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- May 9, 2004
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- Little Rock, AR
I'm wondering how many people out there watercool their chipsets. I did once and after realizing that air cooling was just as efficient since heat from the CPU and GPU was getting dumped into the loop as well, thus preventing me from getting better temps where it really mattered the most=CPU/GPU. I'm thinking about running my CPU and GPU on seperate loops in my next rig. I really beleive that it's a lot more efficient to use watercooling in conjuction with air cooling. Since your watercooling the CPU or GPU or even both, your really keeping down your ambient tempature around your chipset anyway, since your transfering the heat to another location. Now that your ambient inside the case isn't so high you can take advantage of that fact by using it to cool a single component. What do you guys think the optimal setup is? Watercooling everything or watercooling on independant loops, or watercooling with air cooling? I don't think I'll ever go back to watercooling a chipset though.
P.S. The new DD 6800 blocks are a slap in the face to dangerden fans.
-Myhre
P.S. The new DD 6800 blocks are a slap in the face to dangerden fans.
-Myhre