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Will Water Cooling Speed Up My Computer?

CSEF · 2016 Electronics & Electromagnetics

Aidan D. Garamendi · Mountain Oaks School, San Andreas, Calaveras County

Overview

Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to learn if water cooling would improve the performance of my computer. Methods/Materials I tested my hypothesis using my custom built computer with a fan cooling system, a water cooling upgrade and a downloaded program that assessed computer speed. Results There was a negligible difference in performance between the fan cooling system and the water cooling system for single, quad and multi core processing speed. Conclusions/Discussion My conclusion was that while the water cooling system lowers noise output and cools the CPU better, it does not improve its performance.

Summary statement

I determined that installing a water cooling upgrade in my computer did not improve its processing speed.

Help received

I designed, built and performed the experiment myself after internet research. I got some advice on project presentation from my advisor.

Competition history

  • CSEF 2016 Electronics & Electromagnetics · Entry J0912

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