photonblaster Posted May 11, 2009 Posted May 11, 2009 I have seen air cool, TCE cool, H2O cool, Air plus TCE, H2O plus TCE, but not this one: Has anyone seen H2O plus tower air cooling? Change one of the heat pipes in a tower to a water line, put in some heat exchanger grooves in a thicker copper block. You will get some sort of temp drop in the CPU temp at full power. The temp drop will not be as much as one would hope since the relative drop in temp is reduced when what you are cooling is closer in temp to the coolant. I would expect it to be in the 5-10degC range since this is what temp drop I have seen reported for water systems at idle compared to cheap air coolers. Or, alternately, use quieter fans with less air flow to get the same temp as the water cooler by itself with stronger fans. Or use in cases with less total air flow for lower noise that way. Has the advantage that the air cooler portion is backup if your pump fails. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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