Cooling Ideas

[UMfanatic2k6]

I am currently housing my components in a Tt Armor VA8000BWS (I read almost all 320 reveiws on newegg at the time) its suppose to be one of the best, I am also using a Tt Big Typhoon (mind you I can never seem to put this thing on without rubbing alittle thermal paste around once the fance is set and quote un quote locked in place. I have all case fans attached and running, I am running a ATI Radeon X800 XT, 4gigs of XMS ram, and a X2 4400, I play some games (half life 2, doom 3, and some other things) I do alot of media stuff, music, dvds, pictures, graphics, home videos. Am I fine with this cooling solution or would I be better of perhaps going to liquid. In the fall I am going to be going to school again for IT so who knows what I might be running in addition to what I do now.

 

[Arkane13131]

well... how much do you overclock? ... i dont even know why you need the big typhoon lol the stock cooler works fine at stock settings.... but if your looking for a quiet solution.....or even overclocking...is it worth the money and the troubles of water cooling?

my cpu OC'd from 2ghz to 2.4ghz on the stock cooler and it never gets above 52C. ( I have an arctic freezer 64 coming... tomorrow actually lol just to keep temps under 50C)

i dont think water is necessary at all in your situation... you would be better off putting that money into a new videocard if youre just in the mood to blow some cash on your computer...... but if you don't game its not necessary.

i think for what you use it for that system is fine.