Another watercooling question..............

[playgroundtwister]

With water at room temp and just being cooled by the fan/rad combo, what are the chances of having condensation forming on the block itself?

Am I just worrying myself too much on condensation or there is a small chance that it may occur. If so at what temps could these happen?

Please note that this is just a hypothetical question and in no way that I have the setup yet. Just getting as much info as I can at the moment.

Thanks.

 

[RagManX]

You don't have to worry about condensation until you get near freezing. The only problem you'd ever had with a water cooling rig is if you spring a leak, unless you are using something like a pelt to get the processor really cold.

RagManX

 

[WarCon]

There is a zero chance of condensation with a watercooling rig. It will never drop below ambient temps and that is the only time condensation is possible.

 

[playgroundtwister]

Nice to know that. All I need now is a weekend overtime to finance this really expensive itch

 

[lebe0024]

I'm in the process of building one myself.

I bought my Rio 1100 (380 GPH) pump for $20 at www.graystonecreations.com
I bought my Gemini High-flow waterblock at www.geminicool.com for ~$45 shipped.
I got my HUGE heatercore from a 1988 Ford Aerostar van tonight at the junkyard for $10.
And I got my hose and barbes and clamps and stuff from Home Depot for $15.

OH YEAH. And it will kick the crap out of any "kit" you can buy (unless you're willing to spend over $250).

There's lots of stuff to look at on www.overclockers.com

 

[playgroundtwister]

Thanks Lebe, going to look into that. One question though, would those guys at the junkyard take out the heatercore out of the car or do I have to do it myself?

 

[fell8]

Most boneyards will remove parts for you, but it'll cost more. You could also try the auto part stores for a new one, but those will much more expensive.

 

[GoldMember]

Lebe is right.. I'd never buy a kit.. those are such BS.
Those Gemini blocks are alright... Keep an eye out for my signature series.. later this summer most likely. Gemini has a real nice complete setup though.. check that out. I've been to gemini cool and seen all his products myself. Good guy.. who makes good products.

Oh, you won't spring a leak unless you are like me always fooling around with the setup.. lol. Just set it up.. fill with water and start the pump .. then turn it off a second later.. keep pumping it like that until water gets all the way around.. that way if a leak forms... there won't be full flowing water in the lines.. just that little bit of stagnant water. Easy to deal with them. Keep a pan and a few bath towels around. Set it up and use those metal hose clamps or plastic tie straps where needed. If you have a tiny leak on the water block connection.. try a little bit of silicon sealent.. let it fully dry (atleast 4 hours) then retry it. I used the hose clamps on my radiator, water block and even my pump connection which has a 3/4" ID hose .. which then a 1/2" ID 3/4" OD tube slid right into it.. i used some silicon sealent and a hose clamp. The connection my pump had was 3/4"... so I used that step down method to get over that bump.
If you want some pics of my setup .. let me know.

 

[playgroundtwister]

Thanks for the info guys. It looks like it's going to be a good summer for my system

Gold, thanks for the offer but the way you described it is more than enough

 

[GoldMember]

No problem man.. if you need ANYMORE help at all.. just drop me a PM or put a post up! I'd be more then glad to help you out.