Water cooling
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Geoff
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Will do, I'll probably make a DIY guide, haha.OMEGA - You have some nice components there.
Im using just plain distilled water at the moment, but if i were you i would get some anti corrosion agent, because the stock GTX has a copper base and aluminum top i believe ! This can cause corrosion unfortunatly, although you can get a copper top for it too.
When are you setting it up, dont forget some pictures
I'm not going to rush it though, most likely I will assemble everything and run it for quite a while outside of the PC until I make sure that everything is working right and there are no leaks. I don't plan to actually install it until I upgrade to a newer motherboard, since it's a pain to remove everything only to assemble it back together again.
Yeh i leak tested the stuff on my floor a couple of times. then i put it all in my PC and leak tested it with an old power supply. Curiosity got the better of me and i started to run my pc and play some games after about 2 hours of leak testing, isnt the best idea, but it hasnt leaked yet (touch wood)
(touch wood)
Yeh i leak tested the stuff on my floor a couple of times. then i put it all in my PC and leak tested it with an old power supply. Curiosity got the better of me and i started to run my pc and play some games after about 2 hours of leak testing, isnt the best idea, but it hasnt leaked yet
thats why i would never Water cool because i would be scared of it leaking and ruin the expensive components.
however i bet its nice to have some silence eh?
my rig sounds like a jet.....due to cheap Power supply fan
Yeh, i can run all of my fans @ 5 V so its basically silent and it still cools realy well, my HDD is realy noisy tho
And its not all bad news if it leaked, im using distilled water, and it is very likely that, if leaked on, my compnents would still work fine after a few days drying off because distilled water is not conductive
And its not all bad news if it leaked, im using distilled water, and it is very likely that, if leaked on, my compnents would still work fine after a few days drying off because distilled water is not conductive
Geoff
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thats why i would never Water cool because i would be scared of it leaking and ruin the expensive components.
however i bet its nice to have some silence eh?
my rig sounds like a jet.....due to cheap Power supply fan
As Taylor said, distilled water doesn't conduct electricity, so even if it leaked it shouldn't cause a problem. Thats why I would test it out on an old piece of electric equipment to make sure it's fine.Yeh, i can run all of my fans @ 5 V so its basically silent and it still cools realy well, my HDD is realy noisy tho
And its not all bad news if it leaked, im using distilled water, and it is very likely that, if leaked on, my compnents would still work fine after a few days drying off because distilled water is not conductive
Geoff
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I'll stop saying that when people start listeningI don't know how many times you've said that
Geoff
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I can't speak for him, but I plan on testing it out of the case for at least 2 days, mainly because I don't plan to install it for a while.
Geoff
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It's more then necessary, but I don't plan to install it the first day I get it, so I will let it run for a bit before installing it, which in reality will probably be closer to the 24-36 hour mark, rather then 48 hours.
I bought an Apogee GTX CPU Waterblock, Swiftech 3x 120mm Radiator, MCP655 Pump, Swiftech MCRES Reservoir, Primochill 3/8" ID (5/8" OD) transparent red tubing, 3x ULTRA KAZE 120mm Fans, and a few other misc items such as fasteners and fittings.