Water Cooling

[photonman]

im just looking for some clarity here, cos i had watercooling and was'nt impressed!!!! - all the hardware experts bring it on!!!

Ive just been thinking now. - is it actually good for ur PC to run a low temps??

take a car - it runs k@k wen cold but the moment it starts warmin up and runs nice....is'nt it roughly da same with a pc????

i dont know im just thinkin off da top of mt head

[Toxin]

When it comes to electronic components cooler is better. Think of the science test you did in school. The one where you test the resistance of certain elements. What happenes when you heat up a wire? It's resistance increases. i.e. with electronics cooler = faster. Sortof. Probably. Man now I'm even confused. :confused:

At the end of the day if you can keep your components cooler it means they will last longer. :)

*Edit* PS: remember with watercooling you won't necesarilly see very low temps. Your average temp will be low. The water\liquid will reach a peak temp and stay there. The main reason for going water cooling these days is because of the noise factor you get with normal cooling.

Water cooling makes alot less noise cause your don't need a fast blowing monster of a fan to cool the water down.

[killadoob]

i dont think it makes much difference unless your overclocking

my old amd 2600+ ran at around 52-56 unload

put on this 200 fan ran at around 39-43 and it didnt go faster


but if you overclocking you must cool

look at amd 64bit mine runs really cool under 40 why waste money on water cooling if you not overclocking

think what you could do with that water cooling money hmmm

[gkm]

put on this 200 fan ran at around 39-43 and it didnt go faster


Better cooling will not make a PC faster, just more stable. With reasonable airflow in the case, the stock cooler is usually fine. If one is not overclocking, the only reason to get another cooler would be to reduce noise.

And as you say, as one overclocks, stability becomes a bigger and bigger issue, so better cooling is needed to maintain a working system. As the clock increases, a lower temp is needed to remain stable, with one eventually moving into the sub-zero temp range like for example the guys at Tom's Hardware did. And a higher clock also increases heat production, so more work needs to be done (by a better cooler) to get rid of this extra heat.

[sparklehorse]

A car has problems running in the cold because things get stuck or the fuel has trouble getting to the right places. It is mostly a mechanical thing.
Your computer is mostly electronic. Electrons have no problem with cold. Resistance in the conductors go up as the temp. goes up. Thats what causes instabilities.
As long as your CPU stays within the temps it was designed for - everything is cool. Having you CPU at a colder temp won't make it run better - it will just allow you to run it stable at higher clock speeds.

[Decotey]

My fan on my AMD 64bit stops spinning when temperatures get too cold. I would imagine this is to save power, but I think its also to do with the fact that the ideal temperature is slightly warmish.

[werner]

no, your fan is not stopping to help the cpu maintain an "ideal" tempertaure, the fan is stopping because the cpu isnt hot enough to require the fan to be on.....big difference.

[killadoob]

well the amd 64 bit fans have quite and cool you dont even hear em

[ZeroIndex]

watercooling rocks... i've got a thermaltake bigwater se system, with an added vga waterblock... looks pretty and does the job well... also, you don't have lots of small noisy fans in your pc...

[Scooby_Doo]

liquid metal cooling is coming soon... not as clumbersom as water and works better... maybe 6 months to a year?

[photonman]

will check it out - good to know?