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Please note that I am new here and am not sure if this is the right place to post.

I have been fond of air cooling for quite some time now but I'd like to try this water cooling thing and I don't know if it would be necessary for me to spend $200+ on something I wouldn't need.

NEW SYSTEM SPECS:
E8600 Intel
ECS X48T-A Intel X48 (Supposedly supports both SLI and Crossfire.)
PATRIOT PVS32G1333LLKN 2GB PC3-10666
ZALMAN ZM850-HP 850W SLI/CrossFire
Dual HIS H485QS512P Radeon HD 4850

I plan to over clock the CPU to 3.5 GHZ, overclock the Video cards by 25mhz and bump the ram a little.

So my question is whether or not I would need water cooling.
I hear there is a site that sells GPU waterblocks but I haven't been able to find one.

And please note I'm in Alaska so TigerDirect can go **** itself.

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uh

don't get water cooling for such minor over clocks... water cooling is only good for extreme enthusiasts

all of the overclocking you want to do can be done with stock heat sinks

I will probably get water cooling next time i build even though i'm able to overclock far on air, i'm becoming an over clock junkie hehe

Reply to thogrom

I've still got a problem though, I'll have to re-grease everything because alot of parts on the market use thermal tape instead of grease which isn't all that efficent.

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Reply to Ledros

Your "alot of parts" really isn't all that much. I mean, besides the CPU and possibly GPU, how many parts really need to be re-greased? The overclock you want doesn't even call for aftermarket cooling.

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Ledros wrote :

alot of parts on the market

Message edited by Ledros on 09-15-2008 at 03:40:28 AM

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