Water cooling
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Sgt.Igneri
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Umm i think theres this thermaltake aquarius 2 water cooling. Its like $120 on newegg. I think i remember reading awhile back that it was crap though. That "evercool" probably is too. A good heatsink would cool better then those two. Good watercooling systems are usually over $200.
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thermaltake, evercool, and koolance are all crap. the best of them is koolance though. you can get decent watercooling for less than $200. try www.liquidcooling.com. but if you are prepared to spend more money then www.d-tek.com and www.dangerden.com.
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Vantec Aeroflow (Is it for Socket 478?) TT Spark 7+ And do you realize you said koolance was crap, but then said it was good? In the same post? The koolance exos is really good.
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i said it was crap but it was the best out of the premade kits like it.
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Thanks for yalls help. I think i will go with the Vantec aeroflow. Uhhh i guess another question is what is the best thermal paste to go with it
Also i read that hard drives should be cooled if there running at 7200 rpm. Mine is a seagate barricuda. Should i get a hard drive cooler and if so which one do yall recommend.
Also i read that hard drives should be cooled if there running at 7200 rpm. Mine is a seagate barricuda. Should i get a hard drive cooler and if so which one do yall recommend.
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I jsut find soemthing wrong with water runnign trough complex electronics....
IF however i wanted to cool my comp harcore, i'd make an extra layer for the case, withhols for the existing fancs, and will the "extra" case with dry ice.
IF however i wanted to cool my comp harcore, i'd make an extra layer for the case, withhols for the existing fancs, and will the "extra" case with dry ice.
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there are ways to make sure your watercooling setup doesnt leak and the water never touches the pc components. but there are some really crazy people that have submersed their motherboard in dielectric fluid.
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Haha! A little while back i remember reading that this guy stuffed a garden hose into an opened CD drive and filled the whole case. This went on at a forum and had a ton of hits and posts in the shortest amount of time. If you can find it, its a damn good laugh.
decent water cooling systems can be found for about $200. But i do belive if you select your own parts that you could probally get the price down to about $150. I personally wouldn't recomend water cooling unless your mad overclocking, because the prices are high and if you mess up you would trash your computer. I don't know a whole lot about water cooling really though.
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Your suggestion is ill-founded.
I have a watercooled machine, and there have been a number of times when I've had leaks, or kinks, or whatever. My point is that if you have quality hardware, it will survive a lot of these things - an example would be the time I turned the surface of my beloved Ti4200 into a lake. I shut down, washed the card and let it dry for a while, and it worked fine. If you have a tubing kink (check for them before you power up and you'll be fine) or a pump failure, systems today have fail-safes that will shut your rig down if the temperature gets to high.
As for a cheap system- you can go one better than SELECTING parts if you build them yourself. I can easily construct an all-copper waterblock that retails at like $50, for about $15 worth of materials. Then, you go to a scrap yard and find a suitable radiator in the form of a Heater Core from an automobile. If you're lucky, you could score one for $10, where they might retail about $60. Finally, you can buy a pump and tubing online. Sure, you need time, skill and knowledge, but you don't need as many $$$, which is your priority in this case.
Didn't mean to mean to make a personal attack there, but I've heard "water and electricity don't mix" waaaaay to often.
Peace out, dudes...
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i have heard many stories about hardware surviving leaks. if you shut down quickly and give it an alcohol bath there is a chance of saving it. its not too hard to prevent leaks though. just make sure your system doest leak before putting into your case and always use hoseclamps. i installed my first watercooling setup over a year ago and i havent had a leak.
