Quote Originally Posted by gojirasan View Post
To be sure, I just rechecked the overclocking section and it seems that there are air cooling setups reaching 4.7 to 4.9 Ghz. Are you beating that on water and if so by how much? People are talking about the Cryo-Z getting a dual core to 5Ghz. So the same argument could really be made for (single stage) phase. But the practicality argument remains pretty good as far as I can see. Of course there are potential noise and longevity arguments as well. But as far as sheer performance per dollar air cooling is absolutely unbeatable.
You're also forgetting that having a tricked out liquid cooled rig is t3h sex