# Computer Nerd content inside: Watercooled my gaming PC **URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/computer-nerd-content-inside-watercooled-my-gaming-pc/249833 **Category:** Shift518 Off Topic **Created:** [January 19, 2010, 9:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/computer-nerd-content-inside-watercooled-my-gaming-pc/249833 "2010-01-19T09:46:25Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 16
### Author: ![KrazyKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/krazykid/32/6371_2.png) [@KrazyKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KrazyKid) #### Post date: [January 21, 2010, 6:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/computer-nerd-content-inside-watercooled-my-gaming-pc/249833/16 "2010-01-21T06:14:49Z")
> [@In need of a hot girl for...](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/in-need-of-a-hot-girl-for/28376/98): > > Looks great man! I have that same air cooler in my setup. I’ve been thinking about liquid cooling for years but never got around to it. How much did the whole setup end up running ya? CPU block: $65 Chipset block: $90 Mosfets: $80 GPU block: $140 Tubing: $20 Clamps: $12 240 Rad on back: $65 120 rad on bottom: $50 Water: $40 Res and Pump: $65 Ultra Kaze fans: $60 ($12ea) little 120 fan: $10 The rest of the stuff I had already so the water cooling stuff only was about $697 (prices off the top of my head) But thats all pieced together and best of the best pieces i could find. > [@George Bush collapses bridge in Bay area...](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/george-bush-collapses-bridge-in-bay-area/28512/29): > > Awesome man looks great! > > Ehh I really don’t see a need for watercooling anymore to be honest unless you just wanna be a dyno queen so to speak… I cant think of what to call it. > > Most AMD and Intel processors now in the 45nm and now 32nm can be overclocked extremely well with just a decent air cooling setup, they dont get as hot when overclocking as older processors used to and even when getting a little toasty they handle heat much better. > > Theres quite a few good heatsinks out there for CPU’s that are just as efficent as watercooling setups, although aftermarket air GPU setups are still lacking due to the inability for them to have a huge whopping heatsink on them. > > Realisticly IMO unless you care about having a bad ass setup and the best possible numbers you can max out of your system just to say you did I dont see a neeed for watercoolign anymore. > > Mike im not trying to take away from your setup at all man, thats just my opinion. Its cool man, thanks for the props. I hear you on the reasoning to a point. I did it for the project and learning how to do it. I learned alot about fluid dynamics, fan blade design how it relates to pressure, cfm, noise… lots of cool shit. I got the fans hooked up to my motherboard aux connectors and now I can crank them up to 100% and everything inbetween. for some reason the NZXT controller would only let them big fans get up to 1500rpm. Anyway. with it cranked up full bore it is louder than a server, but my idle temp is 27deg CPU and GPU. Max temp sofar with the GPU at 4.45ghz 1.4V it hit 46C and the GPU cranked up alot already doesnt hit more than 41C! Prior Air setup was CPU around 65C and GPU around 70C… thats a giant difference. If I turn the fans down to 15% the idle only rises to about 31 and never maxes out past 55C on gpu and cpu… and it is almost silent! that says alot for the setup I think. Last night I hit 19,675 points on 3dMark06! I am happy so far. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/computer-nerd-content-inside-watercooled-my-gaming-pc/249833)._