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Lope · 09-07-2006, 06:19 PM

thanks for the great tip. i checked out that heatsink, and wow it rocks.
i'll definitely get one.

i'll figure out something for the GPU when i know what gfx card i'm gonna get.
Probably ATI

yeah, the pump noise issue can be a bitch
all i hear from my PC is the buzz of the water pump.
i'm inclined to think if someone is psycho enough the pump noise could be killed by burying it under enough padding and sound blocking material.
i havent been psycho enough to find out what extent one needs to go to yet.

i'm a lot more attached to the PC than the radiator, perhaps some time for fun i'll redo the radiator part.

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oh also, i wanted to mention that thats not true what you said about going aircooled for quietest operation. even with a quiet cpu cooler like the skythe... hard drives still make a lot of noise, power supplies make a fair amount of noise, and then u have to keep the mobo chipsets cool, and make sure you're keeping air flowing through the case.
with an aircooled setup you need at least 4 fans. psu, cpu, gpu, case
assuming you get a fancy northbridge cooler.
then you still have unsmothered noisy hard drives.

it may not be obvious by looking at the pic, but i've WC'd everything from the psu to the mosfets on the motherboard.
i even thought of doing the cdroms, but that was a bit of a ridiculous idea.

09-07-2006, 06:19 PM	#4
Lope Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: South Africa Posts: 17	Re: About to refurbish 18 month old loop & New PC on the horizon thanks for the great tip. i checked out that heatsink, and wow it rocks. i'll definitely get one. i'll figure out something for the GPU when i know what gfx card i'm gonna get. Probably ATI yeah, the pump noise issue can be a bitch all i hear from my PC is the buzz of the water pump. i'm inclined to think if someone is psycho enough the pump noise could be killed by burying it under enough padding and sound blocking material. i havent been psycho enough to find out what extent one needs to go to yet. i'm a lot more attached to the PC than the radiator, perhaps some time for fun i'll redo the radiator part. ----- oh also, i wanted to mention that thats not true what you said about going aircooled for quietest operation. even with a quiet cpu cooler like the skythe... hard drives still make a lot of noise, power supplies make a fair amount of noise, and then u have to keep the mobo chipsets cool, and make sure you're keeping air flowing through the case. with an aircooled setup you need at least 4 fans. psu, cpu, gpu, case assuming you get a fancy northbridge cooler. then you still have unsmothered noisy hard drives. it may not be obvious by looking at the pic, but i've WC'd everything from the psu to the mosfets on the motherboard. i even thought of doing the cdroms, but that was a bit of a ridiculous idea. Last edited by Lope; 09-07-2006 at 07:21 PM.