Ultra wrote:
True, but I would assume that air temp would effect the water temp less than it would effect the air temp directly in an air cooled setup. Plus with a radiator you could have the freedom of using a larger 120mm fan, maybe even 2 120mm fans with a higher CFM and lower noise. All I am saying is that the air temp would effect the water cooled setup less than it would effect the air cooled setup. Even though the air is being used to remove heat from water via the radiator. Probally moreso if the radiator itself was outside the case. I don't know - I've never used a water cooled setup. I suspect that the time constants are longer on the water cooling (as you are able to store the heat in the water), but that the steady state is the same. Granted you can provide additional airflow to the radiator than the cpu, and that you can put the radiator outside the case (where the air genmerally cooler, unless you pull air from outside the case to specifically cool the cpu). I'd also imagine that the denser fluid provides much better ability to remove heat from the source and transfer it to the sink (radiator). When all is said and done though, the maximum overclock is probably about the same using either setup, but the water cooling is possibly quieter. Ben -- I'm not just a number. To many, I'm known as a String... |
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