Water Cooling or Air Cooling

[Pyromidion]

question is: do you use air cooling or water cooling in your (main) computer? for those with air cooling, ive added another question for you.

 

[DanTMWTMP]

<---- has water cooled system, using my own waterblock. works better than the whitwater by far. (well, 2-5 C's better)

 

[LordMorpheus]

I prefer aircooled. Its so much more reliable and robust. When you are running a water cooled setup, a stray small-caliber round could hit the cooling system, and then you will have to ditch within 10 minutes when sucks big time. With a large air-cooled setup like in the Thunderbolt of the Wuger, you can take direct hits to the engine block with no drop in performance if you are lucky. In a Mustang or 109, a .303 round fired from extreme range could knock you cooling system out. No drop in performance immediatly, but that temp gauge just goes up and up until your engine quites, and there is nothing you can do but hope it lasts long enough to cross back into friendly territory before you ditch.


IL-2>*

This was, actually, the first thing that jumped to my head when I read water vs air cooling. I spend too much time playing this game.

 

[Kelvrick]

Originally posted by: LordMorpheus
I prefer aircooled. Its so much more reliable and robust. When you are running a water cooled setup, a stray small-caliber round could hit the cooling system, and then you will have to ditch within 10 minutes when sucks big time. With a large air-cooled setup like in the Thunderbolt of the Wuger, you can take direct hits to the engine block with no drop in performance if you are lucky. In a Mustang or 109, a .303 round fired from extreme range could knock you cooling system out. No drop in performance immediatly, but that temp gauge just goes up and up until your engine quites, and there is nothing you can do but hope it lasts long enough to cross back into friendly territory before you ditch.


IL-2>*

This was, actually, the first thing that jumped to my head when I read water vs air cooling. I spend too much time playing this game.

hahaha. I was going WTF the whole way through until I got to the last part.

I go air cooling on my main rig.

 

[Brutuskend]

Air.

But I've been wanting to build a water cooled system for some time now.

 

[everman]

I've never had the need to go water, air has always provided adequate o/c results for me. Also I'd rather not leave a water cooled system on 24/7 with no supervision.
If I did go water, it would be for a high end gaming machine that I turn off when I'm not around.

 

[SilentRavens]

Water

 

[Turkish]

I'd be scared to leave a watercooled system on 24/7.

 

[Mo0o]

I have a aircooled setup right now. Considering watercooled for my next rig, but that probably wont happen for atleast a year.

 

[bandana163]

Air, I'm a conservative.

 

[DanTMWTMP]

watercooling is just more fun and quieter.

i love my watercooled system. IT brings a lot of attention when people are over as well ahha.

my current temp:
44C @ 2.4 gighz (xp2600m barton)
3dmark2001SE score: 18100ish (it was 18100something)

 

[Pyromidion]

bump....need more votes...also, for those of that use water cooling....it does require fans to cool it off, right? or is there some other better method?

-john

 

[DanTMWTMP]

Originally posted by: Pyromidion
bump....need more votes...also, for those of that use water cooling....it does require fans to cool it off, right? or is there some other better method?

-john

ya, i use a 120mm fan to cool off the radiator.

buy my waterblock! but be warned, you MUST use a 300 gph pump or else!

 

[aircooled]

aircooled