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Originally Posted by scooter
Liquid cooled can usually keep the heat down in an overclock setup, thats what most of the hardcore games do
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i'm finding this to be true as i research for my next PC. i have a list of stuff that i considered to be "state of the art" on a budget, but the more i look into it, the more overclocking makes sense. the manufacturers sometimes use a 3GHz processor, but underclock it to a 2.3GHz in order to fulfill a certain price point. in the end, you have a 3.0GHz chip, so you might as well run it as one.
the other thing i found out is that processors throttle up and down depending on the demands of the system, so most of the time you will be running at 1.5-1.8GHz until the process you are running demands more from the system... then it ramps up to the max clock speed and can run hot as a result. also, if you overclock, you are doubling your chance of running hot. liquid cooling is still a relatively new technology, but certainly something to consider.