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Discussion in 'Overclocking, Cooling and Modding' started by aeronautica, Jul 12, 2004.

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  1. SOB Banned Posts: 150

    i hear ya

    that fan noise, gets on your nerves.
    SOB, Jul 17, 2004
    #21

  2. Godataloss Newcomer, in training Posts: 501

    I would love to water cool my alien ware navigator pro and put it in the living room. Any sff coolers?

    I see my next pc as liquid cooled with an external power supply. I thnk its only a matter of time before we see gfx cards oem bathed in coolant and ready to be conected to our pumps. Christ, my gf just got a new compressor for her accord and it was less than $100. Why is it such rocket science when koolance applies WATER cooling to a pc?
    Godataloss, Jul 17, 2004
    #22

  3. ---agissi--- TechSpot Paladin Posts: 2,369   +9

    Well be careful, cuz water cooling rigs do have fans (unless you get a special fanless Zalman radiator).
    ---agissi---, Jul 17, 2004
    #23

  4. aeronautica Newcomer, in training Posts: 30

    yeah, I know those koolance cases still have a few small fans on top of the radiator, but those can't be that noisy can they? They're tiny. I guess I could always rig up one of those passive radiators like so
    aeronautica, Jul 17, 2004
    #24

  5. ---agissi--- TechSpot Paladin Posts: 2,369   +9

    Actually tiny fans tend to be really loud, and bigger fans tend to be quiter, because with a bigger fan, you can spin it slower, ala not make as much noise, and still push lots of air cuz the fan is big :)

    And on top of the Koolance cases, resides 3 (or is it 2?) 120mm fans, and if you've ever seen a 120mm fan, its pretty damn big :D

    From memory of reading reviews, they have a sensor, and the hotter your cpu runs the faster they spin (making them louder), but if your cpu runs cool and isnt very hot they'll just remain on the lowest settings, which isnt very noisy.

    You could just do what I do, get a slk900, and pop a silent/20db 92mm Zalman fan on there ;) Or any heatsink for that matter, and just put a silent fan on it (21db and below is silent/quiet)
    ---agissi---, Jul 17, 2004
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  6. Godataloss Newcomer, in training Posts: 501

    Godataloss, Jul 21, 2004
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  7. ---agissi--- TechSpot Paladin Posts: 2,369   +9

    Yea but thats watercooling just for a videocard.. Im sure you could get some more tubes and a cpu waterblock, but you'd probably want a better pump because I doubt that one is made for distances longer than just the gpu waterblock. Also I'd want a bigger reservoir.
    ---agissi---, Jul 21, 2004
    #27

  8. Godataloss Newcomer, in training Posts: 501

    yep.:grinthumb

    Pumps are usually rated on flowrate and lift so the distance from the pump should not adversly effect the flow unless it increases the necessary lift.
    Godataloss, Jul 21, 2004
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  9. ---agissi--- TechSpot Paladin Posts: 2,369   +9

    My point about the pump was, I doubt its a very good one for anything more than cooling 1/one videocard and no more, but I could be wrong.
    ---agissi---, Jul 21, 2004
    #29

  10. Godataloss Newcomer, in training Posts: 501

    Actually increasing the flow wouldn't necessarily increase the cooling- unless the radiator could exchange the heat.
    Godataloss, Jul 21, 2004
    #30
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