Water cooling is DEFINITELY not for everybody. In my opinion, use water cooling only for the following reasons:
Choose 1 of these and water cooling MIGHT be right for you: (
there may be others but these are the main reasons)
? You want it for looks (UV-dyed water looks cool)
? You want a quiet computer
? You are overclocking by 400MHz and you want another 50MHz
? You want to one-up somebody else on temps (say a roommate)
? You're paranoid about heat damaging your CPU over time
? You have an extra $200 to blow
ALL of the following are requirements:
? You are confident you can successfully become a plumber inside of your computer without leaking any water, ever.
? You don't mind spending an extra $200 on the water cooling.
? You don't mind spending an extra few hours setting it up the first time.
? You don't mind checking up on the entire system somewhat regularly (checking water levels, adding chemicals, checking clamps, etc)
? You don't mind spending an extra few hours researching things.
Water cooling might NOT be right for you if ANY of the following apply: (
there may be others but these are the main reasons)
? None from the first list apply
? Any from the second list don't apply
? You don't care about a noisy computer
? You don't feel comfortable working inside your computer regularly.
? You do feel comfortable unplugging and plugging in PCI or AGP cards while your computer is running.
? Temps are not a problem for you.
? You think you're going to double your speed from before water-cooling to after water-cooling.
FACTS:
? Top-end air-cooling can be just as effecient, and often, more effecient than water-cooling (unless you're doing something crazy like putting your radiator in a freezer)
? Water-cooling is a significant money and time investment
? There is a significant risk involved! If one of your tubes crack, you're probably out several hundred dollars of computer equipment and potentially all of it, including data.
? I think water cooling is cool, still.
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