Quote Originally Posted by Xzin
I have dabbled with evaporative cooling. It works VERY WELL but it gets messy and condensation can be a big problem. It is one of the best ways to overclock though, short of liquid nitrogen.

"Bong coolers" (evaporation towers) were a short lived thing in the OC/Modder communities. The problems they caused were just not worth it. They could only drop a little bit below ambient temps at best. They basicly replaced TECs (peltier cooling) which could not scale well with the hotter CPUs.

Rightnow there is MANY active cooling solutions out there that work great for single systems. Using 5-10 and the cost gets high plus with any active cooling solution you are producing more heat than cold. This is why you have A/C units exhaust to the outside. These little units are not a good idea for multibox setups.

Air cooling is the easier method and is tried and true. Using a "room" A/C unit would be the cheapest and lowest cost solution but the noise is an issue. A combination of heatpipes, A/C and well directed air flow might work out the best, but this requires a great deal of work.

.... yah .. I use to be very active in the case modding community