Which is better cooling?

sbjlsmtj · Post by **sbjlsmtj** » 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

Major_A · Post by **Major_A** » Fri Feb 13, 2009 1:42 am

Personal thoughts...
I'd skip that water cooling system. You can probably get better cooling from an air solution. Or you should look at building a legit water cooling setup. On top of that I doubt that kit has the retention mount for the new Intel socket. As far as the case goes I'd say get what you like. I like to think of cases like a pair of shoes. What I like you might hate and vice versa.

Skippman · Post by **Skippman** » Fri Feb 13, 2009 7:38 am

I'm going to second the recommendation of a built it yourself solution. Having just made my first leap into the water cooling arena I can tell you it's fairly simple to get everything put together and selecting parts is critical. We have several water cooling experts (Diccea, Martian, Dan, Biohazzard) who can help with that. They made my install go very smoothly.

As for the NZXT Tempest I see now why it got all the high reviews it did, in design its very close to being a direct rip off of the Antec 900/1200 series of cases. One of the pictures (image 5) they show on thier website has what looks like a Swiftech MCR220 radiator bolted in there. If you can put one of those in the case I see no reason not to go with a build it yourself solution.

***EDIT - I should really read the whole product description. That IS a Swiftech MCR220 in there per NZXT's own site. ***

martini161 · Post by **martini161** » Fri Feb 13, 2009 9:01 am

yeah you can bolt 2x120mm rads to the tempest (minus the ones withe weird mountings like the thermochills) on the top two fans

pwcmed · Post by **pwcmed** » Fri Feb 13, 2009 5:40 pm

Here is a review for that case http://www.legitreviews.com/article/704/1/ but this is what really turns me on http://www.legitreviews.com/article/859/1/

Bio-Hazard · Post by **Bio-Hazard** » Fri Feb 13, 2009 10:43 pm

Build your own water cooling kit with at least a dual radiator for the i7's. They can get extremely warm when OC'd ............

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