Noob question: Is water cooling cost effective?
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Depends on who you ask. Water cooling is best for either total silence, extreme overcloking without risk of condensation, or a good balance of both.
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Watercooling does not need to be expensive, mine is cheap $ wise because I built everything but the pump. Labor is a different story, we'll call that a hobby.
WC really shines under extreme ambient temps where air may not be able to keep up with your overclock and you may have to back it off.
WC really shines under extreme ambient temps where air may not be able to keep up with your overclock and you may have to back it off.
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Ok... Dude...let see your setting better that 52° Load on Prime under 3,9Ghz quad Q9450 with T.R.U.E.....
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Originally Posted by TnB= Gir  At 4Ghz, 1.62v, I'm loading at 55C. Let's see a TRUE do that. 
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Hah I wish. see bellow
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What you just said is completely useless.. Because neither you or him posted ambient temperature. So for all we know he got that temperate with a 50c ambient and you got yours with a 20c ambient.
My watercooling system cost me $542 dollars with tax. Albeit its a higher end one, but I got most of my parts used, and I only bought from the stores with the least expensive price. My system is a CPU,GPU,NB Loop.
It is kind of one of those one time buys, like a monitor were you basically only buy one every couple of years.. A good watercooling system can last forever if well taken care of. And it can easily go from any platform with an inexpensive mount change.
Originally Posted by whe3ls ya if you want to watercool cpu gfx nb mosfets and sb. |
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Originally Posted by blacklotusul Ok... Dude...let see your setting better that 52° Load on Prime under 3,9Ghz quad Q9450 with T.R.U.E.....
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My watercooling system cost me $542 dollars with tax. Albeit its a higher end one, but I got most of my parts used, and I only bought from the stores with the least expensive price. My system is a CPU,GPU,NB Loop.
It is kind of one of those one time buys, like a monitor were you basically only buy one every couple of years.. A good watercooling system can last forever if well taken care of. And it can easily go from any platform with an inexpensive mount change.
How can anyone say this is not cost effective? I would say a couple hundred for keeping your rig safe from overheating when your pumping that much juice through it is very cost effective...also take mid-range rig and make it preform like a high end rig for only the cost of a WC loop that is also very cost effective...I guess if you just want it to look cool in your case and you don't overclock then yes it would be not cost effective. Anyone that says its not cost effective just doesn't know what a good loop can do for you. Some people pay hundreds for a loop just to say they have a rig on water. I paid way less for my loop by being crafty and learning all I could about it before shelling out tuns of money for it.
Cost effective? HELLS YES and fun to boot!
Cost effective? HELLS YES and fun to boot!
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What are your ambients? I bet you have like a delta T of 20-25C while Gir has a delta T of less than 15C. Also, Gir has a 65nm Q6600 versus your new 45nm Q9450. Try thinking before you post please.
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Versus me who learned though experience and stupidty.
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Hey, on the bright side, people will now benefit through my past mistakes
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Originally Posted by blacklotusul Ok... Dude...let see your setting better that 52° Load on Prime under 3,9Ghz quad Q9450 with T.R.U.E.....
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Originally Posted by DIRTYDUCK How can anyone say this is not cost effective? I would say a couple hundred for keeping your rig safe from overheating when your pumping that much juice through it is very cost effective...also take mid-range rig and make it preform like a high end rig for only the cost of a WC loop that is also very cost effective...I guess if you just want it to look cool in your case and you don't overclock then yes it would be not cost effective. Anyone that says its not cost effective just doesn't know what a good loop can do for you. Some people pay hundreds for a loop just to say they have a rig on water. I paid way less for my loop by being crafty and learning all I could about it before shelling out tuns of money for it. Cost effective? HELLS YES and fun to boot! |
I am sure you have had more fun figuring it out for yourself but there is a price to pay for that.
All you really have to do is spend a couple of good weeks reading up on water cooling and find some of the "what is the best water cooling kit" threads. Those have great info in them...They always explain why NOT to buy a kit and in doing so the pro's will put a epic water cooling loop together for you. One you will be proud of, where as with a kit you will feel buyers remorse almost instantly. I took all this WC stuff a half step further and saved a good amount of money building a Bong cooler. Not only did I save money but I get better temps then just a normal WC loop. This takes a bit more reading and some easy hand tool building but it was super easy and way too much fun.
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all you need is a pump and a block...the rest of it cost 30-40 bucks.
All you really have to do is spend a couple of good weeks reading up on water cooling and find some of the "what is the best water cooling kit" threads. Those have great info in them...They always explain why NOT to buy a kit and in doing so the pro's will put a epic water cooling loop together for you. One you will be proud of, where as with a kit you will feel buyers remorse almost instantly. I took all this WC stuff a half step further and saved a good amount of money building a Bong cooler. Not only did I save money but I get better temps then just a normal WC loop. This takes a bit more reading and some easy hand tool building but it was super easy and way too much fun.
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LOL well if you wanna get technical your cooling is via water/phase change/and air.
Where as a water cooling system is really water/air cooling
But anyways air cooling will not get near the delta T that water will unless you have a very very poor water cooling system.
Also you dont need a $400 dollar system. You spend about $200 or $150 and you can cool the cpu very very well.
Originally Posted by blacklotusul Ok... Dude...let see your setting better that 52° Load on Prime under 3,9Ghz quad Q9450 with T.R.U.E.....
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Where as a water cooling system is really water/air cooling
But anyways air cooling will not get near the delta T that water will unless you have a very very poor water cooling system.
Also you dont need a $400 dollar system. You spend about $200 or $150 and you can cool the cpu very very well.
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