watercooling or a nice GPU/CPU cooler?

[ViviTheMage]

I got a great looking/performing conroe PC now.

7900GT, E6400 would be the two things that need to get cooled, so I was curious..what would you all do, get a nice GPU/CPU water cooling setup or get some coolers and throw some fans on?

I reallly love quiet. I want it quiet yet cooling so it doesnt reach 45-50 degrees C when under load for the CPU or GPU.

What would you guys recommend for a GPU/CPU fan cooling setup or a CPU/GPU watercooling setup?

either way I will probably try some overclocking as well.

 

[Ayah]

Personally. Go water. Something like a Storm + D5 + Dangerden NV cooler + 120.2 rad. (or .3 rad if you have the space)

 

[potato28]

Water. And you should setup a poll.

 

[ViviTheMage]

I would love a water setup...I see Dangerdan has some great stuff. What I dont get is the T line...some people have it, some people use something else in place of a T line?

What do you think would fit in my Antec Super Lan boy ( Link )

I only have one Sata drive so the are beneath the first drives will be open (it has removable trays).

 

[Buck Naked]

Water cooling is great, but sounds like overkill.

If you want to do some hardcore OC'ing go water.
If you want silence, and a mild OC, air will be your best bet.

 

[tersome]

Originally posted by: Ayah
Personally. Go water. Something like a Storm + D5 + Dangerden NV cooler + 120.2 rad. (or .3 rad if you have the space)

That's crazy expensive. Personally, I'd get:
2 whitewater cpu blocks ($40)
Iwaki pump off ebay ($40)
Single Heatercore radiator ($20)
Tubing, distilled water, anti fungal additive, t line ($20)
Pair of yate loons ($10)

You can just use zip ties to attach one of the whitewater blocks to the gpu, and you have a nice, cheap watercooling setup.

 

[Bobthelost]

Water is excellent, but a pain in the arse to do (ime). I don't need the performance it offers so i'm happier with air.

 

[ViviTheMage]

what would you get for an E6400 and a 7900GT leadtek for a air setup then bobthelost?

 

[raincityboy]

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[Bobthelost]

Originally posted by: ViviTheMage
what would you get for an E6400 and a 7900GT leadtek for a air setup then bobthelost?

I'm not up to speed on 775 heatsinks but the old favourites: TT BT, SI 120, Zalman 9500 etc. etc. are hard to beat.

For the GPU, if you want to save a few $ then a AC NV5 Rev3 is great value and a good cooler, you do need to cut off a bit of the plastic though. If not then either a vf700 or vf900 will do nicely. Same goes for the AC sliencer range.

 

[tersome]

Scythe Infinity looks like a nice aircooler, and it beats out the TT Bigtyphoon by 9-10C

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=111897

 

[ViviTheMage]

scythe infinity and that VF900 look GREAT for an air setup.

 

[cmdrdredd]

Thermalright Ultra-120 is very nice too. Some people find it better than the Infinity. Plus the Infinity uses the plastic push-pin mounting system which isn't that great IMO. It seems a little flimsy, but maybe it's just me.