| Venji said: Looks very cool, but why are did you decide to go for an Air cooler and not water cool the CPU? Love how the red water tubes match your motherboard  |
Thanks!
I actually have a EK Supreme HF CPU waterblock and another rad sitting next to me which probably won't ever be used. (150 bucks wasted I guess)
I didn't want to use them because:
1. I realized I just wasn't skilled enough in setting this up to add another rad and watercooling to this rig and make everthing look neat and all the tubes secure. I didn't get any extra bushings either and you really need those if you're to bend the tubes in all kinds of directions. Id just be risking possible spillage, an no one wants to see that...lol
2. Noctua C14 are really amazing air heatsinks and were on sale for 70 bucks. They were recommended to me very highly by some people and really are the shit....CPU does around 33 at idle and sub 50 when under heavy stress. This is Overclocked to 4.0 in a hot muggy room.
3. Most of the heat in setups like this comes from video cards and once that heat is gone, CPU doesn't really need that extreme cooling in place. Unless you want to hit 5.0, which I don't...
