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- Dec 19, 2009
Hi all,
I'm considering switching to i7, as I managed to get hold of a 920 and a P6T SE all for £200. The two expenses that I haven't yet covered are the cooler and the RAM. To address the former, I bought a thermaltake PW850i water cooling kit, because I know you can get LGA 1366 brackets for them for about £8. I bought it cos it only cost me £40 which seemed like a good deal (they're usually £80-£90).
Now I know everybody thinks that thermaltake sucks, and I had a couple of thermaltake cases which were made out of the foil they put pies in. But on the other hand, I doubt I could get a good air cooler for much less than the £48 net that the PW850i cost me (good ones seem to be about £35-40).
So the questions is: should I use the WC kit or get an air cooling solution? Which will offer the better performance?
Cheers
I'm considering switching to i7, as I managed to get hold of a 920 and a P6T SE all for £200. The two expenses that I haven't yet covered are the cooler and the RAM. To address the former, I bought a thermaltake PW850i water cooling kit, because I know you can get LGA 1366 brackets for them for about £8. I bought it cos it only cost me £40 which seemed like a good deal (they're usually £80-£90).
Now I know everybody thinks that thermaltake sucks, and I had a couple of thermaltake cases which were made out of the foil they put pies in. But on the other hand, I doubt I could get a good air cooler for much less than the £48 net that the PW850i cost me (good ones seem to be about £35-40).
So the questions is: should I use the WC kit or get an air cooling solution? Which will offer the better performance?
Cheers