How cool are you?

[Mr. Smith]

I'd like to ask every member to participate in this as our very own Ham is contemplating moving into phase production and he needs information about the market, what better place to start than here.

All you need to do is pick from the poll what cooling you use in your pc. Easy.

Can you also post a reply and answer the follwing Q's:

1. What product/s are you using to cool?

2. Are you prepred to use some of the other more 'extreme' cooling methods mentioned? If yes which ones.

3. If no, why not?

4. If you are prepared to use extreme cooling a) How much would you spend? b) What do you look for in the product? c) What is stopping you from doing this now?

 

[Mr. Smith]

Thought I'd kick this one off...

1. TEC and watercooling.

2. Yup, phase.

3. N/A

4. a) Ideally £300, realistically it would probably cost £400. b) Performance, looks, support. c) I just shelled out on a TEC setup.

 

[deathwish]

useing air at the moment

though goign to move to water as i am getting 45c im my sff

 

[equk]

1. What product/s are you using to cool?

2. Are you prepred to use some of the other more 'extreme' cooling methods mentioned? If yes which ones.

3. If no, why not?

4. If you are prepared to use extreme cooling a) How much would you spend? b) What do you look for in the product? c) What is stopping you from doing this now?

1. Freezer 7 Pro

2. Maybe

3. Sticking to air atm as it achieves good enough temps for the overclock and the money

4. If I was to buy some other sort of cooling, I'd get a phase system of some sort.

a) probably £300-£450

b) longevity, stability, build quality, performance & warranty

c) atm I feel happy enough on air as for overclocking I go more for "bang for buck" rather than the (e-peen)"omg I am teh 0wnz0r, 5ghz!!!"

 

[FarFarAway]

1: PC1: Water - Apogee GT, Laing D5, AC Evo 360 RAD, 1/2" bore pipes, DD Res

PC2 Air - Scythe Infinity

2: Yes maybe

4a: As little as humanely possible qithout compromising quality

4b: Performance, Build quality, Stability, Longevity & Warranty

4c: cba breaking stuff right now

 

[jiffz]

1. Air

2. No

3. Don't trust myself with water + electricity. Air is easier and gives a good enough overclock for me. Not as hardcore as the rest on here

 

[a1651]

1. Air (Thermalright XP-90, XP-90C and Ultra-120)

2. TEC; seems easier than watercooling.

3. N/A

4. (A) Not sure. (B)Build quality, performance and ease of use. (C) Cost.

 

[FragTek]

Back to air for me!

 

[WC Annihilus]

1. Air - TT BT

2. No

3. Cost. At my age and status, just can't spend that much money, specially if I screw up and kill something.

4. N/A

 

[BUFF]

1. air - mostly Thermalright XP-120

recently bought a Corsair Nautilus to dip my novice toe into watercooling - no doubt if I'm happy with that I'll progress to a more enthusuast level system.

2. no

3. hassle, cost, cba

 

[PV5150]

1. What product/s are you using to cool?

2. Are you prepred to use some of the other more 'extreme' cooling methods mentioned? If yes which ones.

3. If no, why not?

4. If you are prepared to use extreme cooling a) How much would you spend? b) What do you look for in the product? c) What is stopping you from doing this now?

1. PC1 - D-Tech Fuzion, MCW-60, dual MCP600's, Radiical 120.3, custom res and 1/2" tubing

PC2 - Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro (watercooling in process)

PC3 - Arctic Cooling Freezer 7

2. Purchasing Australian made phase unit mid year when I have time during my holidays to set it up.

3. n/a

4. a)AUS$5-600 max b) build quality, reliability, performance and warranty c) time

 

[AydST]

1. A vast array of Watercooling, Swifty, A.cool, Dtek, Danger Den, Tygon.. both in my Work machine and my Home machine.

2. No

3. I don't NEED it (yet) everything is running stable at 30ish degrees so I see no need at the moment, obviously this may change depending on what the future brings.

4.

a. Money no object - I'm a firm believer if it's worth doing, it's worth doing

well and I'd rather buy the right equipment first time to get it right, may have to save first but at least I'll know I've done it right.

b. I look for good build quality backed up by a helpful aftersales support, spares availability, upgrade options and probably looks come in to this as well, after all I'm a modern man with a modern home, don't want a rusty bucket next to my PC.

c. I just don't need this at the moment, not to say I'm not interested and also not to say that if the right product came along I wouldn't be tempted to throw caution to the wind and buy one. I must admit at the first glance of the OCZ unit recently shown I thought 'I want one'.....

 

[mrapoc]

1. Zalman CNPS7900 110mm

2. No

3. Can't afford it initially, also can't run the risk of screwing my hardware up as its quite expensive to replace on my eyes.

4. If it was easier and if i'd got the hang of water cooling then maybe I would consider it. £150 maybe, depending on my need for it and the benefits. I would like it to be a lot more accessible and as AydST said...some kind of aftersales support from a well known company

 

[Allsorts]

1. Watercooling

2. TEC possibly. Phase possibly. LN2 and DICE definately not!

3. LN2 and DICE are not very practical (for me).

4. a) All or nothing

b) Performance & reliability

c) Not really interested in uber-overclocking at the mo.

 

[darkorb]

1) Air - Stock heatsink for cpu, VF-700ALCU for GPU

2) If its free

3) Temps are ok. Oc'ing gpu max temps are 65, and cpu max temps at 2.6ghz is 48, and i cant go farther, so wouldnt need to get better cooling.

 

[Joe]

Me im on air .. damn im @ 3.4 GHZ on a C2D 6300 so im a happy bunny ...

But I do have a cooling upgrade in mind

 

[NickS]

1. Swiftech MCW6000/Swiftech MCR220/Hydor L30 II

2. Are you prepred to use some of the other more 'extreme' cooling methods mentioned? No, if I want extreme cooling I put my PC in the window during the winter months . Easy, cheap, and it works tbh.

3. If no, why not? See above

4. If you are prepared to use extreme cooling a) How much would you spend? Around $200-$500 b) What do you look for in the product? Reliability, efficiency, how much it costs to keep it going/powered, etc. c) What is stopping you from doing this now? Money.

 

[outrunner]

I'm cooling on air

 

[Toxcity]

1. Swiftech water cooling, awesome gear thanks to the OC3D comp.

2. not really..

3. Would love to, but I cannot afford it.

3. Bleh bleh bleh!

 

[NoL]

1. Danger den and swiftech for watercooling. Custom TEC apparti, and custom phase.

2. Find me more extreme.

3. N/A

4. N/A