Which is better cooling?
Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 12:00 am
Trying to figure out which would be the better cooling for this new system I'm trying to piece together...
Case ( Nzxt Tempest Gaming Tower Case w/420W Power Supply Black )
Power Supply ( 1000 Watt -- Ultra X3 Energy Efficient Modular Power Supply Quad SLI Ready )
Processor ( Intel Core i7 Processor 920 (4x 2.66GHz/8MB L3 Cache) )
Processor Cooling ( Asetek Liquid CPU Cooling Fan System Kit )
Motherboard ( Asus P6T Deluxe Intel X58 Chipset CrossFire and SLI Supported w/7.1 Sound, Triple-Channel DDR3, Dual Gb LAN, S-ATA Raid, USB 2.0, Three PCI-E MB )
Memory ( 12 GB [2 GB X6] DDR3-1333 Triple Memory Module Corsair XMS3 Dominator w/DHX technology )
Video Card ( 2x NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 1GB w/DVI + TV Out Video - running SLI mode )
Hard Drive ( Gaming HARD DRIVE [Serial ATA-300, 10,000 RPM] WD Velociraptor WD3000GLFS 300GB 16M Cache Hard Drive )
CD/DVD Drive ( [Lightscribe Technology] LG 22X Dual Format/Double Layer DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW Drive Black )
CD-RW/DVD-RW Drive ( [Lightscribe Technology] LG 22X Dual Format/Double Layer DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW Drive Black )
Sound Card ( Creative Lab Sound Blaster Audigy SE )
Operation System ( Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit )
I picked the Tempest Case due to the air flow rating and the price, is this a good case? From what I've read, it says it is but you all are the experts. Also, as you can see I am trying to go with a Liquid cooling system. The Asetek seems to do just ok on my old system...would I be better off using it or using a Thermaltake V1 CPU Cooling Fan System? Not sure which will be the best cooling for me.
Any ideas would be great.
Thanks
Case ( Nzxt Tempest Gaming Tower Case w/420W Power Supply Black )
Power Supply ( 1000 Watt -- Ultra X3 Energy Efficient Modular Power Supply Quad SLI Ready )
Processor ( Intel Core i7 Processor 920 (4x 2.66GHz/8MB L3 Cache) )
Processor Cooling ( Asetek Liquid CPU Cooling Fan System Kit )
Motherboard ( Asus P6T Deluxe Intel X58 Chipset CrossFire and SLI Supported w/7.1 Sound, Triple-Channel DDR3, Dual Gb LAN, S-ATA Raid, USB 2.0, Three PCI-E MB )
Memory ( 12 GB [2 GB X6] DDR3-1333 Triple Memory Module Corsair XMS3 Dominator w/DHX technology )
Video Card ( 2x NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 1GB w/DVI + TV Out Video - running SLI mode )
Hard Drive ( Gaming HARD DRIVE [Serial ATA-300, 10,000 RPM] WD Velociraptor WD3000GLFS 300GB 16M Cache Hard Drive )
CD/DVD Drive ( [Lightscribe Technology] LG 22X Dual Format/Double Layer DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW Drive Black )
CD-RW/DVD-RW Drive ( [Lightscribe Technology] LG 22X Dual Format/Double Layer DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW Drive Black )
Sound Card ( Creative Lab Sound Blaster Audigy SE )
Operation System ( Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit )
I picked the Tempest Case due to the air flow rating and the price, is this a good case? From what I've read, it says it is but you all are the experts. Also, as you can see I am trying to go with a Liquid cooling system. The Asetek seems to do just ok on my old system...would I be better off using it or using a Thermaltake V1 CPU Cooling Fan System? Not sure which will be the best cooling for me.
Any ideas would be great.
Thanks