BigWater 735 or Zalman CNPS 9700

junkfunkydude

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I'm currently running a q6600 SLACR (2.4ghz) at 3.6ghz stable with a Zalman CNPS9700 I'm seeing max temps of 80C or so under P95. I noticed you can buy refurbished liquid cooling systems fairly cheaply. Do you think I'd get any advantage by migrating to a BigWater 735 system? Would it be enough of an advantage to possibly push my CPU a little bit farther?
 

xaira

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according to many people, thermaltake does not know how to liquid cool, the corsair h50 is a good self contained unit, 3.6 is a massive overclock, no more is needed, if you wanna drop temps, lower the voltage or get a proper air cooler, core contact freezer, spire thermax ii, CM V8, true, megahalems, the list goes on
 

Conumdrum

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Thermaltake is known for just absolute junk in their watercooling kits. You will spend $xx and end up replacing it soon once you know how bad it is. Hopefully if you buy TT it won't ruin a few hundred dollars of parts before you trash it.

A beginning watercooling CPU only loop is about $250. You don't want to spend that, look at this site and get a good one. You might also consider your Case cooling, if it's an old 80mm in/out fan case you might think of a new CPU cooler and a new case instead of watercooling.

Site;
http://www.frostytech.com/