SatansHollow

Function over form every time. I dont care how pretty it is how well it does the job for me is the most important factor everytime

It looks exactly like stock images of Magicool extreme. it could be an older model of something else though

I have been thinking I might get one of these for my mother

-snip- A true piece of minimalist art Id rather have motherboard waterblocks and a second GPU etc. But where function and form strike a balance is personal

I think the question you are not asking but illuminates the answer you are looking for is: Why use water? Water two properties that make it good for cooling. Big specific heat capacity and convenient melting and boiling points. The bad points are its conductive, it supports life and it has strong surface tension. The non cosmetic additives address these biocides, corrosion, inhibitors, surfactant etc So a new fluid needs to be non conductive have a specific heat capacity better then 4185.5 J/KgK, no surface tension, be liquid at room temp and stay liquid up to common die temps 80C or so and be cheaper too. I think at the moment it's just not worth the development cost

This might be a stupid point but an aluminium case would be more corrosion resistant. Marine air gives steel a real hard time. Something to consider next time you are choosing a case

I have been wondering if the 2011v3 cpus were going to be short on pci-e lanes 2(16x) GPU's and 2 NVMe (raid0 of course) and you are all out. (I know no mother boards have 2 NVMe ports yet but who knows what the future holds)

once or twice a month and I double filter. The heat sinks get cleaned when the look dusty every six months or so

What is wrong with a water cooled PSU? It would need a separate loop but I dont see the problem

Is HairWorks going to go the same way as, the empty walled garden, PhysX? Dev's will use tools that allow them to reach the biggest possible audience

I agree with this panel resolution is ahead of gpu horse power right now. I do wonder about 1440p surround with center 21:9 left and right 16:9

The 280 and the 360 will do you just fine

The counter question is what case are you planning to use? A good rule of thumb is one fan per component so you want 3 or 4 fans worth. Two 240mm or one 120 and one 360 etc. If you want quiet maybe Alphacool Monstas lower fin densitys work better with slower fans. D5 or DDC pumps are the popular choice two is better than one for redundance what is best for you depends on what will fit in your case

So what is happening to the CPU these are replacing?

number 6 on the graph looks your best bet. The only note would be to get rads that are easy to link up like the alphacool nexxxos (for example)