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Building my new rig
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RE: Building my new rig
(February 13, 2016 at 3:38 pm)ignoramus Wrote: Fwiw, water cooling will help to keep the parts cool (CPU,GPU,chipsets,ram) when o/c'ing, but the main reason is for quietness. I don't o/c mine, but because mine is "open", the fan noises are amplified.
With water cooling, you just have one or 2 slow moving 6 inch fans blowing air through the radiator only.
Mine's a custom setup using a Toyota heater core as the radiator.
(It really is mild compared to some crazies out there though)

I agree, but this included fan is pretty quiet, and the case has 3 ultra-quiet 120mm fans built in. I'll try it out, and if it keeps me awake, I'll snag some water cooling goodness. I'm sure I'll get there eventually, but it's just not necessary at this point.
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Building my new rig - by SteelCurtain - February 13, 2016 at 3:37 am
RE: Building my new coding rig - by Silver - February 13, 2016 at 3:38 am
RE: Building my new rig - by Brian37 - February 13, 2016 at 6:16 am
RE: Building my new rig - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - February 13, 2016 at 6:24 am
RE: Building my new rig - by Excited Penguin - February 13, 2016 at 3:45 am
RE: Building my new rig - by SteelCurtain - February 13, 2016 at 3:52 am
RE: Building my new rig - by Edwardo Piet - February 13, 2016 at 11:15 am
RE: Building my new rig - by robvalue - February 13, 2016 at 3:53 am
RE: Building my new rig - by Excited Penguin - February 13, 2016 at 3:59 am
RE: Building my new rig - by robvalue - February 13, 2016 at 4:12 am
RE: Building my new rig - by SteelCurtain - February 13, 2016 at 4:04 am
RE: Building my new rig - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - February 13, 2016 at 6:01 am
RE: Building my new rig - by Excited Penguin - February 13, 2016 at 6:30 am
RE: Building my new rig - by Brian37 - February 13, 2016 at 6:53 am
RE: Building my new rig - by ignoramus - February 13, 2016 at 6:35 am
RE: Building my new rig - by Brian37 - February 13, 2016 at 6:59 am
RE: Building my new rig - by Brian37 - February 13, 2016 at 7:05 am
RE: Building my new rig - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - February 13, 2016 at 7:09 am
RE: Building my new rig - by Brian37 - February 13, 2016 at 7:18 am
RE: Building my new rig - by ignoramus - February 13, 2016 at 7:27 am
RE: Building my new rig - by pocaracas - February 13, 2016 at 7:21 am
RE: Building my new rig - by bennyboy - February 13, 2016 at 1:23 pm
RE: Building my new rig - by SteelCurtain - February 13, 2016 at 7:27 am
RE: Building my new rig - by SteelCurtain - February 13, 2016 at 7:31 am
RE: Building my new rig - by Brian37 - February 13, 2016 at 7:51 am
RE: Building my new rig - by SteelCurtain - February 13, 2016 at 8:23 am
RE: Building my new rig - by Brian37 - February 13, 2016 at 8:40 am
RE: Building my new rig - by SteelCurtain - February 13, 2016 at 9:35 am
RE: Building my new rig - by Brian37 - February 13, 2016 at 9:45 am
RE: Building my new rig - by SteelCurtain - February 13, 2016 at 10:27 am
RE: Building my new rig - by Excited Penguin - February 13, 2016 at 10:34 am
RE: Building my new rig - by Angrboda - February 13, 2016 at 10:43 am
RE: Building my new rig - by pocaracas - February 13, 2016 at 10:44 am
RE: Building my new rig - by ignoramus - February 13, 2016 at 3:38 pm
RE: Building my new rig - by bennyboy - February 13, 2016 at 6:23 pm
RE: Building my new rig - by Edwardo Piet - February 13, 2016 at 6:24 pm
RE: Building my new rig - by bennyboy - February 13, 2016 at 6:39 pm
RE: Building my new rig - by SteelCurtain - February 13, 2016 at 7:56 pm
RE: Building my new rig - by pocaracas - February 13, 2016 at 8:01 pm
RE: Building my new rig - by bennyboy - February 16, 2016 at 7:33 pm
RE: Building my new rig - by Jackalope - February 16, 2016 at 7:53 pm
RE: Building my new rig - by SteelCurtain - February 13, 2016 at 8:06 pm
RE: Building my new rig - by Ravenshire - February 13, 2016 at 10:06 pm
RE: Building my new rig - by ignoramus - February 13, 2016 at 8:37 pm
RE: Building my new rig - by SteelCurtain - February 17, 2016 at 6:40 am

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