Quote Originally Posted by NaeKuh View Post
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People really amaze me.

You guys watercool instead of going 1 up tier, and thats funny.

Personally id get the highest end EQ, then add water later.
Not get mid tier EQ and water at the same time.

A long time ago, about 5-6yrs ago... reason why we watered was we didnt need to upgrade.
We take out kit, and move it over to another platform without needing anymore then a cpu mount.

Now board blocks and GPU FC blocks change everything. There is no lets take this to the new platform when we upgrade.

So in my eyes then, Highest Tier EQ first... then the accessories which is the blocks next.

And a P55 loaded will NEVER beat a X58 loaded.
The X58 loaded will cost 70% more tho.
i understand where youre coming from but by that logic we should all have Core i7 965's or whatever the baddest one is before we oc... there are plenty of people out here who dont do everything at once nor can they afford to so they are doign what they can with a P55 system and wish to watercool it later. after doing some research i now realize i could easily get away with just a new block for the cpu and leave air cooling on everything and be just fine unless there is some pwm power on the board in which case i'd want to put a block on that. either way im not goign with core i7... i dont edit movies or run the WCG stuff or use my box as a server so the extra memory bandwidth is really just an extra cost, i also dont plan on ever running more than one video card again... at the time i bought my board and CPU the 780i was the baddest thing i could find and the Q6600 was the baddest cpu i could find before the next step up was double the price... and it was a waste... id rather get 85-90% of the performance for 50% of the cost now... thats why we are dealing with P55

sorry for the long rant.