Should I switch to liquid cooling?

[MouSe]

I'm currently running a Cooler Master HAF 932 case, 3 HDD (2x 1TB and 1x 500GB), 2x GTX 285 GPU, and an i7 @3.2Ghz with a Xigmatek Dark Knight CPU cooler. Would I see much of a benefit if switched to water cooling?

 

[joh06937]

what kind of temps do you get now? what clocks do you have everything at?

 

[MouSe]

I honestly have no idea what temps I get. I've been away from comp for 6 months. The only OC I have is my CPU.

 

[ScottALot]

I've got a similar setup to yours that I'm building and I'm doing watercooling... you could see a nice improvement from just replacing your current cooler, though. (I have one that's doing a just over par job on my AMD rig) If you're an aesthetics + "look I have something extreme" guy like I am, I say go for it.

 

[MouSe]

I'm not going for look, and the Xigmatek replaced my Vigor Monsoon III and it's doing much better I must say. Just wish I could remember my temps.

 

[ScottALot]

I say get a Megahalems or something before considering spending the 200-300$.

 

[MouSe]

Well the Dark Knight was only $40. After I wet sanded it smooth and put it on with some AS5, it was about 4-5 degrees cooler than my Monsoon III.