water or air?

[deviantdon]

here is a subject im always thinking about: water or air cooling? and what case would you say is best for each and why.

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[poweredbyostx]

First of all price is much different between these two cooling,I mean water cooling is so expensive.(At least in my country)
Also it's Much complicated,and it's also massively to have it.

For me it's much better to have air cooling,Yes you can get better cooling with water,but it's that so worth?I don't know except you can only do a extreme clocking.
Also,I think that air cooling is good enough for almost everything,you can get good overclocked cpu...

[beagleman1701]

for me air if it gets a leak your screwed don't know if that could be a issue. I just think air should be ok for most computers unless your going to overclock it,

[2635599]

i vote a good high end air cooler.

[Mr GRiM]

I think either are fine options although in my last 2 setup I have been using water, I like water better as it looks neater, under loads I don't think there is a huge difference but water definitely drops the temp down faster as the load drops off, my current water cooler is an intel one that looks pretty much like this one and I have it mounted the same way.

http://www.legitreviews.com/images/reviews/1784/intel_rts2011lc_028.jpg

At the end of the day though, doesn't matter what cooler you get, none of them will get your CPU cooler then the ambient air temperature, if you whant that then maybe you should look at a refrigerated cpu cooler.

http://www.dhresource.com/albu_322571080_00-1.0x0/micro-refrigeration-cpu-cooler.jpg
http://www.dhgate.com/store/product/micro-refrigeration-cpu-cooler/156477208.html

I know I would if I had the money :smile:

[DJ DRIVE]

I had rather the air . it is cheaper and more practical

[Stephanie]

Phase change cooling is very pricey :girl:

[Lamia]

I have in plain to switch to water cooling, so i suggest you water cooling for sure, less noisy, less cleaning, less temperature! :peace:

[Dark Knight]

I'm going to go with air too, although water cooling is fine but for me .... I'd be too afraid of springing a leak and if that happened not only are you out all that money to install the water cooling system but your entire system too. :crying: I've never been too interested in trying it and probably would not recommend it to anyone either.


Water and electronics just do not mix in my mind. :worried: