Liquid Cooling?

[ak_smallz]

ya so far the bigwater kit is the best combo of silence and performance and price that i have seen. You cant really beat it.

 

[ChipXI]

If you dont understand this specific heat stuff, think about this. Would you rather go outside on a day in 0 degree air, or jump into 0 degree water. Probably the air, unless you wanna die of shock, because air cant take the heat from your body as fast as water can.

 

[ak_smallz]

wel... technically if you jumped into 0 degree water, you'd probably shatter your body as it would be ice

 

[Nubius]

Your body would only shatter assuming it's 0 degrees Kelvin

 

[ChipXI]

wel... technically if you jumped into 0 degree water, you'd probably shatter your body as it would be ice

Depends on the volume of water.

If it were a lake, then you would substain injury when breaking through the surface... But once you're in, you're good to go.

 

[Zeeg]

ok ok wait, doesn't the water cooling unit itself make alot of noise? you know with the pump and stuff? Doesnt it take up alot of room? Is it really worth getting watercooling?

 

[ChipXI]

Watercooling is silent. It is well worth it if you are an overclocking enthusiast.

 

[Nubius]

well if you have a lot of case fans or something along those lines you wouldn't notice it compared to say a high powers fan like the Vantec tornado. No they aren't completely silent, but compared to a lot of fans they are which is the point.

As for overclocking, well in the case of the bigwater I don't know if it's worth it. I think you'd have to get like a nice $200+ water cooling setup so you can make sure and have temps down at like 10C but I haven't read anything into water cooling so I couldn't tell you which ones perform the best. I think the bigwater is just an average, cheap solution for those who want to 'test the waters' if you will on water cooling

 

[ChipXI]

I think the bigwater is just an average, cheap solution for those who want to 'test the waters' if you will on water cooling

That is exactly right.

 

[StrifeX]

so its pointless and i am better off with the normal heat sink and fans? and what parts does it replace?