RetiredTacos Posted June 5, 2009 Author Share Posted June 5, 2009 Somewhat off topic, but what are your views on liquid vs air from a cost to performance perspective? I'm thinking of tossing some extra cooling in my box for some OC, but I haven't done radical clock changes for about 5 years I'm out of the game. Air coolers these days are ridiculous with how well they cool. With a proper push/pull fan setup water cooling makes little sense unless going for maximum overclocks. I could not justify it as my room is fucking hot already, I like to be able to take my PC somewhere on rare occasions, and I do not like the maintenance required. Then you have to consider for a the price. Good Air Cooler - 60-90$ Good Liquid cooling setup - 500+$ (setup I would like is approx 700$) Don't think that 120$ liquid cooling kit is going to do much, a good air cooler will work better than a cheap liquid cooling kit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 If I mail you my pc, can you make it better :> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RetiredTacos Posted August 11, 2009 Author Share Posted August 11, 2009 If I mail you my pc, can you make it better :> lol...depends on what you have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
60Seconds Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 Terry do you know if u could upgrade laptop graphics card. My card is currently nvidia 9200m and it sucks only has 256 mb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RetiredTacos Posted August 11, 2009 Author Share Posted August 11, 2009 Terry do you know if u could upgrade laptop graphics card. My card is currently nvidia 9200m and it sucks only has 256 mb Generally no. Depends on the laptop really, if it DOES have DISCRETE video maybe. Most are built into the system and not removable though. At one point they made a few external video cards for gaming, but I believe those faded very quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venom! Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 4850 in my laptop suckers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FEBRUARY Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 RADEON 9200 IN MY PC SUCKERS! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 lol...depends on what you have. AMD 9550 X4 4 gigs of ram, and a gtx 275. a on an MSI K8A2 CF Mobo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RetiredTacos Posted August 12, 2009 Author Share Posted August 12, 2009 MSI = shit, so nope Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 MSI = shit, so nope =| bastard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Street Lethal Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 Fuck you Intel integrated graphics in laptop! I'm done until I get home to my 8600 GT LOL. fuck allof you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bort Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 i got the same PSU as uuu, terry! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RetiredTacos Posted August 14, 2009 Author Share Posted August 14, 2009 i got the same PSU as uuu, terry! Daaaaaaaang...you pimp :cheers: :guyfromhell::guyfromhell: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blitzkrieg Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 After reading all this, i realize how shitty my computer truly is. Nice setup though terry, and good luck on the OCing. I stay away from that, burnt parts = bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunder_Cat Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 I'm still on an old Pentium 4. with HT tech Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RetiredTacos Posted August 18, 2009 Author Share Posted August 18, 2009 After reading all this, i realize how shitty my computer truly is. Nice setup though terry, and good luck on the OCing. I stay away from that, burnt parts = bad. Thanks bud. Don't need luck, I know what I'm doing, been at it for a while Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blitzkrieg Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 Thanks bud. Don't need luck, I know what I'm doing, been at it for a while Heh, my dad tried it once, turned it on and started messing around and smoke came out of the power supply. It was pretty funny until we smelled burning plastic... Thats why i don't try that kind of thing lol. -Edit Dad was alot better with computers than i am, so another reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RetiredTacos Posted August 18, 2009 Author Share Posted August 18, 2009 Heh, my dad tried it once, turned it on and started messing around and smoke came out of the power supply. It was pretty funny until we smelled burning plastic... Thats why i don't try that kind of thing lol. lmao wow. He probably tried it back in the old days when you had to do it all manually via jumpers on the motherboard or maybe a pencil/volt mod. That is a bit more dangerous compared to bios overclocking, it's much safer these days, even an idiot like DJ2 can overclock. :fail: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingless Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 lmao wow. He probably tried it back in the old days when you had to do it all manually via jumpers on the motherboard or maybe a pencil/volt mod. That is a bit more dangerous compared to bios overclocking, it's much safer these days, even an idiot like DJ2 can overclock. :fail: Nothing can save hardware from people that forget to put spacers between the board and the case. Like... 3 people failed my A+ class as a result. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RetiredTacos Posted August 18, 2009 Author Share Posted August 18, 2009 Nothing can save hardware from people that forget to put spacers between the board and the case. Like... 3 people failed my A+ class as a result. holy crap lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ2 Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 lmao wow. He probably tried it back in the old days when you had to do it all manually via jumpers on the motherboard or maybe a pencil/volt mod. That is a bit more dangerous compared to bios overclocking, it's much safer these days, even an idiot like DJ2 can overclock. :fail: I hope your camaro blows up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blitzkrieg Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 I might try overclocking, probobly not until i have a new processor sitting beside me and can test it out on the old one, thats the only time i'd trust myself:noob^: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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