"how often": next to impossible to say, not knowing the machines work environment.
fluid. depends on what you're using.
watercooling isnt really needed on that rig
ive got a core quad extreme oced to 4ghz, 4gb ram and an 8800gto and it runs fine with good paste, good design, air cooling and big heatsinks
so my system doesn't really need one... yet...
Thank you all for the input.
PC Specs << view in IE or other browser of your choice please (having problems in Firefox)
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not if you have a decent case and good cooling (lots of fans and huge heatsinks and good arctic silver thermal paste)
The new Core CPUs are actually a lot cooler than P4s. My dads core2duo runs wayyyy cooler than my old P4HT 3ghz does (like 47c vs 78c) in the same cases
:) thank you
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