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bobo5195 · 05-13-2006, 12:25 PM

For single bits air cooling is going to win. But as a system as a whole water is doing pretty well. At the low end a dual core p4 needs watercooling and the costs will start offsetting each other. Any high end rig with SLi watercooling beings to look tempting as the costs are marginal. 4 Gpus putting out 300+Watts are easily water cooling territory.

I don’t know what all this hate for multiple fans is for. 2 fans make more noise but they double the amount of air that is being pushed as you can turn down the voltage. Whatever the scaling calculation is V^3/4 noise??? All that is needed is to use the fans well which a large rad and watercooling allows you to do.

Think a dual core p4 + water could take on a dual core a64 on air in the current market for noise and overall cost. With quick fit maybe even effort as well. Sli might swing it the p4 way even more.

05-13-2006, 12:25 PM	#10
bobo5195 Cooling Savant Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: uk Posts: 400	Re: A challenge! For single bits air cooling is going to win. But as a system as a whole water is doing pretty well. At the low end a dual core p4 needs watercooling and the costs will start offsetting each other. Any high end rig with SLi watercooling beings to look tempting as the costs are marginal. 4 Gpus putting out 300+Watts are easily water cooling territory. I don’t know what all this hate for multiple fans is for. 2 fans make more noise but they double the amount of air that is being pushed as you can turn down the voltage. Whatever the scaling calculation is V^3/4 noise??? All that is needed is to use the fans well which a large rad and watercooling allows you to do. Think a dual core p4 + water could take on a dual core a64 on air in the current market for noise and overall cost. With quick fit maybe even effort as well. Sli might swing it the p4 way even more.