Curse

pkodyssey · Feb 27, 2008, 02:38 PM // 14:38

Does anyone have a constructive opinion on the Gigabyte 3d Mercury case with built in water cooling?

Seems to have received a bunch of positive reviews.

Brimstonez · Feb 27, 2008, 04:15 PM // 16:15

Personally I'm against water cooling. Something about liquid floating around in my most expensive funzone (aside from the car :P ) just doesn't sit well with me.

If you know a thing or two about modding, you will also find it far cheaper to buy a case and install your own liquid cooling system. You're looking at $300-400 for a decent case with a pre-installed kit. You'd be saving yourself about $100 by buying the case, and installing your own. It isn't that hard to set up. Have a look around at modding forums, and youtube video's, etc you can find on the subject. This way you're getting EXACLY what you want. Anyway back on track, it isn't a bad setup (the cooling system), though the case looks kinda crap imo...

Tachyon · Feb 27, 2008, 05:33 PM // 17:33

From personal experience, water cooling is nothing but a pain in the arse! Yeah, it's cool (no pun intended) when it's working and you're whizzing along at a stable 5GHz, but in my opinion it's not worth the hassle because when something goes wrong, and it invariably will, it's sheer hell!

My advice, stick with air and push the CPU to just 4GHz instead.