Quote Originally Posted by Baron_Davis View Post
No need to water cool a video card, that's pretty much the biggest waste of money ever and I'll tell you why. After market coolers do the job fine if you wanna replace stock, and I highly doubt you're gonna get that much more of an overclock, if at all, unless you're volt modding your card, which I've done before, and it's not worth it imo. My Sapphire 4890 can go to 1GHz+ on the core, so unless your water cooled equivalent can do a lot more than that, then I don't see the point in paying 100 bucks for a nice water block. Especially with good heat sink VGA coolers like the Musashi, Twin Turbo, HR-03, and the T-RAD2. Oh, and they're near silent.

You "power users" can love custom WC all you want, I just don't think it's worth it, and it never will be because even if the prices magically dropped, it would still be too much of a hassle, and the maintenance is not worth it for the performance (or the noise).
my 2900xt was able to hit 940mhz core, at 1.35v and at 50C with my radiator fans a 7v and dead silent. water cooling is not just about higher OC or lower temps, its also lower noise.

it is very possible to get a great watercooling rig for a low cost if your willing to do some work, and for some of us modding is the best part. my black duel heatercores look pretty sick, and cost me only 20$ a piece, and will always be strong enough to handle any configuration i throw at it. my WC setup also forced me to build a custom acrylic case from scratch. spend about 100$ on the case, but its the best case i have ever owned that fits my needs exactly, and its 100% mine. weeks of work = great self respect.

customizing a computer is not epeen, its a hobby, and a work of art for some, so please stop bashing it.