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Power Water Cooling Kits

Posted by michael on from the sultry-summer-days dept.

msolnik writes: "Toms Hardware has but together a head to head comparison of 4 different water cooling kits. Instead of buying each part seperately these kits come with everything needed. I would love to use water cooling but there is just something about having water inside of my case that makes me very uneasy. But for all you hardcore overclockers out there this may help you out a lot."

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  1. Maybe it's just me by Wind_Walker · · Score: 4, Insightful
    Personally, I never really understood the whole "overclocking" thing myself. I tweak my computer system, sure. But the things I tweak are (in the old days) loading locations in high memory of my modules within CONFIG.SYS, or I tweak the settings of Netscape or online games to satisfy my own personal preferences...

    But in terms of voiding warranties, possibly destroying hardware, and overheating delicate computer systems, I never really had the urge to do it. I just can't understand the reasoning behind overclocking a processor just to squeeze a couple of extra megahertz out of it, when it's nearly impossible to tell the difference between MHz these days.

    Any overclockers care to enlighten me regarding the reasoning behind overclocking?

    1. Re:Maybe it's just me by cavemanf16 · · Score: 5, Insightful
      I overclock. It's the difference between adjusting the heat settings, mirrors, seat positions, and radio volume on your car, and putting on a fat exhaust, aftermarket boom radio, and an intercooler for more speed and 'wow!' factor. Not only does it make your computer go just a bit faster, but it's for bragging rights too. It's fun. It's the hardware side of script kiddies, maybe to a degree (but not nearly as disruptive to everyone else :-p ).

      Sure, overclocking doesn't need to be done, but some people enjoy it, like me, but I hate fiddling with trying to code or decode programs. Boring! But if that's what floats your boat, great! :)

      Hope that helps.

    2. Re:Maybe it's just me by Yazheirx · · Score: 3, Insightful

      I just can't understand the reasoning behind overclocking a processor just to squeeze a couple of extra megahertz out of it, when it's nearly impossible to tell the difference between MHz these days

      It is the same reasons that some guys will not be happy until they get another five horsepower out of a 350 horsepower engine:

      curiosity - What can I get out of this system

      The thrill of control

      Striving to reach the ultimate efficiency

      Mental exercise - For those of us who are not ultimate coders we can at least show some intellect with our hardware

      Because we can

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    3. Re:Maybe it's just me by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

      >Personally, I never really understood the whole "overclocking" thing myself.

      Me neither:

      Athlon CPU, 1.4GHz: $100
      Water cooling: $350
      Case mods: $150

      Total: $600

      Let's say this is overclocked to 1.7GHz.
      Buying the 1.7GHz Athlon costs about $200 over here.
      What the hell is the point? Sure it may be cool, but I can think of many other ways to have fun while spending 400 bucks.

  2. Anything that makes less noise by Neorej · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I don't care what kind of cooling my system uses I just wish they will one day come up with something QUIET!

    I mean, listening to all them fans is irritating enough, I don't need an addition of gurgling and refrigerator noises, however appropriate those may be in some games.

    I, for one, would be really happy if they started making AMD athlon XP 2000 processors, clocked down to the equivalent of an athlon 1Ghz. Fast enough for most purposes and maybe that'll allow me to ditch the fan and the accompanying noise.

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  3. Why? by The+Evil+Twin · · Score: 3, Insightful

    In the days of the Celeron 300a this made sense⦠but now? I mean how much difference, REALLY, do you notice between 100 and 120 fps? Or how much better is your life going to get if your kernel compile is 1.2 seconds faster?

    Donâ(TM)t get me wrong⦠faster is always good⦠but the costs⦠some people spend more money on overclocking gear for there machine then it would cost to just buy the faster processor in the first place. There is also the noise that all this stuff generates. I would much rather spend the extra money to make my computer more quieter.

    Just my 2 cents CDN (about 0.3 cents USD)

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  4. I propose... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    I propose a new topic for cooling. I enjoy hardware news as much as the next geek, but last thing I need is to see a Cooling-Story-of-the-Week. Please, 90% of us don't care in the very least, and we're the most hardcore of the hardcore. Make it a topic (icon possibilities are endless! think about it!) for this so we can filter it.