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| Thread ID: 73629 | 2006-10-26 23:41:00 | How many people use liquid cooled PCs? | pico (4752) | PC World Chat |
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| 494656 | 2006-10-26 23:41:00 | Hi all, Just a quick survey, how many of you use liquid cooling in your PCs? I read all the time about overclocking etc and wanted to know whether people actually do it or not. |
pico (4752) | ||
| 494657 | 2006-10-27 00:00:00 | Both our computers are fan cooled. However my body IS liquid cooled, with Beer. PJ | Poppa John (284) | ||
| 494658 | 2006-10-27 00:03:00 | OCNZ is a better place to ask :) | trinsic (6945) | ||
| 494659 | 2006-10-27 00:05:00 | OCNZ is a better place to ask :)I don't think so, because I guess they'll all say yes! Asking here might give a better spread of respondents. | Greg (193) | ||
| 494660 | 2006-10-27 00:22:00 | You would be surprised. I have only seen a handfull there that do. You may as well start off with asking who here overclocks then jumping in to more specific questions :) |
trinsic (6945) | ||
| 494661 | 2006-10-27 00:44:00 | Hi all, Just a quick survey, how many of you use liquid cooling in your PCs? I read all the time about overclocking etc and wanted to know whether people actually do it or not. Why would anyone need liquid cooled Pc's? A proper case and a couple of good fans are all that is necessary. |
JJJJJ (528) | ||
| 494662 | 2006-10-27 00:57:00 | Why would anyone need liquid cooled Pc's? A proper case and a couple of good fans are all that is necessary. Why does anyone N E E D a car that can exceed 100 kmh ? When I threw together my daughters PC, it included water cooling, it has never got hot (in 3 1/2 years) and the noise level is most acceptable. She has up-graded quite a bit. Lately she went to a 700 odd watt PSU from necessity, and it is now water cooled too. The noise levels remain pleasantly low, the loudest sound being the whirring of the power meter on the wall outside. If you are likely to want a ridiculously over-performing 'puter, start the ball rolling with a giant case and lot's of chill factor. :cool: |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 494663 | 2006-10-27 01:00:00 | Why would anyone need liquid cooled Pc's? A proper case and a couple of good fans are all that is necessary . :rolleyes: Its more commonly refered to as water cooling, but as per the original post liquid cooling is probably a more accurate description, although most do prefer a coolant based around water . Watercooling is far more effective at removing heat away from the CPU and thus a popular choice with overclockers . Having the ability to remove more heat allows the user to increase their Vcore and thus get higher clock speeds . In many cases it is also a quieter option as the radiatior in most cases is considerably larger than most heatsinks allowing for larger, slower spinning fans . Water cooling is also popular with those looking for a quiet yet releatively high performance cooling option . If a big enough radiator is used it is possible to cool a CPU without the need of a fan . Waterblock blocks also exisit for northbridges and GPU meaning the user can potentially cool their entire system with only 1 or 2 large, low speed fans . As has been suggested earlier, OCNZ would be a better place to gain infomation about this type of cooling as it is only really undertaken by overclockers . Chances are you wont like or accept this Jack so im probably wasting my time writing this, but it has been proven to be an effective and high performing means of PC cooling . |
Pete O'Neil (6584) | ||
| 494664 | 2006-10-27 02:25:00 | A side benefit, if you use light plastic plumbing, it automagicaly puts out fires. Bigger fans are not too good in this department Jack. P.S. Don't test this feature at home. ;) |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 494665 | 2006-10-27 03:27:00 | I wanted to use liquid cooling for my next Intel Quad Core because my old Intel P4 with HT creating too much heat so? Liquid cooling is a more efficient way. Although the price level is pretty high. | PedalSlammer (8511) | ||
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