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Originally Posted by Butcher
Almost any water cooling is going to be a lot cooler than even adequate air. To get the sort of temps you get with a mediocre water system you need howling fans blowing over a top notch heatsink.
Quiet is something people desire in their computers. I doubt anyone would argue that given the choice between a screaming banshee of a machine and a quietly purring system that had the same performance, they'd choose the banshee.
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Well yes but that only accounts for the advantage of the German systems over air-cooling - something that is not being disputed.
The conflict lies in quite why these quiet(er) systems are not being designed around a high-flow model.
Taking into account the assumed/measured performance advantage (re: maximizing cooling) of the US-type systems, surely a slightly compromised system can be made which is quieter/as quiet as the German-type whilst still maintaining said increased cooling ability.