Nope, and no disrespect here to Naekuh, and others, that is serious overkill, and a waste of money.3/ Other members comments/input request: is Naekuh's setup representative of the average XS member?
I run a single-loop, dual-quad Xeons, as well as an ATi 5990, and on a single Feser 240, with fans running 1200-1300rpm, and yes, even in Melbourne summer temps, I can keep it running full-load for days on end, and yet have to have a BSOD or any issues.
I guess, Gabe, the biggest problem is perceptions on what modern electronics can handle, what are acceptable temps vs what we all think it should run at.
95% of Watercoolers nowadays go wayyyy overkill, simply because of the availability of components.
Oh yeah, and in some cases, epeen
But, in all honesty, a $2000 watercooled setup won't give much overclocking headroom over say, a well-planned and implemented $400 setup. Been there, done that, and as I have stated time and time again, if you want to unlock the overclocking potential of your system, you simply HAVE TO go phase-change.
I have been in the Futuremark Hall of Fame Top 10 enough times to know that, and to know that for a very reliable, 24/7 watercooling system, simpler is mostly always more reliable.
I do run dual DDC's on my Blackbird system though, but simply for redundancy, as this PC is a doing services as a process simulator, and I would like to keep availability as high as possible.
My simple point is that we're spending way to much money on watercooling due to the 'expert' advise often dished out, with no scientific substance to back it up.
In our Industrial control platforms, and Scanning platforms, consisting of very delicate electronics, traversing a web of paper, running at 1000+ m/m, with ambients of 48 deg C +, we watercool these very sensitive beta-radiation weight, IR moisture, Optical color, and laser-caliper measurement sensors, and the best part is, we actually use heaters to stabilise the water-temp at 35 deg C, on the other end, we have a heat-exchanger interfaced to tap-water, at around 20 deg C.
What makes water better is the fact that it can absorb so much heat, and act as a damper for those sharp transient temps you find with aircooling, at an acceptable equilibrium temp - and this is the point of contention in threads like these - what is acceptable = well, much higher than what most think.
Anyway, just my opinion, and no offense to anyone - if you like the way you do it, no worries, then do it - with watercooling, and the latent heat capacity of water, you'd have to be really silly to end up with a system doing worse than standard aircooling
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