Hi guys, I have always been a very strong critic of water cooling as I never believe that liquids and computers should mix. However, I recently started folding for our Hard team and I am giving water cooling a serious consideration. I am currently running my laptop and desktop, and it is not exactly very pleasant to listen to my desktop's cpu fan sound like a dust buster at 5800rpms(maxes at 7000). It is LOUD when all 4 cores of my rig are under 100% utilization, and i've noticed that my temps are still hovering at 56-58degrees C. Max temps for the Deneb Phenom X4 cores are 62 degrees Celsius, and I am getting too close for comfort. I've tried manually maxing out the cpu fan at 7000rpms, but honestly i'll go deaf as I never knew a cpu fan could get that loud.
I am looking for a system that would be easy for me to get into that would be relatively maintenance free for someone who is knew like me. I honestly don't like something that is maintenance heavy if I can avoid it. I was hoping you guys could give me some suggestions as I would like as much heat disappating ability as possible. I do plan on doing some serious overclocking and would need to cool my cpu, and my two 5850 BE's. I noticed that GPU water blocks can get very pricey at $124 each on Frozencpu.com, but i'd like your advice on what I should seriously consider, and what brands I should seriously avoid as you guys are likely familiar with the repuation that different manufacturers have. I will likely have Micro Center do the installation for me as this is out of my realm of comfort.
I noticed that Thermaltake has a set of BigWater internal kits that I noticed, although i'm not sure how good that would be. My priorities for what I am looking to get from water cooling are in this order.
1. Maintenance free as possible
2. Reliability
3. Price/value.
Thanks guys!
I am looking for a system that would be easy for me to get into that would be relatively maintenance free for someone who is knew like me. I honestly don't like something that is maintenance heavy if I can avoid it. I was hoping you guys could give me some suggestions as I would like as much heat disappating ability as possible. I do plan on doing some serious overclocking and would need to cool my cpu, and my two 5850 BE's. I noticed that GPU water blocks can get very pricey at $124 each on Frozencpu.com, but i'd like your advice on what I should seriously consider, and what brands I should seriously avoid as you guys are likely familiar with the repuation that different manufacturers have. I will likely have Micro Center do the installation for me as this is out of my realm of comfort.
I noticed that Thermaltake has a set of BigWater internal kits that I noticed, although i'm not sure how good that would be. My priorities for what I am looking to get from water cooling are in this order.
1. Maintenance free as possible
2. Reliability
3. Price/value.
Thanks guys!