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smithy2k9 · 07-09-2009, 06:55 PM

couple questions
what do you guys/gals think of water cooled pc's im thinking ov converting mine and modding my tower with led's and see throw parts the look really nice on the internet and i will be the first person to do it to a dell dimension 3000 i think
and also does any one recommend a good key board my school just got hp ones in and the fell so nice when u type its soft and easy on mine its a just down comment's plz

katoom · 07-09-2009, 07:02 PM

Mines water cooled

Keeps the temps down, it's quieter and allowed me to overclock my chip further

smithy2k9 · 07-09-2009, 07:03 PM

how hard is a liquid conversion

katoom · 07-09-2009, 07:08 PM

Not hard, just take your time, do a bit of forward planning, make sure you've got room for the components, and don't buy a cheap kit!
Only do it if you really want to because high-end air cooling is close to liquid and at a fraction of the price.

smithy2k9 · 07-09-2009, 07:12 PM

i could consider the high tec air coolling i have an o fan and its not loud but u could cook an egg on it sometimes

is it true that dell components only work on dell towers if so il have to mod my own box to make it not and eye sore and there plenty room might make my hard drive 160gb tho iv only got 80gd which is ok but i just ran out of space and coudnt **** defrag had to delete stuff
any other thing you recomend that isnt a new proccesor etc that can help the running

katoom · 07-09-2009, 07:26 PM

The cpu's, hdd, dvd's etc should all be pretty universal, but Dell motherboards do tend to be a little different to the norm.
To find a cooler, you'd have to find out what socket type your cpu is, then take off your cooler and measure the hole centers in the motherboard to see if they match up with 'normal' boards.
A good cheap cooler like an Arctic freezer pro is about £20, up-to £60 for a very good cooler, then your going into the £100's for water.
If your going to spend more than £100, you might as well buy a new CPU and motherboard. (much more performance than cooling yours down)

noisysprings · 07-09-2009, 07:57 PM

Mineral oil all the way!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtufuXLvOok

katoom · 07-09-2009, 08:02 PM

at the bubbles

Think the fans would burn out quickly though, trying to push the fluid.

katoom · 07-09-2009, 09:09 PM

A lot of PC's are quiet, but i bought a quad core chip which was notorious for running hot, and with the cooler i had, it got too loud when the fans ramped up.
I water cooled it, now it's quiet. (unless it's flat out)

_-Ch0sen 0ne-_ · 07-09-2009, 09:52 PM

I switched Power Suppyl from a 450 to a 750watt and it made a hell of a difference in sound. Oh btw Water cooling is a bit fiddly, I just got heaps of fans in my case and i keep side case open + sometimes have the big room fan pointing at it!! LMFAO. Thats only for like Call of duty +