What Setup?

[T.A.K]

I have been skimming through all my options and I can't choose between:

Silverstone FT02 with NH-D14 $250+$90=$340

And

Cooler Master 690 II with 240 Rad $100+$250=$350

I know that the NH-D14 is a kick ass cooler and can compete with the water cooling. I just really like the "feel" of water cooling and dislike the space the NH-D14 takes up.

I also bet the NH-D14 will make better temps in a case like the FT02 with the heat dissipating with the fans.

So air cooling in a superb air cooling case or moderate water cooling in a cheaper but moderate case?

I am just looking to measure up pro's and con's that you can all help me pick out. (If you are wondering)

Edit: This is mostly about case issues and such because I know the NH-D14 can handle it's own and I don't plan on OC'ing the CPU to the point where I have to tweak the voltage too high.

 

[thestepster]

first off the bat the noctua is an air cooler it doesnt even come close to a proper watercooling set up done right, and secondly your sayin about doing a moderate watercooling set up is this in terms of what your cooling or the quality of the parts cause if your not going to do it with the best stuff out there then there is no point and just stick with the noctua cause to get a quality wc set up your going to have to spend a lot of money

then u said u dont want to go to high voltages what is high voltages to you? what cpu are you cooling? what clocks do you want to achieve?

noctua here is £60 and your sorted

watercooling would will need a rad, tubing, pump, waterblock, barbs, coolant, additives and a reservoir and this can set you back in the region of £200 and aimed more at ppl wanting to get extreme clocks out there cpu's

and i just noticed the thing about space, the watercooling loop will take up much more space but more distributed about the case

 

[T.A.K]

first off the bat the noctua is an air cooler it doesnt even come close to a proper watercooling set up done right, and secondly your sayin about doing a moderate watercooling set up is this in terms of what your cooling or the quality of the parts cause if your not going to do it with the best stuff out there then there is no point and just stick with the noctua cause to get a quality wc set up your going to have to spend a lot of money

then u said u dont want to go to high voltages what is high voltages to you? what cpu are you cooling? what clocks do you want to achieve?

noctua here is £60 and your sorted

watercooling would will need a rad, tubing, pump, waterblock, barbs, coolant, additives and a reservoir and this can set you back in the region of £200 and aimed more at ppl wanting to get extreme clocks out there cpu's

and i just noticed the thing about space, the watercooling loop will take up much more space but more distributed about the case

I am waiting for the i5 2500K so I cant exactly say that it will need water cooling because they might run cooler than I can expect. It is also just tweaking with the multiplier so the voltage is a little had to toss out.

If you look at my post I put about 250 dollars(£160) to water cooling. It is indeed a more expensive setup than the Noctua, hence a different case and they come up around even. The water cooling wil only be around $20 (£12.68)more expensive but it is well worth the price for the cooling advantage.

 

[thestepster]

post up what your going to use on a loop mate and other ppl will tell u if its a good choice i aint a wc expert i just know that on an i7 u can get 1.35v through it and the noctua can cope with that no problemo

the sandybridges overclockin potential wont be around till jan when tom gets the NDA lifted (thats if he's got a K model)

 

[T.A.K]

post up what your going to use on a loop mate and other ppl will tell u if its a good choice i aint a wc expert i just know that on an i7 u can get 1.35v through it and the noctua can cope with that no problemo

the sandybridges overclockin potential wont be around till jan when tom gets the NDA lifted (thats if he's got a K model)

I have been looking at:

MCP35X-RES (alost 18 LPM)

MCR220-QP-K (240 Rad)

Combined with 3/8th ID Tubing

A waterblock for the 1155 boards needs to be brought to my attention considering I don't know of any ATM.

The loop will be:

Res/Pump combo>Radiator>CPU block>Reservoir>Pump

Rad being mounted on the top of the case pulling air in and the pump/res mounted onto the side below the 120mm exhaust fan.