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11-25-2004, 07:21 PM
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Registered: May 2004
Location: Sebec, ME, USA
Distribution: Debian Etch, Windows XP Home, FreeBSD
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For all you Case modders out there, a question about water-cooled systems
I've been considering building my own computer and modding it at the same time. I've never done either of them, but my question is:
Isn't a water-cooled system a bad idea?
I mean, people always tell you not to eat or drink by a computer for fear of ruining it. Wouldn't putting water(or any oter liquid for that matter) be a bad idea? How can you guarantee that the water(or other liquid) won't leak out of the tubes and damage your entire computer beyound repair?
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11-25-2004, 08:02 PM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Feb 2003
Location: Virginia, USA
Distribution: Debian 12
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"I mean, people always tell you not to eat or drink by a computer for fear of ruining it. Wouldn't putting water(or any oter liquid for that matter) be a bad idea?"
If you get water in a running system it will short out the circuitry. However if you get water in a system that is turned off it won't hurt anything if you dry everything off before you turn it on. Most circuit boards are washed in the last stage of the manufacturing process and the washing doesn't ruin them.
"How can you guarantee that the water(or other liquid) won't leak out of the tubes and damage your entire computer beyound repair?"
Hire a good plumber. I hear that President Nixon's old plumbers are currently available.
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Steve Stites
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11-25-2004, 08:04 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Apr 2004
Distribution: slack what ever
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not if you do your best work ever when installing it
plumbing has ben around for a long time and it's one thing mankind can do right
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11-26-2004, 07:33 AM
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Registered: Jul 2003
Location: Glasgow, Scotland
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I think that you should test run your watercooling setup away from the computer for a minimum of 24 - 48 hours as a leak test.
That way you will know if its gonna fry your board..
& a WC system is very VERY quiet as there are little or no fans running on it, and you can overclock the hell out of your CPU & GPU..
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11-28-2004, 04:49 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: May 2004
Location: Sebec, ME, USA
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How much overclocking is too much? I mean, won't overclocking too much fry your CPU. Do you guys know of any material I could read to learn about Case Modding?
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11-29-2004, 12:15 AM
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Location: Glasgow, Scotland
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Have a look @ http://www.ocforums.com they are experts at it and would probably be able to offer guides and such.
there is also http://forums.bit-tech.net & http://hardforum.com which also have an overclocking section.
Hope this helps, Good luck
Scott
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11-29-2004, 01:18 AM
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Registered: Jun 2004
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use distilled water, just in case. if everything is VERY clean, then there should be no current flowing through the water. after you set up the watercooling, completly close up every little hole in the case. one spec of dust in water could kill it. water alone cant, and dust alone cant.
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11-29-2004, 08:01 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Nov 2004
Location: Canada!
Distribution: Debian Etch
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@nuka: Distilled water does actually conduct electricity, just poorly. (It's a technicality, but I thought i'd point it out  )
As for leakage: solid metal pieces don't often leak... At the connections one might have to worry, but if they're properly sealed, you shouldn't have any issues. (Think, how often does your hot water heater randomly start leaking?)
The links posted above are excellent. Read up on them ^.^
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11-29-2004, 02:11 PM
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Registered: Sep 2002
Location: Haarlem , the Netherlands
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Use a non-conducting fluid.
A tad *cough* more expensive and not cooling as good as water , but waaaaaayyyyyy safer.
And you'd need a better "heat-exchanger"(where you cool the liquid again) as well.
Water is used , because it's :
A-cheap
B-The best coolant in existance. (4.2 J/g IIRC)
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