Water Cool CPU or GPU

[TheMetalborn]

is it better to water cool your CPU or GPU if you could only pick one

[WunderWuffle]

Well, it depends on what CPU/GPU you have... If you have a 290X, I'd watercool the GPU right away.

[_ASSASSIN_]

Personally I'd prefer CPU because it will make things faster for most things I do. If I did hardcore videoeditting watercooling a GPU would make more sense to get a better over clock on it. Even so the CPU outputs more heat than the GPU so for sure the CPU for me

[Mooshi]

Psh.

 

A dinky Noctua cooler with 92mm fans is what I use for my 4.5Ghz overclock. I think GPUs need the water more than the CPU does, especially the higher tier ones. (or if you were a fool and bought that one AMD CPU with the 230w TDP)

[beebskadoo]

For gaming, GPU,

The performance gains in games is more dependent on GPU.

[Rollergold]

Gaming: GPU

Everything else: CPU

[WoodenMarker]

Depends what you're doing. 

[w3stnile]

how about both!!!!

[VSG]

Generally, GPUs give out a lot more heat compared to CPUs- especially the newer CPUs. So if you only have the cash to watercool one thing at a time, I would go GPU. The way I see it is- if you weren't gaming, you wouldn't have bought a GPU in the first place.

 

Again, all this is subjective to the particular CPU and GPU you have. If you have a GTX 650 and an AMD FX9590 for instance- cool that volcanic CPU!

[airdeano]

is it better to water cool your CPU or GPU if you could only pick one

 

CPU,

pick the right GPU cooling solution and won't have to complain about GPU heat.

[R4STABAN]

If it's a single gpu config then I would say CPU. If your gpu is noisy under load you bought a rubbish one or it's faulty.

 

CPU blocks are more re-usable than GPU full cover blocks too, which is a bonus if there is a cash constraint

[B NEGATIVE]

Generally, GPUs give out a lot more heat compared to CPUs- especially the newer CPUs. So if you only have the cash to watercool one thing at a time, I would go GPU. The way I see it is- if you weren't gaming, you wouldn't have bought a GPU in the first place.

 

Again, all this is subjective to the particular CPU and GPU you have. If you have a GTX 650 and an AMD FX9590 for instance- cool that volcanic CPU!

No.

The CPU puts out far more heat and is the thermally limited component.

TDP for GPU's is a whole card value and is no indicator of heat generation.

 

CPU,

pick the right GPU cooling solution and won't have to complain about GPU heat.

 

Just block the GPU and be done with it,GPU's add very little heat to a loop.

 

If it one or the other then the CPU is the way forward as you say.

[ajcroteau]

Depends on what you have in your system and how you plan on using it...

 

- AJ

[TheMetalborn]

I'm primarily be gaming, live streaming and video editing