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Re:Completely Silent Computer by GordonS on Wednesday May 16, 2018 @06:54AM (#17081383)
How did temperatures compare between the 140mm Noctua and the AIO water cooler?

I'm looking at buying a new machine soon, and was actually looking at a Fractal Design case with either one of those 2 cooling systems.

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Re:Completely Silent Computer by 0xfeba on Wednesday May 16, 2018 @10:01PM (#17088111)
Temps are higher, as is spiking, but it never surpasses 70C, where when water-cooled, would never surpass 45C or so, IIRC.

This is a Ivy Bridge (IIRC) Core i5 at 4.0GHz.

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Re:Completely Silent Computer by GordonS on Thursday May 17, 2018 @10:02AM (#17091282)
Wow, that's a big difference. I would like it to be as quiet as possible, but also plan on running it nearly 24/7 for 5+ years, so I'll probably go for the AIO water cooler.
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Re:Completely Silent Computer by 0xfeba on Thursday May 17, 2018 @09:26PM (#17097919)
I had a Corsair H50, it lasted about 5 years or so. The pump died on it. It was actually quite annoying to track down. At idle it would run for an hour or two before shutting off. But start a game it would only last a few minutes.

Seems obvious in hindsight, but I had no fan (pump) speed warning or anything.

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