Air cooling vs Water cooling

[ekamdeep]

vcore is around 1.264
and the ambient temp here is around 35C
and my i7-920 is do version
my case also does not have very good ventilation

[Spreadie]

...the ambient temp here is around 35C

Hot as hell, nuff said.

[scaryjim]

Does 3x FANs count a "lots"? :-P

It's 2 more than a tower cooler with one 120mm fan and no case fans It's more fans than I have in total on any of my PCs, I think (assuming you've not got a fanless PSU?). So it might not be "a lot", but it's still pretty active The flow of air won't be much different to 2 case fans and a fan on the cooler - you'll be removing slightly less heat directly from the CPU but shifting more hot air out of the case. And sticking one of those 120mm fans on the cooler isn't going to significantly increase your noise levels either...

[Bonebreaker777]

Agree on that.
I myself got a i5-3470 with passive cooling and 3x 120mm case fans. And a PSU. FANs under 800RPM.
On the Haswell system there are two 120mm FANs in parallel connection so they are inaudible but better that plain passive cooling
Asked the owner to take some pics tonight and instructed him to do the stress test with OCCT and mail me the results.

EDIT: Here are some pictures of the Haswell system. http://jpegbay.com/gallery/002960956-1.html#1

[glomper99]

It depends on the budget. A top end air cooler e.g. Noctua NH-D15 will be a more practical and quieter solution, while a comparable AIO will be noisier and take up more space in you case.

[Wam7]

It depends on the budget. A top end air cooler e.g. Noctua NH-D15 will be a more practical and quieter solution, while a comparable AIO will be noisier and take up more space in you case.

Actually an AIO can give you more space in your case. The H100i allows me to use the first PCI-E slot on my motherboard while any high end air cooler i.e. D15 etc. makes it unusable. Plus there are no issues with the height of RAM modules; though the D15 goes some way to alleviate that.

[SkullyJR]

CLCs are cleaner looking but expensive, good air lookers are cheaper and perform similarly but don't look that nice and take up a lot of space.

[Zhaix]

If you can afford to and have the patience to set up a custom loop, then your computer will run at amazing temperatures. However, as previously stated, it is more expensive than just buying an air cooler or a closed-loop cooler, both of which can run at very good temperatures also.

[mrham4321]

Depends on the air cooler. Some don't look so good but some like the Dark Rock Pro 3, look amazing, and outperform equivalently priced CLCs in cooling performance and noise.

[Wordsmither]

I'm fiercely opposed to introducing water to my computer.

The D14 rivals most water coolers anyway.

[PlayerAsleep]

You can get decent Air coolers for not much money. Id go air for the price vs performance

[woodi]

Water cooling gives better temps but i think a big reason many go to water cooling is for the much better noise levels and better aesthetics