Can someone give me a some info on water cooling?

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Hey, I'm trying to make my PC near dead silent. I was putting together an air cooled system, but is it worth it to spend the extra money for Water cooling? I am not an overclocker, I want water cooling only to be silent. I was looking at liquid cooling at SVC.com and there are so many different products I don't know what is right for me. I assume I need a chipset cooler for my rad 9700 pro and my processor. I also need a pump and tubes right? Is there anything else? Am I getting myself in too deep? Thanks
 

jjba

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STOP I've put soo many fans in my system its louder than ever. Water cooling is the way to go, the only fan I have running is the small refrigerator next to my comp (and keeps BEER cold) witch I put the radiator in.
 

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if you want to take the dive into water cooling, overclockers.com has some nice quides. just do to the tips and techniques , watercooling section. it will give you lots of ideas and info.
 

Richdog

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Originally posted by: shady06
get a nice slk800/900 with a panaflo and you wont even hear it

If you're not an overclocker then shelling out for a watercooling rig is senseless at best. I second this advice.:beer:
 

pelikan

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The best silent pc info is here.

People have different definitions of "silent." When some people say "dead silent," they mean that the sound of a panaflo L1A at 12V is way too loud.

You can acheive near dead silence with air or watercooling. Air would definately be easier and cheaper. Water can be even quieter but it will cost more.

Just how quiet do you want your system to be? Would you rather use air or watercooling?
 

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I guess I would prefer air cooling. I guess I should be more clear, I want to be able to leave my comp on and go to sleep. I'm a pretty light sleeper and my comp would keep me up all night if I left it on (I'd approximate it at around 35+ dB). Watercooling seemed like a cool idea and if I were to go air cooling, I would want to keep the cool factor along with the silence. Watercooling combined both at a higher cost, which was my main reason for wanting it. If the difference in "cool looking" air cooling was less than a hundred dollars from watercooling, I would get watercooling. I hope this kind of clears things up