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Watercooling + OC'ing
- Thread starter Keith130
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A decent watercooling setup will most likely net you some sort of increase in OC if you're upgrading from a stock cooler. Of course it's possible that your chip is maxed out but it's more likely that you will see some improvement.
That being said, it probably won't make a monumental difference. Extreme cooling is a game of diminishing returns. The more extreme you get, the more complicated and expensive the solution and for each step up the extreme ladder the OC returns diminish in percentage.
Oh, and yes a pelt is a thermo-electric cooler (TEC) and a wb is a water block (the "heatsink" of a water cooling system)
That being said, it probably won't make a monumental difference. Extreme cooling is a game of diminishing returns. The more extreme you get, the more complicated and expensive the solution and for each step up the extreme ladder the OC returns diminish in percentage.
Oh, and yes a pelt is a thermo-electric cooler (TEC) and a wb is a water block (the "heatsink" of a water cooling system)
I gained absolutely NOTHING on my overclock by going to water cooling.
Just be advised, your chipset/cpu may be already to their limits. If they are not getting significantly HOT under load, cooling is probably not the problem.
but, you never know! I wouldn't suggest purchasing a W/C system in hopes of a high OC. I only did it because I can maintain full-load regardless of ambient temps without lots of howling fan noise. My office is much more relaxing now.
Just be advised, your chipset/cpu may be already to their limits. If they are not getting significantly HOT under load, cooling is probably not the problem.
but, you never know! I wouldn't suggest purchasing a W/C system in hopes of a high OC. I only did it because I can maintain full-load regardless of ambient temps without lots of howling fan noise. My office is much more relaxing now.
NeuroMaster
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Watercooling might make you faster. Then again, it might not.
In my opinion, there're some tricky value-per-dollar economics going on. I wouldn't upgrade from a decent air cooling system if increasing my overclock was my only goal. I'd save my money for a faster chip.
I WOULD buy a watercooling system if I intended to carry it over to a new computer in a few years. I WOULD buy one if I wanted to get similar clock speeds at much lower noise levels.
If I build a new desktop for college, it'll almost certainly feature some sort of water cooling setup. On the other hand, those new 17" laptops are soooo sexy
In my opinion, there're some tricky value-per-dollar economics going on. I wouldn't upgrade from a decent air cooling system if increasing my overclock was my only goal. I'd save my money for a faster chip.
I WOULD buy a watercooling system if I intended to carry it over to a new computer in a few years. I WOULD buy one if I wanted to get similar clock speeds at much lower noise levels.
If I build a new desktop for college, it'll almost certainly feature some sort of water cooling setup. On the other hand, those new 17" laptops are soooo sexy