Air or water?

sladesurfer · Post by **sladesurfer** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 10:16 am

Or

sladesurfer · Post by **sladesurfer** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 10:31 am

Whats the best silent pump? The mcp-350/355 has a loud buzzing noise. Annoys the crap out of me

DAve_M · Post by **DAve_M** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 2:53 am

there is no silent pump

sjoukew · Post by **sjoukew** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 1:13 pm

When there is air leaking, you don't have damage

thejamppa · Post by **thejamppa** » Sat Sep 08, 2007 9:13 am

And not to mention Air Coolings maitenance is 3 mins with pressurised air can and get the dust out with vacuum cleaner, where in water you need at least once a year, change liquids and clean entire system for preventing algae forming and other nasty things.

Das_Saunamies · Post by **Das_Saunamies** » Sat Sep 08, 2007 10:30 am

My vote for aircooling.

Watercooling is a huge investment with little return, and you can get just as good or even better results with plain old air - depending on setup. Maintenance and installation will be easier with aircooling, and you end up with fewer risk factors. In case you go to LAN parties or the like, watercooling will just be a burden as you have to take the plumbing apart and then reassemble and possibly refill it once at the scene.

Watercooling still makes noise(often quite noticeable amounts of it), and it's a tougher job setting it up and keeping it running. It's a specialised solution for special jobs, and I don't see a reason to recommend it for silent computing.

nzone · Post by **nzone** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 10:14 am

Is that an 9700 NT? How is the noise property?

fresh · Post by **fresh** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 1:56 pm

Not long ago, water cooling was a necessity for a silent or overclocked computer, but since heat pipes made it in, I don't see a reason to ever go back to water cooling.

It's so much easier silencing fans than water pumps.