SpiderPig Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 Hey guys, any one here have a water cooled rig? I'm thinking of doing mine as I'm tired of all the dust inside and on the fan inlets but don't know much about water cooling... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJO Games Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 I had water cooling on my previous build (AMD FX-8350) and it was effective at cooling that super hot CPU but dust remained an issue - more so actually as the cooling radiator resembled the fins on the back of a refrigerator which made them harder to clean than a normal air-cooled setup. To see a benefit I think it really depends on the CPU and what type of load it is under. Water cooling was really the only effective solution for the FX-8350 CPU that I found but it was also noisy and needed a lot of ongoing maintenance. My current setup i3 10105f which is equivalent to the FX-8350 (four core - eight threads) but much less power hungry and never as warm is air cooled and I haven't found any issues with this yet. If dust is a problem I don't think the water cooling option will change that - only passive cooling will prevent that and for effective passive cooling you will need an under-powered CPU or an expensive case (or both)... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpiderPig Posted January 22 Author Share Posted January 22 Thanks for the info. Dust is my main problem and I thought less fans meant less dust but I can see that might not be the case... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJO Games Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 Yeah you don't really want to reduce fans with water cooling and the main fan that you have built in to cooling is - if you buy the right one is much more powerful than a standard air cooler - more like a case fan - you still need to provide air flow into the case as well so in effect you are increasing air-flow - hence more dust! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpiderPig Posted January 22 Author Share Posted January 22 Ah I see. Glad I asked before buying one, thanks 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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