WaterCooling
 

I new to the cooling scene, but think it is awesome. I'll be building a dual rig soon P4 or Xeons, and I'm wondering a few thing. I would like to build a watercooling rig just for pure joy. Are there any other advantages to running cooler procs if I don't OC them. Won't be able to OC the Xeons, might with P4, but if I don't what are the advantages. Less fan noise, but then you have the pump. Just look'n for anwsers. Thnaks

welcome to the forums.

system stability is one feature.

also if you get an Eheim pump, you should be able to have a silent coolin system (if you get quiet fans)

this will result in you wanting quieter hard drives.. and other components cause you will now be able to hear them =)

the number 1 advantage is extended life.

I beleive I read somewhere that if you cool an electronic devise 10 degrees cooler then its normal operating temp, you extend its life by 400%

dual P4's don't exist yet, although asus and abit might do a new bp6 style product.

also, on xeons you can run them at 133mhz fsb by cutting a pin on the mobo.

watercooling not only keeps stuff cooler, but can be a lot quieter too

duhh
 

Yea, I spaced on the P4's. As far as the Xeons, I heard they were coming out with a 133Mhz FSB ( 533Mhz ). Would rather wait for those guys, but unsure when that will happen. Anybody can point me to some info on those, I would be mucho happy.

The dual P4 scene is kind of fragmented. You have the classic Xeons (.18), the new Northwood based ones (.13, Prestonia?) that have SMT as well as the new ultra highend ones which cost 10 times as much and are much slower then the new .13 xeons.

I wouldn't bother watercooling. Xeons are not that hard to cool quietly and lifespan isn't an issue. These chips should last a decade easily. You'll throw them out before they burn out.

I'd ignore the 133 fsb ones, I'd buy 2.0's, pull the pin, run them at 133mhz. with good cooling you'd get 2933mhz