Hmm, interesting, I went liquid-cooling precisely because of the noise of my GPU fan. I got myself a DangerDen 9800GX2 waterblock and presto, no more noise! It also did wonders for the heat levels. I run folding@home 24/7 using both my GPU chips and their temperature runs no hotter than 45 degrees celcius (overclocked 100 Mhz for core and memory). It's a big difference from the 90+ degrees I was getting before at stock speeds (plus, NO NOISE!!
). I also got a CPU waterblock (might as well, right).
The main problem with liquid-cooling is the cost, although you can get pre-packaged ones for a cheaper price as well. You also need to do a lot of research beforehand and you also need a bit of guts (leaks are a real danger and without proper sealing you run the risk of ruining your entire system). It's the only way to go for a truly high-end system though, IMHO. I figure if I want to keep a top-notch gaming system I'd have to go liquid sooner or later (I decided sooner). Of course from now on all my GPUs (and CPUs) will have water-blocks on them (I ain't ever going back to air-cooling
).
Anyways, something to consider if you really hate fan noise.
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