Water cooling my PC - Page 2

Poseidon · 10-25-2005, 07:04 PM

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Originally Posted by pfaust60

water cooling system is stupid. the water might leak and something might go wrong

Not if its installed properly

Nyck · 10-25-2005, 07:06 PM

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Coleman · 10-25-2005, 07:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Nyck

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I prefer the Brita Filter myself.

Judas · 10-25-2005, 07:08 PM

ding dong pops

TonyMontana · 10-25-2005, 07:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Judas

ding dong pops

lolol

Arkan · 10-26-2005, 01:39 AM

I'm also thinking "what if this thing fails and leaks?". I don't care how well something is designed.....if it has liquid in it, then it has the potential for leakage.

And the argument for fan noise? How loud are some of your systems? When i'm on the computer, 2 things are always happening.

1. I'm playing music and pretty loud also
2. I'm gaming.....again, pretty loud

so, i really never hear the fans other than on start-up and shut down.

1080jibber · 10-26-2005, 03:34 AM

I was looking to overclock my PC a little bit (maybe alot happy: ) plus I think it would be fun to do.

I hope by the end of the week I will know what im getting

Akuma · 10-26-2005, 06:48 AM

The chance of getting a leak is extremely low if you set it up right and do proper leak testing.

But if you are still worried, you can grab some MCT-5. It's a nonconductive fluid made by Danger Den. Here's a review: http://www.madshrimps.be/?action=getarticle&articID=363

Mr_Gl@ss · 10-26-2005, 07:56 AM

Water-cooling used to be only for the "extreme" tweekers / overclockers but it's becoming more mainstream as evidenced by all of the prominent heatsink manufacturers starter kits. Like Akuma said if you do it right you shouldn't have to worry about leaks. However, since it is a more "enthusiast" method of cooling your PC it's still a possibility. Most people water-cool for 2 reasons (or a combo of both):
1. Cooling. Depending on your setup you can pretty close to ambient temperature on your CPU.

2. Quiet. If that’s your goal then you can stay at or around the temps of air cooling but do it much quieter.

I've used Koolance, Swiftech, Dangerden, and Innovetek kits / parts before. I've only had 2 leaks and one was my own fault. I didn't use the fan mounting screws that came with a swiftech kit but used some of my own and accidentally punctured a fin on the radiator. This was also my first attempt at water-cooling so I didn't bother testing it out of the case before hand and it leaked all over my precious parts. I got lucky and it didn't fry anything. The other was a video card cooler by Aquagate which was bad out of the box; I did test it before I put it in my system though.

It's kind of a hobby for most folks that do it so if you're not willing to put some time into it you might want to reconsider. Do some research first. Take a look at some of these threads for ideas / suggestions:

http://forums.pcper.com/forumdisplay.php?f=35

http://www.hardforum.com/forumdisplay.php?f=91

http://forums.extremeoverclocking.com/f ... .php?f=181

http://www.ocforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=71

My suggestion would be a swiftech kit as you get the best of both worlds in regards to quite and cooling. Something like this one:

http://www.sidewindercomputers.com/swh2licokitr1.html

If you've got some questions about setup etc let me know I'd be glad to help.

EDIT* just realized your in Canada so I'm not familiar with retailers up there at all. From the site you mentioned I would go with the Corsair kit as opposed to the Zalman kit. The Corsair for the most part is just a re-badged Swiftech anyways. Here's the link:

http://www.dangeo.com/proddetail.php?sku=51823

Here's a review of the kit:
http://www.systemcooling.com/corsair_cool-01.html