[artemis0007]

Hi all!
Okay, originally I wanted to go watercooling for my Thunder K7 board, but recently I've read a lot of articles about the Swiftech MCX462 HSF which is supposed to perform pretty well. Well, I wanted other people's opinions about whether I should stick with air (get the Swiftech) or go with water (DD Maze2).

Main goals:
- I wanted a fairly quiet setup (however, my SCSI drive idles at 40dB)
- I wanted it to be reliable (110%)
- It would have to deal with being moved around every once and a while (2 times a month)
- I want cool CPUs (around 32C +- 3C)

What I have:
- YY cube server case
- already getting 40C idle and 47C full load on my Vantec CCK HSF with a 1.2 GHz proc (according to the BIOS temp monitor)
- blah blah blah, other junk

Concerns:
- 1) Would having 2 of the 700+ gram Swiftech MCX462 HSFs put undo stress upon the motherboard?
- 2) Would switching to watercooling make that much of a difference in heat and noise reduction? (especially heat since I plan on getting the MP 1900 proc)

Thanks for all replies! ANY OPINION WANTED! Thanks a bunch! Happy Holidays and New Year!

[ 12-25-2001: Message edited by: artemis0007 ]