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51 | 54.84% |
| it is quieter |
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19 | 20.43% |
| it looks BAD ASS |
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16 | 17.20% |
| Money isn't an issue for me. Disposable income FTW |
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7 | 7.53% |
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The main reason I went with custom water cooling was noise. My stock 6950 blower fan was fine unless you stressed. Then it sound like I was sitting on the wing of a jet.
I had Echo CoolIt on the CPU, replaced that with block from XSPC RS240 kit and added a block to the graphics card. But I didn't have to do it just because of that. I could have deal with the noise other ways. The desire to try something I hadn't tried before was growing. And this was the excuse. Now I'm hooked. W/C is fun. And it is a lot quieter.
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I want liquid cooling
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I agree about the aio units, they are less hassle for those who dont want/have the time or money to go full custom water cooling etc, and are quieter , i got my 120x aio idling at 14-16c atm on ib i5. only a single fan on it too,
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I originally wanted water cooling because of how awesome it looked, saw a lot of amazing water setups, which is why I voted looks bad ass. However, I originally got an H60 when overclocking my 1090t to manage temps, as my zalman cooler just couldn't handle it anymore. Then, after getting my 2600k, I switched to a custom loop to improve again, as well as include my graphics cards.
It does take more work and more money, but it's enjoyable. Now that I have a decent setup with quiet fans, it's a very quiet system, much quieter than air, usually only hearing the pump ![]() I say go for it, you have money's flowing anyway
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Done right, watercooling offers significantly better cooling, with lower noise, if you assemble your own loop.
Loops design and component choice can be a big task though, and many things can go wrong. It does also increase the overall maintainance required, but not in a big way, to me. I got into watercooling because I wanted more speed. Why did I need more speed out of my PC? I bought the wrong stuff.
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My mantra... speed and stability. Ok... from you, I'm clutching the edge of my seat to know what the "wrong stuff" is.
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I pretty much go with Alex and Ski on this as well. I voted for the cooling, as that is usually the main reason however it is much quieter than air coolers. At least most of the time.
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There is only one real answer to this question.
That would be overclocking. Why would you bother setting up water cooling if your not going to overclock.
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But W/C just looks cool too.
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Just watched a video of a guy checking temps of his newly water cooled 680, and it was running at 36c in Unigine Benchmark. That is fricking awesome!
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I was bored and made a list of parts id get if I went water.
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Check your tubing size (1/2-3/4) and comp fitting sizes (1/2-5/8), as they need to be the same.
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nope, that 5/8 is the full outside width, it wont be the same as the tubing, as compression fittings are just fatter all together.
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We will see, perhaps I'm mistaken. My tubing is 1/2id 3/4od and my fittings are 1/2id 3/4od, and I don't see them fitting any other way.
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Are yours compression fittings?
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