Water vs. Air
10-26-2010, 07:23 AM
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Water vs. Air
So I'm in the market for getting a new cooler for my CPU and GPU. From what I've found I can go with either the Noctua N14 or the XSPC Rasa 750 water cooling.
XSPC: http://www.frozencpu.com/products/11743/ex...l?tl=g30c83s137
N14: http://www.frozencpu.com/products/9945/cpu...ml?tl=g40c14s52
I'm unsure if a basic water cooling solution like the XSPC is good enough to beat out the N14 in cooling. I would love to get this kit: http://www.frozencpu.com/products/11705/ex...l?tl=g30c83s137 but at the current moment done have enough money to start with that. One reason I like water cooling is it should be a better solution than air but considering how good the N14 is at cooling will it be enough. I'd also like to cool my 5770 which is another thing I was looking at. I can either get the:
Accelero: http://www.frozencpu.com/products/7248/vid...ml?tl=g40c21s65
EK 5770 block: http://www.frozencpu.com/products/11074/ex...tl=g30c309s1075
From my understanding the water cooling kit should be better, I know that while the pump flows a decent amount of water it doesn't have the grunt to push a lot of water hard (if that makes any sense).
So looking for other peoples take on this. I would love to get my 9550 up to 4.0Ghz stable at a decent temp.
XSPC: http://www.frozencpu.com/products/11743/ex...l?tl=g30c83s137
N14: http://www.frozencpu.com/products/9945/cpu...ml?tl=g40c14s52
I'm unsure if a basic water cooling solution like the XSPC is good enough to beat out the N14 in cooling. I would love to get this kit: http://www.frozencpu.com/products/11705/ex...l?tl=g30c83s137 but at the current moment done have enough money to start with that. One reason I like water cooling is it should be a better solution than air but considering how good the N14 is at cooling will it be enough. I'd also like to cool my 5770 which is another thing I was looking at. I can either get the:
Accelero: http://www.frozencpu.com/products/7248/vid...ml?tl=g40c21s65
EK 5770 block: http://www.frozencpu.com/products/11074/ex...tl=g30c309s1075
From my understanding the water cooling kit should be better, I know that while the pump flows a decent amount of water it doesn't have the grunt to push a lot of water hard (if that makes any sense).
So looking for other peoples take on this. I would love to get my 9550 up to 4.0Ghz stable at a decent temp.
10-26-2010, 07:46 AM
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I used to be pretty big on overclocking. However, some time over the last ten years I realized that a computer is not like a car. It is a machine which requires precise timing. Cars are analog, the timing can vary quite a bit and the car still works properly.
Overclocking starts with a 20% gain. Then you notice a wierd charactor or two in firefox. Next thing you see a video glitch. Then the computer starts running very slowly for some unknown reason and speeds back up after a while. Then notepad crashes for some unknonw reason. Then you notice a process locking up. Then you come home from work and your hard disk light is constantly on and your computer is unresponsive. Then your operating system wont boot up and you have to do a restore from a disk.
If I were to choose one, I would go with the water cooling system. You can use an upside down can of compressed air, or a bucket of ice water to add a boost to the condenser coil.
Overclocking starts with a 20% gain. Then you notice a wierd charactor or two in firefox. Next thing you see a video glitch. Then the computer starts running very slowly for some unknown reason and speeds back up after a while. Then notepad crashes for some unknonw reason. Then you notice a process locking up. Then you come home from work and your hard disk light is constantly on and your computer is unresponsive. Then your operating system wont boot up and you have to do a restore from a disk.
If I were to choose one, I would go with the water cooling system. You can use an upside down can of compressed air, or a bucket of ice water to add a boost to the condenser coil.