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Non Gaming Discussions => Off-Topic => Topic started by: Mr. Kennedy on October 24, 2005, 09:06:40 PM

Title: Water-Cooling
Post by: Mr. Kennedy on October 24, 2005, 09:06:40 PM: I\'ve been torn between installing a water-cooling system in my PC, or just sticking with fans and a heatsink. I don\'t even know why I bother asking, cause I know your all going to say its pointless to have watercooling unless you overclock your PC, but I figured I\'d ask anyway. The only stupid questions are the ones that arent asked. I\'m probably not going to do it, mainly because my friend strongly advised against it, he\'s worried about leaking and such, and I don\'t disagree. I\'m more interested to see what you guys think about water-cooling, god knows it\'s probably way beyond my skill level to even begin to understand how to install one, but I\'ve considered an alternate route. There are cases, such as the Thermaltake Tai Chi that come with water-coolers pre-installed. Again though, I know very little about water-cooling, and if there\'s daily or weekly mantainence involved it\'s definitely out of the picture.

Again, I know i\'m going to be bashed, but I just want honest opinions on watercooling. Thank you.
Title: Water-Cooling
Post by: THX on October 24, 2005, 10:05:01 PM: I\'m not gonna bash you. If I needed pure peace & quiet I\'d turn to a water cooled setup. Things like the Zalman Reserator (http://www.zalman.co.kr/usa/product/view.asp?idx=160&code=021) is gaining in popularity among the Media Center crowd.

You don\'t sound like a raging overclocker though so I bet you don\'t need it. An aftermarket Thermaltake or Zalman HSF will suffice for most gamers. They\'re getting pretty f*cking biig btw:

(https://psx5central.com/community/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.zalman.co.kr%2Fupload%2Fproduct%2F9500_b_p.jpg&hash=39e495cb530f389a59500691b3d60c3d28e6c5b2)

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Title: Water-Cooling
Post by: mm on October 25, 2005, 03:56:32 AM: you\'re not a PC enthusiast. as you\'re not even building your own PC

forget watercooling, it\'s nothing but headaches in exchange to boost your 3dmark e-pnus
Title: Water-Cooling
Post by: JBean on October 25, 2005, 04:49:09 AM: plus you have to change out the coolant every so often, pain in the ass if you ask me. Just get good air cooling like THX mentioned and everything will be gravy
Title: Water-Cooling
Post by: Titan on October 25, 2005, 07:20:41 AM: What exactly is overclocking anyway? I never fully understood it.
Title: Water-Cooling
Post by: mm on October 25, 2005, 07:51:52 AM: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overclocking
Title: Water-Cooling
Post by: Samwise on October 25, 2005, 08:36:03 AM: Hah, seems mm was nice for once. He could (should) have said http://www.google.com
Title: Water-Cooling
Post by: THX on October 25, 2005, 10:41:48 AM: While we\'re on the subject hurricane, you may wanna rethink doing a non-SLI setup. Bit Tech did a test of the latest cards and FEAR makes use of SLI and you can definitely see the difference:

http://www.bit-tech.net/gaming/2005/10/24/fear/4.html

A couple of 7800GTs shouldn\'t break the bank if you can afford it.
Title: Water-Cooling
Post by: Titan on October 25, 2005, 10:43:12 AM: Thanks mm. I get it now.
Title: Water-Cooling
Post by: Mr. Kennedy on October 25, 2005, 11:15:17 AM: Quote
Originally posted by THX
While we\'re on the subject hurricane, you may wanna rethink doing a non-SLI setup. Bit Tech did a test of the latest cards and FEAR makes use of SLI and you can definitely see the difference:

http://www.bit-tech.net/gaming/2005/10/24/fear/4.html

A couple of 7800GTs shouldn\'t break the bank if you can afford it.

I agree, and I am switching to SLI simply because it is proven and the availability of parts.

BFG 7800 GTX is the make im getting
Title: Water-Cooling
Post by: mm on October 25, 2005, 11:35:01 AM: bet on SLI getting beat by a single card solution 6 months from now
Title: Water-Cooling
Post by: Mr. Kennedy on October 25, 2005, 11:59:10 AM: ok... get that quote button ready
Title: Water-Cooling
Post by: Jar O Pickles on October 25, 2005, 12:01:30 PM: since were on the topic of video cards and overclocking how would i go about overclocking my 7800 gtx?
Title: Water-Cooling
Post by: mm on October 25, 2005, 12:25:25 PM: http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=815
Title: Water-Cooling
Post by: THX on October 25, 2005, 01:16:56 PM: wow mm is being particularly helpful today. :D NVTweak is another option.

Basically go to where you switch your resolution, click the advanced button, then the GeForce Tab and there should be a Clock Frequencies option. Make sure you card is adequately cooled.
Title: Water-Cooling
Post by: Paul2 on October 25, 2005, 04:28:22 PM: cool thread guys, i learned something new about overclocking and cooling.
Title: Water-Cooling
Post by: Living-In-Clip on October 25, 2005, 04:35:53 PM: Why do you need watercooling? You know nothing about PC\'s for the most part, the last thing you need to do is watercool and overclock.
Title: Water-Cooling
Post by: Mr. Kennedy on October 25, 2005, 06:03:36 PM: it was more about learning about it if anything.
Title: Water-Cooling
Post by: mm on October 25, 2005, 06:22:08 PM: you learned it\'s a pain in the ass
Title: Water-Cooling
Post by: Living-In-Clip on October 25, 2005, 06:27:34 PM: Yep.
Title: Water-Cooling
Post by: Luke on October 25, 2005, 06:58:05 PM: I overclocked my video card a few days a go... My first foray into overclocking.

It went pretty well.

Nothing blew up, so I guess that means it went pretty well.
Title: Water-Cooling
Post by: videoholic on October 25, 2005, 07:03:32 PM: did you even notice a difference?
Title: Water-Cooling
Post by: THX on October 25, 2005, 08:01:05 PM: He said Microsoft Word ran at a steady 163 fps so I call that a pretty damn good performance increase.
Title: Water-Cooling
Post by: Luke on October 25, 2005, 08:01:23 PM: little bit.

nothing to brag about.

I got to bump up a couple settings in world of warcraft, and Thief 3.

I\'m pleased enough.
Title: Water-Cooling
Post by: Evi on October 25, 2005, 08:05:19 PM: Quote
Originally posted by THX
He said Microsoft Word ran at a steady 163 fps so I call that a pretty damn good performance increase.
Wow...that\'s am amazing accomplishment.
Title: Water-Cooling
Post by: Blade on October 26, 2005, 02:08:18 AM: LOL @ U

my mcirosofot word si runnign at a BRISK 2154FPS!!!!!!!!! yuor mom si MIGHTY FINE