Liquid cooling or SLI ?????

[HurtMeP1nty007]

A friend of mine has just recently acquired some extra cash and he wants to know what would benefit his system the most, adding liquid cooling to his rig or adding another 6800gt. He has an athlon64 3800 with 1 6800gt in it already and i think he has 1gig of ram.
He asked me what i thought would give him the best bang for his buck??? it's a tough call, so any help would be appreciated.

thanks in advance

 

[MrMitch]

Well the liquid cooling isn't going to make things that much faster, you may gain a few % points in overclockabilty, but not like adding second video card, so performance wise, SLI.

that being said, i'd go liquid cooling, video cards are outdated in a year and odds are this time next year the flagship cards will be faster than 2 7800GTX's in SLI. A good liquid cooling system can be adapted through all your changes, and provide some real quality years of service, so it strikes me as a much better INVESTMENT for your computer, even if its not going to make it as fast as SLI.

 

[HurtMeP1nty007]

Yeah that is a really good point, heck i think i might just tell him to save his money and get a 7800 and liquid cooling down the road

 

[KoolDrew]

Go for the liquid cooling.

 

[SuddenDemise]

Water Cooling all the way,,,,that 6800GT packs enough punch for now....

 

[InorganicMatter]

Sell the 6800GT, pair it up with the money he has, get a 7800GTX. Problem solved.

 

[CMAN]

For the money the additional video card will give the most improvement for the money spent. With the extra video card he will see a difference,with the cooling even if he gets a little better overclock he wont see any difference.