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ive just ordered my first ever custom water cooling system, just wondering what other people experiences are with water cooling, what problems the faced?

 

please post pics as well if you have, btw mercy, i know u have it but its pre built. doent count to thsi thread

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ive just ordered my first ever custom water cooling system, just wondering what other people experiences are with water cooling, what problems the faced?

 

please post pics as well if you have, btw mercy, i know u have it but its pre built. doent count to thsi thread

 

No I dont. But just wanted to say Good Luck to ya :usa2:

Also post pics when its completed?

Thanks

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I have used a few different water cooling setups in the past.

 

There are quite a few pro's and a few con's as well.

 

1st - few of them have a good monitoring system, so make sure you are running something to monitor system temp. I have seen a few machines fried because of an air bubble and the person had no temp monitoring setup.

 

2nd - A small leak can be fucking expensive. So to avoid costly repair/replacements of hardware I would recommend running with something other than water. Such as FluidXP which is non-conductive and runs a far smaller risk of frying something if a leak occurs. There are other non-conductive coolants out there. FluidXP is just one that I've used, and I've seen fully submerged systems run in the stuff.

 

3rd - Portability can become an issue. I personally enjoy taking my PC to Lan parties at friends houses. With some water cooled setups this becomes difficult. I helped setup a Zalman rig that was a royal pain to transport once setup.

It looked something like this.

21oZ-zS58lL._SL500_AA300_.jpg

 

Personally I don't like water cooled setup's for my PC because I would rather spend the money on a better proc or video card than on a water cooled setup to overclock a lesser proc.

 

That being said if you want to run with water cooling do it! And by all means they work well in a lot of cases. Just have fun with it. And make sure you cover your bases before you fill it up and turn it on.

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I've been using my Koolance PC3-720SL for about 7 years or so. No leaks, no problems. It's just expensive to get new blocks for upgrades. Each new CPU socket usually needs a new block, each video card requires a new block, etc. You also need to drain the system when switching blocks or adding them. It's a pain, but it's quiet.

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I have used a few different water cooling setups in the past.

 

1st - few of them have a good monitoring system, so make sure you are running something to monitor system temp. I have seen a few machines fried because of an air bubble and the person had no temp monitoring setup.

 

Pretty impressive since every CPU since the Pentium 4 has had both thermal throttling and an emergency thermal shutdown built into it.

 

2nd - A small leak can be fucking expensive. So to avoid costly repair/replacements of hardware I would recommend running with something other than water. Such as FluidXP which is non-conductive and runs a far smaller risk of frying something if a leak occurs. There are other non-conductive coolants out there. FluidXP is just one that I've used, and I've seen fully submerged systems run in the stuff.

 

Water is not conductive. Ions and particulates IN the water ARE conductive. FluidXP will pick up stuff from every metal part it touches and become just as conductive as de-ionized water. What you really want to look out for is mold and bacteria growth.

 

3rd - Portability can become an issue. I personally enjoy taking my PC to Lan parties at friends houses. With some water cooled setups this becomes difficult. I helped setup a Zalman rig that was a royal pain to transport once setup.

It looked something like this.

21oZ-zS58lL._SL500_AA300_.jpg

Yeah watercooling is a BITCH to move, you usually need to re-bleed each time you move it.

 

 

So why are you watercooling mon, just for the fun of it? Watercooling is still a passive air-through-heatsink system, unless you're benchmarking competitively you wont outperform the average high end heatpipe tower.

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here is the components i ordered.

 

EK-FC275 GTX SLI - Plexi 1 £79.84

Aqua-Computers Cuplex XT Di 775 G1/ 1 £44.97

XSPC RS240 Radiator - Black (G1/4" 1 £25.90

TFC 1234 4x Blister pack of 1/2" ID 3 £9.99

2.5m TFC Acid Green UV Reactive Tub 2 £8.49

Scan Male G1/4" (1/4" BSPP) Rotary 2 £3.69

1m PrimoChill White Anti-Kink Coils 3 £2.09

XSPC Laing DDC-Pump 12V Pro(10w) In 1 £56.58

Bitspower BP-WT525P-BK 525 Bay Rese 1 £24.59

1L Feser One Fluid - UV Acid Green 3 £7.99

 

 

i just want to experiment and overclock it to buggery, and too make it look shit hot.

 

i think my next investment will be a new side panel, or mod my current one, get a decal of punk tinkerbell like the one in my sig.

 

 

 

will post pics as soon as it arrives next week!!!!!!!!

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never done it, probably never will. If you put enough fans in a case, it won't ever get too hot. and if your cpu is running too hot from OC, either get a big-assed HSF, and/or get a better CPU.

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never done it, probably never will. If you put enough fans in a case, it won't ever get too hot. and if your cpu is running too hot from OC, either get a big-assed HSF, and/or get a better CPU.

 

ive already had 5 different HSF which all are damn good for OC'ing, i just want watercooling so i can push it further.......................and too look damn fine sexy

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