My water-cooled (0.85kW) SLI gaming rig is virtually silent when browsing the web/iplayer etc., the only fan in the whole system that runs at idle is the one in the PSU (which makes me tempted to replace it, but that would be a bit frivolous). The pump itself is completely silent.
That said, I completely agree that it's not very practical. I've got new video cards on the way and replacing them will involve draining and refilling the whole thing. Pretty daft really.
My water-cooled (0.85kW) SLI gaming rig is virtually silent when browsing the web/iplayer etc., the only fan in the whole system that runs at idle is the one in the PSU (which makes me tempted to replace it, but that would be a bit frivolous). The pump itself is completely silent.
That said, I completely agree that it's not very practical. I've got new video cards on the way and replacing them will involve draining and refilling the whole thing. Pretty daft really.