liquid cooling

[roy12]

i saw a video on liquid cooling and they put fans on the radiator do i have to buy fans and do that?

 

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3 minutes ago, roy12 said:

i saw a video on liquid cooling and they put fans on the radiator do i have to buy fans and do that?

Yes the fans are to pass air through the fins so the heat from the fluid and rad can be transfer to the air for cooling, however there are such things as passive rads which do work but are much larger and bulkier as they rely only on convection and ambient air movement.

[RadiatingLight]

yes.

heat has to be dissipated somewhere. all liquid cooling does is move the heat away from the CPU faster, and to the radiator, where it still needs to be cooled like a normal heatsink

[roy12]

so do i have to buy the fans or does it come with it

 

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Just now, roy12 said:

so do i have to buy the fans or does it come with it

What unit or system are your looking at?

AIO's all come with fans in the box so they are ready to plug and go. 

[roy12]

im planning on buying Corsair Hydro Series H100i GTX Extreme Performance Water / Liquid CPU Cooler. 240mm

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Just now, roy12 said:

im planning on buying Corsair Hydro Series H100i GTX Extreme Performance Water / Liquid CPU Cooler. 240mm

Yes that unit comes with the fans in the box:

http://www.legitreviews.com/corsair-h100i-gtx-extreme-performance-liquid-cpu-cooler-review_160695/2