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Allanon Shadeslayer
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I have had a liquid cooling system on my processor for about two years now. But my computer is in the most thermally unstable room in the house. Three huge windows make it freezing in the winter and scorching in the summer. unfortunately, it's the summer time now. But I've noticed something peculiar. The temperature on my processor tends to fluctuate much more than the video card temperature.

I'm wondering if the liquid is more sensitive to room temperature than just a straight fan and heat sink. Maybe the liquid is absorbing the room temperature too well (propalyn glycol). So it becomes oversaturated before it can cool the processor

Any thoughts?

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Allanon Shadeslayer
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nobody?

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BiggAdd
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Quote: "nobody? "


Please don't double post. This is not MSN, it is a forum. People will respond in their own time.

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charger bandit
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I would say get rid of liquid cooling and get a proper air cooling system. It will be cheaper and much more efficient.


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TheComet
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Quote: "and much more efficient"


I disagree.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080128174732AAxnkkH

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Allanon Shadeslayer
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my apologies. I thought I was allowed to "bump" the post to keep it visible.

really? an air cooling system would be more efficient? I've always heard liquid cooling gave you a cooler system.

What about my question of the room temperature? Do you think the liquid is getting presaturated?

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charger bandit
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I meant in "efficient" as consumption,fans only take a bit of power while liquid cooling requires liquid,expensive system and if something goes wrong the whole computer goes to hell. Some very good air cooling systems will give great temperatures,the cost is cheap and it consumes almost no power. It has only one slight flaw,noise. But you can give a few extra bucks and buy a quiet air cooled system.


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bitJericho
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Well, air or liquid cooling won't make your computer run cooler than room temperature, because the air moving over the heatsink in an air or water cooling setup is at room temperature (unless you're using an electric cooler). So, keep the house cooler if you expect your cooling to do the job, or expect your computer to run hotter than normal.

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