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XSPC RayStorm 750 RS360 Kit Review
Posted by Philipp Esselbach on: 12/11/2012 11:18 AM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
Vortez posted a review on the XSPC RayStorm 750 RS360 Kit
'You're going to do what'? Is normally the first question out of people's mouths when you mention your intentions of watercooling your PC. To the uninitiated, water and sensitive,expensive electronics simply do not go well together.
In years gone by, watercooling was very much a dark art that went hand in hand with extreme overclocking. We would moan in the darkest corners of enthusiast forums about incompatible waterblocks, flow rates, debate which size tubing worked best and not least, which additive to use. While some of these discussions are still debated to this day, watercooling is much more mainstream and the extreme enthusiasts have since moved on to dry ice and liquid nitrogen to satisfy their cooling desires. DICE and LN2 though are still temporary measures, a quick fix for that World record run and while dangerous, they are the chosen materials for sub-zero cooling. The pitfall with subzero cooling is it is unsuitable for 24/7 operation. Many will argue that vapor change units also give subzero cooling however, they are for the most part, noisy, expensive, bulky and take time to warm up (cool down), sometimes up to five minutes before firing up the PC which negates the extra speed you would attain from using extreme cooling.
In years gone by, watercooling was very much a dark art that went hand in hand with extreme overclocking. We would moan in the darkest corners of enthusiast forums about incompatible waterblocks, flow rates, debate which size tubing worked best and not least, which additive to use. While some of these discussions are still debated to this day, watercooling is much more mainstream and the extreme enthusiasts have since moved on to dry ice and liquid nitrogen to satisfy their cooling desires. DICE and LN2 though are still temporary measures, a quick fix for that World record run and while dangerous, they are the chosen materials for sub-zero cooling. The pitfall with subzero cooling is it is unsuitable for 24/7 operation. Many will argue that vapor change units also give subzero cooling however, they are for the most part, noisy, expensive, bulky and take time to warm up (cool down), sometimes up to five minutes before firing up the PC which negates the extra speed you would attain from using extreme cooling.
XSPC RayStorm 750 RS360 Kit Review
