Solved Watercooling

[YTBOY83]

Hey, what parts of your pc can get watercooled????? I am new to it.

How would you install this product??????

 

[Luckystar]

You can water cool almost everything in a PC.

CPU
GPU
North Bridge and South Bridge
Mosfets
HDD/SDD
And (For about £300 odd) power supply (Koolance makes the only one)

To install is easy, just make sure you have Thermal Paste Remover and some new Thermal Paste (I use Arctic Cooling Ceramique)

Not mention Piping and nozzles

Your best bet is get a ready made drop-in system, its cheaper and easier to install.

Zalman do some good ones as i will be having one going in my system in the next couple of months.

Best thing is get on Google and look for water cooling systems.

Lucky

 

[YTBOY83]

You can water cool almost everything in a PC.

CPU
GPU
North Bridge and South Bridge
Mosfets
HDD/SDD
And (For about £300 odd) power supply (Koolance makes the only one)

To install is easy, just make sure you have Thermal Paste Remover and some new Thermal Paste (I use Arctic Cooling Ceramique)

Not mention Piping and nozzles

Your best bet is get a ready made drop-in system, its cheaper and easier to install.

Zalman do some good ones as i will be having one going in my system in the next couple of months.

Best thing is get on Google and look for water cooling systems.

Lucky

Could you drop me a few links pls.

 

[Wishmaster]

IMHO, Water Cooling is only needed if your going to be doing some very extreme Overclocking.

For light - moderate overclocking, air cooling is fine.

In fact, most higher end air coolers can do just as good or nearly as good as some of the lower end water cooling setups, and much cheaper.

A good Water Cooling set-up (thats worth getting) will be a bit pricey.


Its your call obviously, and getting good advice from Luckystar, but just something to consider.

 

[YTBOY83]

IMHO, Water Cooling is only needed if your going to be doing some very extreme Overclocking.

For light - moderate overclocking, air cooling is fine.

In fact, most higher end air coolers can do just as good or nearly as good as some of the lower end water cooling setups, and much cheaper.

A good Water Cooling set-up (thats worth getting) will be a bit pricey.


Its your call obviously, and getting good advice from Luckystar, but just something to consider.

Do you think a CPU WaterCooler would be good or is there just as good CPU Fan coolers out there????

 

[Luckystar]

Ok, first off.

Should have asked this in the first place.

What do you do on your PC?

Gaming, Overclocking, Photo/video editing, general surfing and productivity.

This may help in finding the best cooling for your needs.

Lucky

 

[fseal]

I water cool for a couple of reasons and it has nothing to do with overclocking...

1) Watercooled systems are generally a lot quieter.
2) MUCH easier to control the heat flow. This is especially imporant for me in my small office where during the summer it can raise the temp by 5 degrees! With the PSU, GPU and CPU heat all pumped directly out the back, I have the back of my machine plenemed to a bathroom ceiling fan which pulls all the waste heat up into the attic.

They ARE considerably more "dangerous" though. If the fluid levels drop you lose nearly all cooling instantly possibly causing things to burn out, and if it leaks, it destroys electronics the fluid leaks onto. So it's not to be taken on lightly...

 

[madtownidiot]

Never use water in a liquid cooling system. Use a dielectric coolant. Even vegetable oil, while messy, won't wreck your system if it leaks onto the motherboard.

 

[fseal]

No one uses just water, it's a misnomer. Some people get into mixing their own exotic coolant using water as a base but 99% of the time you should just use a premade coolant, and more smartly one by the cooler manufacturer so you don't run into viscosity issues with the pipe size and pump capacity that were not designed into the system. I... can't imagine using vegitable oul as you could kill your flow rate and it will foster the development of organisms that can clog the radiator...

But for as many people that say that those coolants are non conductive, there are as many others with leaks that caused permanent damage so... the bottom ine is that it is far riskier than air cooling, but it is uber quiet, and uber efficient and more controllable. I chose to take the chance for the benefits and so far have had no problems. But anyone new to it should know the risks.

 

[madtownidiot]

This is no different than an argument about air cooled vs. liquid cooled engines would be.

You can pack more wattage (and thus more capacity to generate heat) in a tighter space with liquid cooling than with air cooling. Beyond a certain level of performance, air cooling is no longer a viable option. However, for the time being, air cooling is more than sufficient for most people.

 

[Wishmaster]

This is no different than an argument about air cooled vs. liquid cooled engines would be.

You can pack more wattage (and thus more capacity to generate heat) in a tighter space with liquid cooling than with air cooling. Beyond a certain level of performance, air cooling is no longer a viable option. However, for the time being, air cooling is more than sufficient for most people.

I would agree with this.

As well as Water Cooling is by far the most effective solution. Theres no argument or doubt here.

My only point was simply:
1) its not for everyone.
2) Cheap low-end Water Clooling setups are likely not worth the effort over Air.

 

[thefabe]

I would suggest doing some extensive research on your own. A couple of articles on the basics.
Liquid Cooling Basics : A Beginner's Guide For WaterCooling Your PC
This one is 3 years old but still worth a look A Beginner's Guide For WaterCooling Your PC : Introduction

If you have to ask what parts can be Watercooled then you definitely need to spend some time familiarizing yourself with what is available, cost, your ability to install it and the reward.

As you've received about all the information you should need already, I just thought you might want to do some searching on your own. In most cases you might even need to replace your system case to one that incorporates Watercooling in it's original design. $$

My point being it can get expensive, and unless you have a high skill ability it can get tedious and a bit difficult to install.
IMHO Fabe