So recently, I bought an Intel Core2 Quad CPU, and it's been running somewhat hot. Not hot enough to overheat, neccessarily, but hot enough that I bought a specialty heatsink (a huge one that had to be attached via x-brace) and with it I've been able to keep it under control, mostly. But soon, I'll be adding in an nVIDIA GeForce 8800GT graphics card, and as I understand it 8800 cards run very hot. The question is simple: with the quad and the GT will I run so hot that water cooling is neccessary? Or will the setup be just fine without it?
Before you ask, I don't intend to overclock just yet. Obviously if I choose to OC then water cooling is basically a given. But if I DON'T overclock, will they run cool enough (relatively speaking) that I won't need to add water cooling? Because I've never installed water cooling before, and so I'll probably bite the bullet and ask CompUSA or something to install it for me. In that case, I need to know if it's worth the money, or whether I can forego water cooling for now, until I decide to overclock.
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