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Re: [LUG] OT: PC Liquid Coolers

 

Freon (or its modern replacements) perhaps?


On Fri, 29 May 2015 18:52ÂDan Smith <dan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Thanks everyone for your input, it has been very useful, after playing an intensive game on my PC today it is definitely time to move away off the standard AMD stock cooler.

I think it will be a better idea to air cool after discussing this with you guys and a friend off list, as I am not looking to overclock the CPU anyway, if anything I will be replacing it once I have the money together to be able to do this.

Regards

Dan

On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 5:45 PM, Simon Avery <digdilem@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I am currently looking at buying a closed loop liquid cooler for my CPU, considering I have been running on the stock cooler since I built the PC which was late 2012 time, my PC is used for a variety of things including the basic web browsing, emails etc, however it does also run games through the use of eyefinity (being able to combine dual screen setups into one), alongside small amounts of photo and video editing.


Well, you know my experience about water cooling already... Â(For others, http://digdilem.org/cooling )

But you probably don't want something like that. It has some drawbacks, portability being one.

Closed-loops: I don't understand the benefits over a good quality air cooler with a quiet fan. The closed loops take the one good thing about water cooling (ability to passive cool) and throw it away by merely repositioning to heat source and then blasting with a fan anyway.

I also don't think they will give you the benefit you expect - allowing you to overclock a huge amount. Whilst that is possible - it's also possible with air cooling, which is more reliable, cheaper and no less noisy (ime).

Sorry to be negative, but this is the PC equivalent of fitting neon underlights and a cherrybomb exhaust to a 1.3 Vauxhall Corsa.Â

S

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