jsimmons
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join:2000-04-24
Falls Church, VA
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Re: Water/Liquid Cooling vs Fan Cooling ?
said by RobNyc  :Is Liquid Cooling really more silent than fan/air cooling ? It CAN be, if done with proper design.
Water is a much better thermal conductor than air so water will pull the heat away from hot parts better than air and do it basically silently, assuming the water pump is quiet. The noise typically comes from an inadequately designed radiator/fan system which then has to dissipate the heat from the water.
With a radiator with lots of surface area, good unrestricted air flow through the fins, and larger fans that can move more air at lower RPM, you can achieve near silence. Granted, you can achieve nearly the same level of silence just cooling on air alone, but you won't pull nearly the same amount of heat as a well designed water solution. Thats why the vast majority of cars on the road use water cooling to keep the engines cool.
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Tikker_LoS
join:2004-04-29
Regina, SK
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| said by jsimmons : Thats why the vast majority of cars on the road use water cooling to keep the engines cool. well
part of it is also that it's way cheaper to do water cooling in a car than sticking a big honking passive cooler on it
with PC's now, with the right kind of power management combined with big honking heatsinks and fans, you can get very near silent without the hassle of water
water is really only important if you're going to run VERY hot
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jsimmons
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Falls Church, VA
| said by Tikker_LoS :said by jsimmons : Thats why the vast majority of cars on the road use water cooling to keep the engines cool. water is really only important if you're going to run VERY hot eg. overclocking like a fiend Agreed... I'm a staunch "Air-Man" 
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