i know jack **** about liquit cooling. expensive probably. im sure it's effective, but if you get a well ventilated case, and plenty of circulation, you will be fine. i think the hottest my cpu reached was 52 degrees celcius under full load.. thats without any of that arctic **** to help cool the cpu.



my system has a total of 11 fans... can be noisy, but the only real noise is when the power supply fan(s) are turned way up..



the front of the case is a giant honeycomb, the side has a big vented area where the proc/heatsink fan blows out directly..



not the most attractive case by any standards, but extremely well built and keeps things cool



2 fans in front and rear of the case

2 fans mounted on the rear of the motherboard

1 fan on heatsink

2 fans on memory

3 fans in power supply

1 fan on vid card



i didn't add or install anything extra. it all came with what i ordered.



the motherboards software is cool.. it's a big EQ where you can adjust the temp's at which you want the fans to kick on.. everything can be controlled individually.. i keep everything at default.. has been great so far.

 

11 fans seems like overkill.... lol



I just take the sides off mine and leave them open. I only run a fan on the cpu with heat sink and a fan on the back. Never have any heat issues, even with the 'so called hot' AMD's

 

i agree !!



nothing was "added" though.. mother board came with 4 for the memory and the backside of the motherboard... power supply has 3.. there's 7 alone...



i didn't have to connect 4-5 of the fans, but if it came with it, i might as well.



it runs so cool though, i can't complain.

 

case i bought..



here's the link:



http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16811119068

 

You guys rock, I'll definately update this in a month when I drop the hammer on what I do. It all depends on how much money I have when I can finally check my account in a month. I have alot of FD **** planned so the PC is gonna use up a bit of what the FD dosent.