My AOI. Question about water cooler.

[thavu]

Hi everyone.
I've just received my order. This is the configuration:
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Chassis & Display
PowerGlide Extreme: 24" Glossy Full HD Multi-Touch Screen (1920x 1080)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-3770K (3.5GHz) 8MB Cache
Memory (RAM)
16GB SAMSUNG 1333MHz SODIMM DDR3 MEMORY (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 680 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
2TB 3.5" SATA-III 6GB/s HDD 7200RPM 64MB CACHE
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
8 Speed SATA DVD±R/RW/Dual Layer (+ 24x CD-RW)
Memory Card Reader
Integrated 4 in 1 Card Reader (SDXC/MMC/MS/XD)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities
GIGABIT LAN & INTEL WIRELESS 802.11N CARD INC. BLUETOOTH 3.0
USB Options
2 x USB 3.0 PORTS + 5 x USB 2.0 PORTS AS STANDARD
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit w/SP1 - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Office Software
FREE 60 Day Trial of Microsoft® Office® 2010 Professional Edition
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Speakers
2 x INTEGRATED 5W SPEAKERS
Webcam
INTEGRATED 2.0 MEGAPIXEL WEBCAM
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 9 to 11 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £1,392.00 including VAT and delivery.
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I'm pretty please with the AOI. It does not produce as much noise as i afraid as the matter of fact, when i tried FF14 max performance not much noise either. What I like about this is the screen has the HDMI-in slot which can be used for VGA card or by others devices like xbox or ps3. Since the VGA also has the HDMI-out you can use it for yours 3D screen if you got one - the AOI is not 3D screen -.

I'm quite concern about the heat though. A friend of my advice to try water cooler so i'm wondering should i try it ?

 

[keynes]

. A friend of my advice to try water cooler so i'm wondering should i try it ?

I don't think that is an option for your spec since I doubt there is space to introduce a liquid cooler with a radiator in the chassis.

 

[steaky360]

As Keynes said I think the AOI chassis wont accommodate a water cooling system unless you were going to house the radiator outside of the chassis somewhere (which pretty much defeats the point of an AOI system in my opinion.

Nearest thing I could find was a prototype from Asetek (with a quick Google search) was a review on Hexus for a AIO system with watercooling, http://hexus.net/tech/news/cooling/25350-asetek-unveils-liquid-cooled-all-in-one-pc-shoves-core-i7-chip/ [I don't think that breaks any forum rules, but please remove mods if it does...]

The system in question is very different to the PCS AIO (which is a 'true' AIO compared to the one in the link)

 

[thavu]

Thanks for answering. Well i guess it's still ok if i'm in my air-con room

 

[steaky360]

Thanks for answering. Well i guess it's still ok if i'm in my air-con room

As far as I am aware the AIO pc's have been thoroughly tested and although may get warm they will not get so hot as to cause any issues with the components etc.

I wouldn't be overly concerned unless you notice a significant heat issue.

 

[Rakk]

If you read post 3 in here: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?16573-All-in-one-PC-overheating-Gaming-performance, you will see that the cooling in these AOI's is pretty good, so water cooling shouldn't really be needed.