I've never used chillers before, been watercooling since the first swifttech pump hit the scene (donkeys years ago), and before that I was throwing peltiers with custom cut heatsinks around my old amd rigs (pre K6 era).2080Ti+10900K overclocked to high holy hell (5.6 GHz plus) on a chiller would be the best setup for shittily optimized games like GTA V though.
I quit caring about XOC and XOCers after I got into a fight with one of those "XOC" people, nowadays the most overclocking I do are Core 2 Extremes and i7-XM CPUs in my Precisions, and even then not far. (says the one who has a 940XM running at 3.8 GHz in his M6500 Covet, LoL)I've never used chillers before, been watercooling since the first swifttech pump hit the scene (donkeys years ago), and before that I was throwing peltiers with custom cut heatsinks around my old amd rigs (pre K6 era).
One thing with me is I like the whole 'maintaining a decent carbon footprint' thing, not to mention save on utility bills, just makes you feel better knowing you're at least not as ignorant as the majority of the global population who simply don't give a rats backside in respect to taking care of the planet that takes care of us, anyway, thats a whole different discussion.
If I had a river running through my land, I'd probably hook that into the loop and get rid of the radiators and fans altogether lol
Totally understand. In another say 4-5 years I feel I'll too be settling for headache-free stability and build-quality with a solid brand workstation package over custom tinkering/oc'ing as far as workstations go, I've spent way too much time poking the current setup from all angles to get where it's at currently. Just don't have the luxury of time like I once did.I quit caring about XOC and XOCers after I got into a fight with one of those "XOC" people, nowadays the most overclocking I do are Core 2 Extremes and i7-XM CPUs in my Precisions, and even then not far. (says the one who has a 940XM running at 3.8 GHz in his M6500 Covet, LoL)
That and I only have space for one sort of hardware, and in my case it's Dell Precision Mobile Workstations.
Exactly! I still tinker with enterprise(y) hardware at home, but anything that costs me hours of needless troubleshooting is at risk of being replaced. Same can be said for me about cars. Many years ago, I loved the challenge of squeezing as much performance as possible out of my family vehicles. If a car broke and we had to share one car for a week while I fixed it, oh well. Nowadays I am happy to drive newer cars and just let someone else (dealership) deal with itTotally understand. In another say 4-5 years I feel I'll too be settling for headache-free stability and build-quality with a solid brand workstation package over custom tinkering/oc'ing as far as workstations go, I've spent way too much time poking the current setup from all angles to get where it's at currently. Just don't have the luxury of time like I once did.