I am confused

[youpla]

Well I have been watercooling my rigs for a while now and was hoping to get my new project running on WC but well it turned out I couldn't do it as I wanted so I ended up installing the default Intel CPU fan cooler, my old zalman GPU fan cooling system (on 5V),a 92mm papst fan on the side panel and 2 x 120mm on the front and back of the case...

The PC is virtually silent compared to my watercooled shuttle and I got amazing temps on everything

CPU core1: 31C

CPU core2: 33C

MB: 28C

System: 34C

HDD:34C

Those idle temps are 8 to 10C less than what I have in my watercooled shuttle... Couldn't check load temp yet...

Go figure!!!???

My question is, do you think I will decrease my temp more with watercooling (in a newer, bigger case), by how much? Is it really worth it or not!?

 

[FragTek]

Its going to depend on the caliber of parts you use to watercool with... If you buy crap parts and a small rad you will see worse temps. If you buy quality parts and a suitable sized radiator you should see a good decrease in temps over what you see now.

 

[youpla]

Thanks frag, I beleive I bought some pretty good WC parts for my current project, so I think I will give it another try in a new case so I can mount everything more easily than on the case I just used.

I have to agree that my watercooling in my shuttle is far from being the best, mostly passive watercooling with only a small 80mm rad But it was doing a good job keeping all my temps in a reasonable range...