raptor and RAID0 or another 7900GT and SLI. Get something that would improve performance in a way you could see it and feel it. I pieced my water cooling together 50 or 60 bux at a time, when I had real cash I bought something that would give me a big hit performance wise. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voltes-5 Posted August 13, 2006 Posted August 13, 2006 Yeah, go with air, WC'ing is great but you can achieve a very close performance with air if done right and well placed fans. I just took off my WC'ing on my rig and went air all out. The big factor is that I have an AC unit in my room now and the air cooling is just as good as my WC'ing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tweakfreak88 Posted August 13, 2006 Posted August 13, 2006 Air it is... now i'm going to investigate some more into hard drives. I'm going to have to see if raptor 150's performance gain justify it's cost. And also how the raptor's respond to Raid 0. Thanks guys, i'll be making a purchase tonight prolly Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Septem Posted August 14, 2006 Posted August 14, 2006 What about designing an air cooled system that is silent? I don't know how many of you are still using my ancient EN6600GT, but it's the loudest thing on my system. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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