Someone give me the rundown....

[Sandman]

I have an MSI KT880 motherboard with an XP 3000+ CPU. Please give me some info about :

I - water cooling
A) the benefits
B) everything involved
C) the costs
D) installing
E) operating temperatures

II - air cooling
A) the benefits
B) everything involved
C) good cooler
D) cost for the good cooler
E) operating temperatures

Thanks guys :mrgreen:
- Sam

[rhino56]

well there have been a few comparisons as to the differences in water and air.
both can be very effective but myself i feel water is above air cooling in many ways.

im sure someof the guru's here will be able to break it down for you though

[Anonymous]

People use water cooling over air cooling for a few reasons. The two main reasons that come to mind are...

1. Water cooling allows for less fans, thus less noise overall.

2. Water cooling yields better temp results than air cooling is capable of.

I started water cooling about 3 years ago mainly because it was exotic and brand new. At the time I knew nothing of overclocking and just new how to adjust the fsb by using the dip switches on the board. Now I use WC'ing as a way to have a more stable overclock. I've never wc'ed to try and get a higher overclock, simply because if I wanted to get the max oc by way of lowering temps, I would have moved to extreme cooling. But with watercooling I've always noticed more consitant temps as well as the fact that my tempature range is smaller on water than on air. Meaning that my temps don't fluctuate much on water, as they tend to on air. As far as cost goes, you have the option of buying a kit, or buying the parts seperately. Personally I started out with a kit, and then moved on to buying parts seperately. Either is fine, but piecing together a system may yeild slightly better results and will leave you with a greater sense of satisfaction and accomplishment. Your deciding factor on which to do should be based off of how much research your willing to do. At this point, people make kits that are very easy to install and require almost no case modification, although they do sometimes leave something to be desired aesthetically. That's pretty much all I can think of for now as far as a generalization of water cooling. It just requires a lot of research on the part of the indiviual if you decide water cooling is right for you.

[ClearCaseMan]

if you want information overload, try here every question on water cooling and phase change has been asked and answered here.

http://forums.procooling.com

[Senater_Cache]

http://cryo-laboratory.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=34

http://cryo-laboratory.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=185

If you have specific Qs, PM me or post them here

[Jen]

i have had air and water

i find water is best for my needs. this allows my system to be very quiet and to overclock further than air could

others will disagree, to each they do what is best for them


hugs

Jen