BF2S Forums Do you think water cooling will ever become maintstream?

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jaymz9350 wrote:

HITNRUNXX wrote:

I know my AMD 2100+ ran considerably hotter than my Quad Core Extreme...

You also have to consider how much better todays heatsinks are.  If you put the heatsink from your 2100 on your quad I bet your quad would overheat very quickly.

Actually, I got the quad OEM, and am using an old Intel stock heatsink, only about a year newer than my 2100's stock heatsink. I don't think there is that much difference between them. I am thinking about buying a nice after market one, but it currently stays cool enough, so I haven't had much need.

Also, the current heatsink was used with my Dual Core, and it ran much hotter also...

I think they are getting more efficient and running cooler... While heatsinks are also improving, I don't think the stock heatsinks have improved that much.

.Sup wrote:

CrazeD wrote:

kylef wrote:

a good watercooling system will keep the components cooler than air for the most part, and it'll be waay quieter.

I've seen water cooling setups with more fans than my 100% air-cooled PC. Bare in mind such setups are usually outside of the case (depending entirely, of course, on the case and setup) it can't be too too much quieter.

Remember that the near-silent water cooling loops only carry heat away from the source, right into the big radiator with 4 fans on it. :p

The fans spin on lower rpms than those on air coolers.

They make 120mm CPU coolers, which run at the same RPM. And there's one, not 3+.