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Etacovda · 02-16-2006, 05:54 PM

I'm guessing the air is both quieter (and obviously cheaper/easier to maintain).

pumped liquid cooling is always going to lose in noise to air (assuming same case design). You'd have to do some serious noise isolation etc to make water quieter; not hard, but pretty pointless especially for an htpc.

Personally, id probably look at making a passive heatsink/heatpipe solution like the zalman cases, with a single 120mm @ 800rpm to move heat over the componentry. Wouldnt be too hard to make a pumpless system if you really wanted to use water.

02-16-2006, 05:54 PM	#30
Etacovda Cooling Savant Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Dunedin NZ Posts: 735	Re: Galden ZT 150 I'm guessing the air is both quieter (and obviously cheaper/easier to maintain). pumped liquid cooling is always going to lose in noise to air (assuming same case design). You'd have to do some serious noise isolation etc to make water quieter; not hard, but pretty pointless especially for an htpc. Personally, id probably look at making a passive heatsink/heatpipe solution like the zalman cases, with a single 120mm @ 800rpm to move heat over the componentry. Wouldnt be too hard to make a pumpless system if you really wanted to use water. __________________ Hypocritical Signature I tried to delete: Procooling: where scientific principles are ignored because big corporations are immune to mistakes and oversights.