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Originally Posted by Azazel

Fair enough, but I'm running an enclosed laptop drive, for all intents and purposes, silent.

I tried really hard to isolate the pump noise (in one of these, with foam and a gelpack) and even tried undervolting. I really wanted to get wet again after a year of aircooling. It was a sad day realising that I'd just spent NZ$400 to prove that I could never go back to the constant light humming of a waterpump.

As always, YMMV, but my point is (was) that silence is no longer the realm of watercooling, even when overclocked. An aircooled rig unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on how you look at things) is now cheaper, easier and quieter than a water system for the vast majority of cases, while only running slightly hotter. Of course all of this may change with the next gen of graphics cards, but I really can't see anyone who values quiet computing buying a 300w (if the reports are correct) graphics card.

Azazel, I am for one sad to see the WC method slip down into the undercurrents