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| 402838 | 2005-11-09 02:17:00 | Hey guys . I have a random question (or two) about water cooling . What are the benefits of water cooling and are they large? If it goes wrong and leaks wont it damage your system? Thanks in advance for your input :D |
The_End_Of_Reality (334) | ||
| 402839 | 2005-11-09 03:08:00 | I don't use water cooling so I don't know... | bob_doe_nz (92) | ||
| 402840 | 2005-11-09 03:26:00 | I have water cooling on this setup . . . and I think it is great for the hot Summer months here (reverse of NZ? . . can't get the idea that Winter is hot and summer is cold!~) Anyway . . . I haven't had any trouble with it in 4 years . I am not a gamer and just play with OC for fun . I originally used cooler air from under the house to cool the system with a 120 VAC squirrel cage blower under the house supplying air to the side port of the tower . I quit after the musty smell got too strong . Water coolers like most everything else are proportionate in quality with money paid . As such, and since I got mine for free . . . ahem! . . . . There are a few different styles and I don't offer any professionalism here, but the water for mine circulates thru the small freezer compartment of the wetbar sized refirgerator I have here in this room . I can get temps down to 40F very easily . There isn't any condensate formation here and that might not be the rule in high humidity areas . Living in a semi desert with little or no actual air moisture might not be the same in a seaport town or tropical rain forest . Hope any of my blather helps even a little . |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 402841 | 2005-11-09 03:30:00 | In NZ winter isn't especially cold , summer is pretty crappy, Nothing that really could be called hot, we may have a few warm days, but not many.... | Metla (12) | ||
| 402842 | 2005-11-09 03:50:00 | In NZ winter isn't especially cold , summer is pretty crappy, Nothing that really could be called hot, we may have a few warm days, but not many.... Not sure about you, but I'm hot as anything here (Auckland). It's not sunny.. just rather humid... hate it! As for watercooling, I haven't heard anyone tell me their pipes burst or anything like that yet. But unless you're doing heavy overclocking, there is little point in it. |
techie (7177) | ||
| 402843 | 2005-11-09 03:51:00 | HEY! I have one reason for not using water cooling......... The PSU discharge heats the room where the tower is and I don't have to open the heat vents here...saves a little on heating bills. |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 402844 | 2005-11-09 03:51:00 | depends if where you are for winter ;) this year it was an abnormally hot winter. |
Prescott (11) | ||
| 402845 | 2005-11-09 03:52:00 | hmm....Spent near 5 years in Aussie, Makes our hot days look lame. I remember jumping in the pool at 3 in the morning to cool down, and finding the water temperture was like a hot bath..... |
Metla (12) | ||
| 402846 | 2005-11-09 04:08:00 | Why do you want to use a water cooling setup? It's not neccessary if you're not a hard core over-clocker or benchmarker. Despite the high quality of water kits today the only thing I will say is this... Water and Electicity DO NOT play well together!!! cheers chiefnz |
chiefnz (545) | ||
| 402847 | 2005-11-09 04:20:00 | I agree chief . . . but a toy is still a toy . . . . . even though I am not a clocker or a gamer, it is kinda fun just for the sake of learing new and different things . Having 8 200 gig hdds is kinda crazy too . . . but I'll probably never fill them up with movies and music either . It's kinda like having a really hot Chevy engine, overbored . 125", big cam and 13 . 5:1 compression ratio that gets 2 miles per gallon with a pair of quads and progressive linkage and a 3,000 RPM stallspeed convertor . . . . . . . . . . . it's FUN! |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
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