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Is it worth water cooling if you don't plan on overclocking any hardware?
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Okay, so for convience sake I was thinking about the Zalman Reserator XT since I won't be doing very much overclocking right now.
Would anyone say otherwise against this idea?
Is it worth water cooling if you don't plan on overclocking any hardware?
You can make a WC setup that is cooler and quieter than air, so yeah, I think it can make sense. The problem is, it's also more expensive. High-end air with quiet low speed fans will be very effective and quiet for much cheaper.
Dan
I wouldn't bother personally. That said, I don't know how quiet it is. I'd much rather build myself a custom loop that I know has the capability for overclocking as well as being pretty much dead silent.
I think it's fairly valid. Mainly because you don't have to worry about dust as much with a rad as you do with a heatsink (though you do still have to dust it out occasionally). If your rad is externally mounted, then you can dust it much easier than opening the case.
Also, with WC, you can cool every big thing in your case with water (GPUs fans are LOUD) so that when you do open something intensive (say a game where the card kicks into 3D mode and the fan kicks up) there is no difference in sound. You can eliminate the CPU and GPU fans easily. Then just keep the case clear and have a couple 120mm quiet fans for a little airflow to keep the rest cool. Definitely a feasible idea.
And of course, the capability to overclock later