Water cooling or fan

[Wojtek]

What is the best?

Water cooling
http://www.thermaltake.com/products/AquariusII/aquariusII.htm

or

Normal fan?

This is a comparision of the aquarius and the thermalright slik-600
http://www.overclockercafe.com/Reviews/Tt_Aquarius/pg_6.html
The temperature is very similar, but the aquarius makes less sound.

Instructions say that the coolant must be mixed with water in a 1:10 ratio. What happens if I put more? 2:10 or 3:10? Will it improve the cooling effect or just mess up everything?

worth 90$ usd? or normal 30$ cdn fan would do the job fine?

 

[notnamed]

I'm inclined to say fan...cos if the water cooling goes poof and spills or something, there goes at least some of your equipment, especially if the computer is on.

 

[nightcrawler]

I say that

I totally lie to say fan. Water coolling is really a lot risky to your equipment.

 

[Daniel]

Water cooling kits are a waste of money. Select your own watercooling parts.

Get an SLK-947u with a quiet Vantec Stealth fan and you got yourelf a system that is as quiet as that watercooling kit.

 

[dawizman]

Phase Change Cooling!!! I've got a nice vapochill in my case that keeps my Athlon XP 2500 @ 2.6Ghz running at a cool -20 degrees celcius under a full load.