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> BigBadgerwrote:
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> What is the advantage over air cooling???.... From reading your
description:
> you still have fans so it's no quieter, and your temps are no better
than a
> good air cooled set up. It seams like a lot of expense and
complexity for no
> obvious gain?
The big advantage is keeping your motherboard, and other internal
components cooler. This extends the life of your motherboard, memory,
harddrive and even power supply. My motherboard temps are only 2
degrees C above the ambient temp in the room. CPU fans can only pump
heat away from the CPU and into the case where the case fans extract
it into the room. This means a higher internal case temp. The heat
has to go somewhere.
You mentioned that the temps are in the range of the high performance
fan coolers. The WC-201 is cooling both the GPU and the CPU, pumping
the heat outside the case. Remember, the high performance CPU fan is
only cooling the CPU.
The noise produced by the fans in my system with the WC-101 in it is
about 35db, while the system with the WC-201 in it is a moderate
20db. I know for a fact that some of those high performace CPU fans
sound like a cyclone when running. In fact, I believe one of them
goes by that name.
So in short, I have better CPU and Case temps than a high performace
CPU fan and my systems noise levels are at an acceptable level too. I
didn't even spend $110 on each of these cooling solutions either.
(That's including the extra fans I purchased) These water coolers
can be purchased at eBay or pricewatch.com in the mid $80 dollar
range.
Again, these self contained coolers can handle moderate system
overclocking at best. I tested the WC-101 once and had a 2.4 gig
processor running at 2.6 gigs stable. During all loads, the CPU ran
only 5 degrees C hotter than normal. I did this mainly to see what it
could do. I've since configured my system to factory defalt speeds.
These water coolers are an excellent way for beginners to learn the
basics of water cooling a computer at an afforable price and minimal
difficulty. You don't need to run out and shell out $199 or $299 for
a cooling solution just to learn the basics. Who knows, maybe after
playing with these water coolers for awhile, you'll build the next
cooler from scratch.
Later,
Ghostrider
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