How important is it to thermal paste/waterblock a gaming PC?

[Tom]

I've been watching a few youtube vids about that sh1t but I'm a complete noob when it comes to this sh1t so

 

[MidniteJay]

Unless you're an overclocker you shouldn't give a fukk about all that.

 

[daze23]

the big advantage of liquid cooling is you don't have to listen to fans

 

[itsyoung!!]

the big advantage of liquid cooling is you don't have to listen to fans

If you play games, you should have head phones on anyway. I cant hear my fans in my computer with my headphones on and my case has 7 fans, with the option for an 8th that I have but I havnt put in yet, maybe if I SLI I will.

Never needed liquid cooling for anything. I will be offering it to customers, but im hoping its an option least used.

 

[yseJ]

thermal paste need to be applied to cpu all the time, its really important for keeping your cpu from overheating

liquid cooling of the whole system is going way overboard imo, but if you got money, why not ?
its the best option for cooling for many reasons but also poses inherent danger of a leak.

 

[Tom]

If you play games, you should have head phones on anyway. I cant hear my fans in my computer with my headphones on and my case has 7 fans, with the option for an 8th that I have but I havnt put in yet, maybe if I SLI I will.

Never needed liquid cooling for anything. I will be offering it to customers, but im hoping its an option least used.

I game on my 40" bravia with surround sound. fuk a small ass monitor

 

[Fatboi1]

You don't need to do alladat. Just pour water in your computer.

 

[daze23]

 

[NZA]

water is best for aggressive overclocking. if you are running everything at or near stock speed, the normal fans and a thin layer of thermal paste should be fine

 

[Data-Hawk]

thermal paste need to be applied to cpu all the time, its really important for keeping your cpu from overheating

This, it helps transfer the heat away. I remeber one time I wanted to see what would happen if I removed the paste. well lets just say my computer overheated and shutdown within 5 minutes

 

[Tom]

Could someone recommend a thermal paste?


an amazon.com link would be ideal

 

[Orbital-Fetus]

Could someone recommend a thermal paste?


an amazon.com link would be ideal

[ame=http://www.amazon.com/Elmers-Washable-No-Run-School-E304/dp/B000Q3KHCM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1365256011&sr=8-1&keywords=glue]Amazon.com: Elmer's Washable No-Run School Glue, 4 oz Bottle (E304): Office Products[/ame]

 

[Fatboi1]

Amazon.com: Elmer's Washable No-Run School Glue, 4 oz Bottle (E304): Office Products

:LOLOL:

 

[Fatboi1]

Could someone recommend a thermal paste?


an amazon.com link would be ideal

[ame=http://www.amazon.com/Remedy-Calazime-Protectant-Paste-4oz/dp/B0070P2V8W/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1365257535&sr=8-6&keywords=skin+paste]Amazon.com: Remedy Calazime Protectant Paste 4oz: Health & Personal Care[/ame] Oh and download some more RAM while you at it. 8GB is pretty PS4'ish so to stay ahead download more.
This site got a crazy deal.

And finally delete your "system32" folder. If it gives you problem, ignore it and just continue on. It'll boost gaming performance because the System32 has a bunch of rogue dll's that slow and cripple your fast PC and it will bottleneck ram.

 

[Jax]

I've been watching a few youtube vids about that sh1t but I'm a complete noob when it comes to this sh1t so

AquaGraFX GTX 680 Installation - YouTube

My brother put this on my laptop. It used to heat up a lot, feels brand new. The paste that came with the laptop was almost gone.