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Phase Change cooling best for budget conscious builders?

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PaperclipGod

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A phase-change setup (the Mach II) runs about $850.

Considering that this can boost some chips by 50%, when you multiply that kind of performance increase over, say, 4 systems... arent you saving money in the long run? i.e. if instead of having to upgrade every 2 years, you only upgrade every 3 or 4?

I havent done the math on this, its all straight outta my ass, but it seems logical... no?
 
ur saying that u upgrade every 3 or 4 because the oc will last right??

in theory, yes this would work...

actual application would not....

thinka bout this.. u first need a machII or what ever phasecooler is out at like a min of 800. next u need a phast cooled case... 200 bucks.... ok beyond this, you need to think.. 4 years ago the p4 willamette at 1.8 was like the top of the line... (had one in my compaq.. and it was the best out) even if you clock it to 3ghz... my 2 year old northwood would rip it apart and eat it for breakfest... so in theory, this might work, but actual application wouldnt as the CPU technology itself would lack faster then the saving begins
 
Originally posted by: Corporate Thug
i think the only phase change that makes sense economically is the soon-to-be-released OCZ
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Got a link to any info on that? Or a thread? I havent heard about it till now.
 
If you leave your PC on all or most of the time, you'll easily lose the savings in electric bills alone for the phase change.
 
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