A really simple liquid cooling question

[mikeymikec]

I have only encountered one liquid-cooled system, but I thought the point of liquid cooling was noise reduction (which the system in question certainly didn't achieve). Is this incorrect? I've just seen another liquid-cooling thread on this forum which involved a lot of fans, which surely generates as much noise as possibly a noisy fan-cooled system. If the point isn't noise reduction, then what's the point?

The only other possible reason I can think of is to achieve unusual amounts of overclocking without excessive system noise, but AFAIK* it doesn't help with that, unless you're using liquid nitrogen

* - AFAIK - not a lot about liquid cooling admittedly.

 

[aigomorla]

I have only encountered one liquid-cooled system, but I thought the point of liquid cooling was noise reduction (which the system in question certainly didn't achieve). Is this incorrect? I've just seen another liquid-cooling thread on this forum which involved a lot of fans, which surely generates as much noise as possibly a noisy fan-cooled system. If the point isn't noise reduction, then what's the point?

The only other possible reason I can think of is to achieve unusual amounts of overclocking without excessive system noise, but AFAIK* it doesn't help with that, unless you're using liquid nitrogen

* - AFAIK - not a lot about liquid cooling admittedly.

Oh man... i think ur talking about my system and when i was dynoing it with the PWM.

LOL... it never gets to 100 unless i get a high load on the cpu.

It will most of the time flatten out to around 59-79%, once again dependant on the cpu.

And on chips with a high heat load... like gulftown, earily bloomfields.. late bloomfields... they all generate heat.

A LOT OF IT.

So a waterblock will allow u to run it cooler, and higher overclocks.

and gpu watercooling has evolved to a point where half your load temps is a typical gain from properly watercooling your system.

 

[mikeymikec]

Would you say that a decent water cooling arrangement does a better job than say the best HSF out there? What about the noise levels?

 

[aigomorla]

Would you say that a decent water cooling arrangement does a better job than say the best HSF out there? What about the noise levels?

define decient?

H#O = Entry level.
Shouldnt really be called water cooling.

A Custom setup pieced out right will spank air with less noise 10 times out of 10, unless u look at a real passive system.

Then you'll be limited on the Overclocking, but nothing beats a passive system in noise.

 

[Zap]

As with normal air coolers, liquid cooling setups can be designed for performance or foor quiet. You can't quite get silent out of liquid cooling because you will always have moving parts (at least pump, usually fans too) but what you can do is keep your high end parts running cooler than air cooled with less noise.

On the flip side, you can go pretty extreme and get cooling performance that high end air can't touch - but of course you'll have to run a bunch of fans and sink a bunch of money.

Basically no such thing as a free lunch as far as cooling is concerned.

QUIET
COOL
AFFORDABLE

Choose any two.

 

[aigomorla]

Basically no such thing as a free lunch as far as cooling is concerned.

lol thats because the rules of thermodynamics is a true biyatch.

1. You must play the game.
2. You can never cheat the game.
3. You can never get more then what you put.


The rules of thermo sum'd umm... simple easy version.