ripken204 said:does any1 know about water/liquid cooling
i am interested but dont know much about it ,
websites on it would be helpful
also how much would it cost?
Littlejim said:Just had a look at the Koolance website. Oh dear, oh dear. :haha:
Whoever wrote their technical pages on thermodynamics needs a slap! If anyone wants to know about thermodynamics, I strongly suggest you do not take this website too seriously.
I will give them a little round of applause for trying but there are just too many inaccuracies.
Water cooling, hmmm. Why do you want water (liquid) cooling? The systems on offer still need a fan to move air past the radiator element of the cooling circuit.....just buy an expensive (and quiet) fan, save the expense and difficulty of a liquid system! Plus a 'proper' cooling system (think fridge or air-conditioning unit) uses a condenser not just a radiator to 'efficiently' remove the heat.
Also, Koolance suggest the use of distilled water to reduce corrosion...hmmm. First of all, they are right; distilled water is better than tap-water. Unfortunately unless every single component is clinically clean, you will have impurities in the water and you will (especially at elevated temperatures) have corrosion. This is why cars and any other liquid cooling system has corrosion inhibitors mixed with the cooling fluid.
Final note of caution. There are many types of bacteria that love anaerobic environments (read: cooling systems) and no-matter how good you are, you will in time need to replace your coolant. You can help reduce this flushing activity by using a microbicide but even then, it will still need to be performed.
There are other factors to consider as well but I think i have said enough.
Easy now,
J.
SNIL said:I found it to be a complete pain in the *** and not really any better than a good fan and heatsink. And I had the supposedly easiest unit: the Thermaltake Aquarius III.
ripken204 said:im looking for a high end system
http://frontiernet.net/~unholyknights/comp/mycomputer1.html
and thx modguru, ill have to check out that stuff, and when i saw him talk about the aquarius i was saying to myself the same things u said, even with the research ive done in 1 day i know that the aquaries if a pice of s**t
AtK SpAdE said:I know it is sort of stupid...but water+electronics=makes me uneasy.
I put alot of money into my rig and i just dont want to take the risk. Plus the price...i think it is good only for real high end systems
Sean
Triton said:The though of "water" cooling always made me nervous also.
Always made me think of Ben Franklin flying his kite in the thunderstorm or the cartoon character lighting a match too find there way in a dynamite shack.
QUOTE]Most water cooled hardware "if your using your head" Should sit below the PSU . 12 Volts D.C dont kill. so even if a leak sprung on the board the worse it could happen "a fry mobo" so its almost imposible to get electricuted . Now if for some weird reason or stupidity a hose runs above the PSU and sprung a leak it could wet the 115 -VOLT side of the PSU now things could get intresting. a good quality 110 outlet with built in leak detector should shut down . still never go touching a PC with water cooling if a major leak is seen = Shut down the PC if no water is by your feet but dont touch the metal case. pull the cord out of the wall "if you can safely" other wise run to the house main breaker and SHUT DOWN THE WHOLE HOUSE IF YOU HAVE TOO. In a big pc case theres no reason to have anything runing water near the PSU . NONE of the D.C rails coming out of the PSU carry enough juice to kill you . But dont forget 115 volt A.C IS INside YOUR PSU THIS ONE DOES AND WELL KILL YOU.