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Originally posted by Joe
I agree heatpipes are to come, but water kits with any amount of water is just not happening for mainstream and primary cooling. User A who just wants a high speed machine doesnt want to have to add water to it...
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What he said. There is no need for loud air cooling on even the fastest retail CPU amd or Intel has right now. My little XP1700+@2000mhz (A core) 2.0V full D.F. load (about as much wattage as the fastest chip out there) runs fine with a Volcano 6cu+ with the fan turned down to where you can hear the hard drive clicking. Thats over 500mhz on air to boot.... Heat pipes are going to be an alternative but they still need to "remove" the heat somehow. All the heatpipe does is move the heat from the CPU to the other end of the pipe where it needs some kind of active cooling to compete with aircoolers. At least thats how they look to me. Water cooling at this day and age is just way to impractice and way to much maintenance. Image trying to keep up 2500+ water cooled computers at large business.