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Originally Posted by Billup
I'll probably catch some grief from some of you techies for this, but oh well.
Platform - Alienware Aurora
Operating System - Windows 7 Home Premium 64Bit
Processors - Intel Core™ i7-4820K Processor (10M Cache, 3.90 GHz)
Memory 16GB (4 X 4GB) Quad Channel DDR3 at 1600MHz
Keyboard - Artikuno something or other
Monitor - Dell 24'' Ultrasharp
Video Cards - Dual 1.5GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 GDDR5 - NVIDIA SLI Enabled
Mouse - Microsoft Sidewinder
Optical Drive Single Drive - 24X CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW) w/double layer write capability
Sound Card - Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio w/ $20 Logitech speakers lol
Cooling - Standard Liquid Cooling
All I really use it for is finances and Counter-Strike:GO and photo editing. Does the job. Plus it illuminates a bunch of different colors when I turn the lights down to get dirty with the old lady. Ambiance enhancer, haha.
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That seems like a lot of power for just one game and finances, no? Pretty badass!
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Originally Posted by Notion-Za
Things to take away:
The cosmos II is stupidly big
Watercooling looks the business but is way too much effort.
1 780 rapes sli'd 680s (Thanks to Nvidia and their "amazing" driver support.)
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Watercooling is awesome, but it is a lot of effort, as noted above.
A properly ventilated and air cooled case, with the right amount of space for air flow, and fans placed in the right locations, will work just fine for most users and even most gamers. This coming from someone who has had watercooling on PC's before. I prefer my setup now, without water cooling, just for ease of use. Cleaning dust off is much easier (to me) than replacing coolant/water and all the trouble that comes with it.
If you really need the juice, and really need to OC a lot (hardcore/graphics intense gaming, pro video editing), then you need more efficient cooling. For your casual user, watercooling is not necessary.