would this be a good buy for ocing?
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would this be a good buy for ocing?
Just was surfing the main page, and I found a review for Innovatek's watercooling kit...it sounded interesting, so I went out on the net and found another review that absolutly loved it. The price is about $200...I'm just wondering, is it worth the money, or should I stick to just standard air cooling???
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I wouls considor a few things.
1. Space inside your case. I know myself with heatsinks all over everything, and fans everywhere, I doubt that I'd have space for a water cooler, as you need to keep fans running as well (to avoid condensation)
2. Price. I have seen many more water cooling kits for a lot less than that. Shop around, some kits are better than others, but you sould be able to get a reliable kit for around $150.
3. How much overclocking do you plan to do, and the processor your using. AMD processors get hotter, quicker than Intel processors.
Hope this has helped. My opinion? Can be a lot of trouble sometimes, fans can do a good enough job for most purposes......
Craig
1. Space inside your case. I know myself with heatsinks all over everything, and fans everywhere, I doubt that I'd have space for a water cooler, as you need to keep fans running as well (to avoid condensation)
2. Price. I have seen many more water cooling kits for a lot less than that. Shop around, some kits are better than others, but you sould be able to get a reliable kit for around $150.
3. How much overclocking do you plan to do, and the processor your using. AMD processors get hotter, quicker than Intel processors.
Hope this has helped. My opinion? Can be a lot of trouble sometimes, fans can do a good enough job for most purposes......
Craig
If you are handy with tools etc. you can put together an H20 system for about $100.00 or less. However, if you can stand the noise, a lot of heatsinks will now give watercooling like performance except for sustained loads.
IMHO, you won't be able to overclock that much more with water than with high end air cooling. My system is watercooled and my son's is not. We both run t-birds and his is noisy. But I really don't think the water allows me to push my cpu that much farther. I think the limiting factor with most amd cpu's is the power supply and the cpu itself.
Unless you have a tower, or a big mid-tower, room for everything is a bit of a problem, although the radiator is the most limiting factor.
Is it worth it? If you want more speed, you could sell your cpu and buy a faster one for a lot less than $200. You don't have to overclock.. If you want to do it, than that is another story.
I have been running watercooled rigs for a few years now. The advantages were a lot greater back when I was trying to break the mystical 500 mhz barrier. Still, an H20 system does cool very well and is quiet.
IMHO, you won't be able to overclock that much more with water than with high end air cooling. My system is watercooled and my son's is not. We both run t-birds and his is noisy. But I really don't think the water allows me to push my cpu that much farther. I think the limiting factor with most amd cpu's is the power supply and the cpu itself.
Unless you have a tower, or a big mid-tower, room for everything is a bit of a problem, although the radiator is the most limiting factor.
Is it worth it? If you want more speed, you could sell your cpu and buy a faster one for a lot less than $200. You don't have to overclock.. If you want to do it, than that is another story.
I have been running watercooled rigs for a few years now. The advantages were a lot greater back when I was trying to break the mystical 500 mhz barrier. Still, an H20 system does cool very well and is quiet.
