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Brians256 · 08-08-2005, 11:45 AM

The advantage of water over air is NOT quiet unless you are overclocking, in my experience. I have a really quiet setup with only air but it certainly isn't overclocked. For overclocking, you can't beat water (unless you go sub-ambient with peltiers and/or phase change etc...).

Why?

Pump noise and fan noise.

With a pure air setup that is not overclocked, I find it hard to beat the quietness of a CPU fan that isn't even ON most of the time. This setup is an Athlon64 Venice 3000+ running stock right now (haven't gotten to overclocking it yet or putting water in there).

08-08-2005, 11:45 AM	#35
Brians256 Pro/Staff Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Klamath Falls, OR Posts: 1,439	The advantage of water over air is NOT quiet unless you are overclocking, in my experience. I have a really quiet setup with only air but it certainly isn't overclocked. For overclocking, you can't beat water (unless you go sub-ambient with peltiers and/or phase change etc...). Why? Pump noise and fan noise. With a pure air setup that is not overclocked, I find it hard to beat the quietness of a CPU fan that isn't even ON most of the time. This setup is an Athlon64 Venice 3000+ running stock right now (haven't gotten to overclocking it yet or putting water in there).