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Originally Posted by pHaestus
If a greater premium is placed on quiet than on performance, that's fine. But why feel the need to state that you're "at the most a degree or two" away from the highest performance solutions available? There's no basis for that really other than wanting to maintain a big e-penis.
I have 2 small kids and live on the Candian Praries. So as I look to replace my Accord Coupe I am quite enamored with the idea of more space and good winter driving performance. That's perfectly reasonable given the location and situation. But it is NOT reasonable to sell me a Subaru as "just a very small bit slower than a Corvette only with a lot more space."
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pH, you confuse me. I have been using water cooling in my duallie rigs and following the product releases and developments for a few years now. I have not seen any evidence that a good "low flow" system will give a rig a hit of more than a few degrees over a good "high flow" system. Yet when someone posts a similar comment you whoop out the e-penis as their only viable reason.
I also see comments here that those few degrees are important. Important to overclocking, to be specific. Okay, I'll buy that. But not all of us are into overclocking... some of us just want great, rock stable rigs that perform well with a difference. If I was into overclocking, you can bet your last nickle that I would be using refrigeration, not water, to cool my rig. Maybe I should whoop out the e-penis and call all the water cooled overclockers out for not being serious enough in their methods?
As an aside, it really depends on which Subaru and which Corvette, doesn't it?
Also, there's a tag of "German" being laid on these "low flow" systems which I think may be a bit unfair. When Corsair sent me one of their first Hydrocools to test, it came from a Delphi factory in Detroit, if I'm remembering correctly. It was a "low flow" system. And aren't those pre-packaged "mount on top of your box" get-ups made here in the States? Their manufacturer's name escapes me, but they have teeny little blocks and ultra whimpy tubing...