Thermal Electric Cooling or Watercooling?

Edd01 · 07-10-2007, 03:43 PM

I See that there are 2 ways of going about with cooling i have a Lian Li 60B i dunno if a water cooling system will fit in there anyway unless i for over another 200 dollars for the V1000+ versions unless you can provide me a alternate cheaper yet reliable case for watercooling :D.

anyways long story short i can't decide which to go with i have a Core 2 Duo 6600 2.4Ghz i want something that will help my gaming and keep my pc running tip top shape i only have the retail fan i recieved with the cpu and planning on maybe getting the Zalman CNPS9700LED or Ultra / ChillTec / Socket 939/775/AM2 / Thermal Electric CPU Cooler bothe come with a controller for adjusting the fan speed just that the ultra one is higher quality but more expensive. i can fork over the 150 to buy it though so if you were in my position would you go for watercooling or thermal electric cooling.

**pharoah** · 07-10-2007, 06:22 PM

unless you plan on some serious overclocking that zalman 9700 will be fine.

**blackduck30** · 07-13-2007, 11:15 PM

I agree that the zalaman make a great cooler and will keep your PC at a reasonable temp.
I am a water cooling fan tho and depending on what kit you get can achieve great results. I have used a cheap water cooling kit and now moved up to a swiftech unit and i couldn't be happier

**Kalim** · 07-14-2007, 09:10 AM

Agreed with pharoah. Unless you're after 3.5GHz+ overclocking, stick with what you have, as it's healthy, cheap and fine for the system.

07-10-2007, 03:43 PM	#1 (permalink)
Edd01 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: New Jersey Posts: 94 OS: WinXP My System	Thermal Electric Cooling or Watercooling? I See that there are 2 ways of going about with cooling i have a Lian Li 60B i dunno if a water cooling system will fit in there anyway unless i for over another 200 dollars for the V1000+ versions unless you can provide me a alternate cheaper yet reliable case for watercooling :D. anyways long story short i can't decide which to go with i have a Core 2 Duo 6600 2.4Ghz i want something that will help my gaming and keep my pc running tip top shape i only have the retail fan i recieved with the cpu and planning on maybe getting the Zalman CNPS9700LED or Ultra / ChillTec / Socket 939/775/AM2 / Thermal Electric CPU Cooler bothe come with a controller for adjusting the fan speed just that the ultra one is higher quality but more expensive. i can fork over the 150 to buy it though so if you were in my position would you go for watercooling or thermal electric cooling.

07-10-2007, 06:22 PM	#2 (permalink)
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07-14-2007, 09:10 AM	#4 (permalink)
Kalim Roaming To Help Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 5,642 OS: Many	Re: Thermal Electric Cooling or Watercooling? Agreed with pharoah. Unless you're after 3.5GHz+ overclocking, stick with what you have, as it's healthy, cheap and fine for the system.