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i have a nzxt lexa s amd fx 6200 and getting a gtx 670 ftw or superclocked 4gb and a xigmatec 500w psu so should i bother to water cool it or just leave it how it is . also im being pushed away because my case no room for a dual rad. is it worth it ?
 
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Water cooling is a complete waste of time for the average user, like yourself.

Water cooling is expensive, fatal to hardware is not done correctly, and takes time and patience.

If you're a PC hobbyist, you may want to because you enjoy such things. If you're running 3 or 4 graphics card and heavily overclocking, then it would be a very good idea to do.
 
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i do enjoy building pcs setting up test benches and stuff like that im just worried about putting on the gpu waterblock . and how the loop would go in such a small case . also im only 13 so my budget for the watercooling loop would be about 120 to 150 pounds and a gtx 670-680 waterblocks cost around 80-100.

 
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manofchalk

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If you have to ask that question then the answer is probably no.
Water-cooling is more of a hobby than anything else. Hell, I dont water-cool because I want to my CPU to have amazing temps, I do it because I like doing it and it makes my rig unique (and dead quiet if I can do something about the pump :D).
 
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manofchalk

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No, not really.

Have enough radiator space so you can turn down your fans (at ~1000RPM, any decent quality fan will be near inaudible), properly de-couple the pump (which I cant because of my parts choice :( ) and it will be dead silent.

Only difference between air and water-cooling is the presence of a pump and water, youv still got fans running. It isn't an innate property of air cooling to be quiet, nor is it for water-cooling to be loud.
 
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More fans = slower fans = quieter fans.
Believe me, I'm running a water-cooling loop right now with 6 fans on it, all running at ~50% speed (which is ~900RPM). Fan noise is negligible.
 
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