in 2015 heat pipe cooler are a dime a dozen and are mostly equally effective and all look the same.
i was thinking.
i like led lights.
would you buy a cpu cooler that had throughout the fins, led's, scores of blue light led's, that you plug in the fan connector that lights up the entire cooler like a christmas tree?
i would for a small price premium.
would you buy LED cpu cooler?
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Re: would you buy LED cpu cooler?
No no no and again no.
LEDs, CCFLs and acrylic cases that you have asked about recently are not highly thought of on SPCR. Anything that produces light means that power is used and that power equates to an amount of waste heat inside the case which would then require more cooling for a given temperature and hence more noise, all things being equal. In addtion there is the oft quoted fact that LED fans with their transparent, inflexible plastic are louder although this is difficult to prove.
So why are so suddenly asking about LED fans? If you want them, go and buy them but it isn't 2002 and therefore no one else likes them.
LEDs, CCFLs and acrylic cases that you have asked about recently are not highly thought of on SPCR. Anything that produces light means that power is used and that power equates to an amount of waste heat inside the case which would then require more cooling for a given temperature and hence more noise, all things being equal. In addtion there is the oft quoted fact that LED fans with their transparent, inflexible plastic are louder although this is difficult to prove.
So why are so suddenly asking about LED fans? If you want them, go and buy them but it isn't 2002 and therefore no one else likes them.
Re: would you buy LED cpu cooler?
i'm not talking LED fans. i'm talking led lights directly on the heat pipes and fins.edh wrote:No no no and again no.
LEDs, CCFLs and acrylic cases that you have asked about recently are not highly thought of on SPCR. Anything that produces light means that power is used and that power equates to an amount of waste heat inside the case which would then require more cooling for a given temperature and hence more noise, all things being equal. In addtion there is the oft quoted fact that LED fans with their transparent, inflexible plastic are louder although this is difficult to prove.
So why are so suddenly asking about LED fans? If you want them, go and buy them but it isn't 2002 and therefore no one else likes them.
led lights don't add much in either power or heat.
i want silent and blue lights.
i luv star wars light sabers.
Re: would you buy LED cpu cooler?
Well I don't like lighting on computers of any form. I disconnect power and hard disk LEDs if I find them too bright.
I would never buy a cooler with LEDs and I'm pretty certain most of the people on SPCR forums would not either. That is all I have to say on the topic but if you 'luv star wars light sabers' then feel free to buy them.
I would never buy a cooler with LEDs and I'm pretty certain most of the people on SPCR forums would not either. That is all I have to say on the topic but if you 'luv star wars light sabers' then feel free to buy them.
Re: would you buy LED cpu cooler?
oh ic. but i dont think led lights use much power. i guess led lights is like "noise" 4u. we both want silenceedh wrote:Well I don't like lighting on computers of any form. I disconnect power and hard disk LEDs if I find them too bright.
I would never buy a cooler with LEDs and I'm pretty certain most of the people on SPCR forums would not either. That is all I have to say on the topic but if you 'luv star wars light sabers' then feel free to buy them.
Re: would you buy LED cpu cooler?
Same here, and I'm always irritated by the LED light in my mouse, which is its only flaw.edh wrote:Well I don't like lighting on computers of any form.
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Re: would you buy LED cpu cooler?
I almost always use lightdims to reduce the led glare on my devices. Personally i don't see why anyone would want to add more...