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Anyone has ever ruined a pc cause of a water colling malfunction??

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I'm thinking in buying one for my P4 ( so i can oc to 4 gb ), but im a little worried about water inside my pc , and i wanted to know if anyone had problems?? ( ex water in mobo ---- BANG!!!!! )

Thanks

BTW, can anyone tell me what is the best watercooler , i'm thinking in a thermaltake set.
 
I do NOT use a watercooling setup but I would assume they do not pump electrically conductive material (water+electricity=bad). My guess is they use Deionized water or some sort of non-conductive coolant.

I would suggest google and you'll prolly find out more about water cooling than you ever wanted to know.

I think you need to do some research on this subject before a picking a system.
-will your computer case house the needed components (radiator, pump, etc.)
-why do you need watercooling? (what are your expectations/proposed system configuration)
 
THANKS FOR THE REPLY

I already used google to search but all i've got was reviews ( all great ), but i really wanted some ' user' experience before buying.

I have a Thermaltake v2000 , and it's design to use the watercooling kits. And the reason i want to buy one is that i have my P4 2.8 Northwood HT 800 Mhz, Oc'ed to 3500 and in the winter my cpu at full load was 50º ( running a thermaltake Spark at 3500 rpm - ambient temp 10º ( i used to wear gloves im my computer room 🙂 )) , but now is spring and all it took was a warm day for my cpu to jump to 65º ( room temp 25º ) ( and then i changed to 4500 rpm to get back to 50º, and believe IT'S LOUD HAS HELL ), my case isnt loud, my x800 ( asus ) also doesn´t get much louder. But the thermaltake cpu fan ... ( and i wont even tell you about running it at 7000 rpm )

So water is the way to go...

My house ( apartment ) really sucks in the winter is like Alaska ,and in the summer is a warm place like , let's say the Sahara...
 
Deionized water might help, but it'll still be conductive. We're not talking lab-clean conditions here, and most contaminants will up the conductivity. You could try some of the new nonconductive coolants, but I've heard mixed reviews and they're expensive over time. Watercooling, like anything with PC building, is perfectly safe if done right, and potentially dangerous if done carelessly. Plan, test, and monitor, and an H20 system will be as safe as anything else.

The Bigwater kit (which I assume is what you're talking about) has gotten Thermaltake's traditional mixed reviews, though the performance looks decent and at a low price point. If you want to go the prefab route, which has the advantages of typically lower cost and ease of installation, you might also want to look at Corsair's Cool setup (though it's a bit less prefabbed). There are others as well, maybe Cooler Master's offerings, but most are of lower quality than the first two.

As always, read the reviews!

-HC-
 
"I do NOT use a watercooling setup but I would assume they do not pump electrically conductive material (water+electricity=bad). My guess is they use Deionized water or some sort of non-conductive coolant."

If you purchase a kit, a good one, then it is almost impossible for the units to leak. Especially to a degree that they would fry a system. Your common filler for the system is distilled water and a cooling agent (not antifreeze but close). The connectors on the units are made in such a way that, if installed properly, will never leak.

Nothing is impossible and each case is individualistic, but I wouldn't worry about it, follow the directions, don't modify the kits, think things through (cable routing etc) and you should be fine.

 
I've had one leak in two years, over three loops. I use distilled water, Innovatek Pro (excellent stuff) and blue UV dye. The spill was on to my video card and into the AGP socket with a bit on my mb. I noticed that the coolant level in my res was going down and my vid was glitching. I powered down, cleaned up as much as I could, attached worm clamps and let the whole thing dry for 24 hours. I haven't had any problems since, in fact my box is running great in every respect. The trick is in what additives you employ. To know what to use you HAVE to seek out what's best for yourself or take the advice of someone who: a) Knows what they're talking about, and b) doesn't have a bone to pick.

Way too many people are willing to offer advice who have no idea what they're doing or/and have a personal agenda.
 
I am currently running a P4-2.8 prescott with a water-cooling system on a Intel mobo. Right now, I am not having any problems with it what-so-ever. At idle on a fan setting of 1, its avg. temperature is 37c. On fan setting 2, its idling at about 32c. I haven't loaded any games on it as of yet because I want to put in a SATA hard drive. Hope that helps. BTW, I am using a coolermaster aquagate water-cooling system.
 
I've been Water Cooling about 5 years now/ I have Never had a Leak, tho I have gotten condensation drips, but that is due to Cooling the water too low for conditions. Wormdrive clamps, good water lines, and a check for leaks for an hour before turning the machine on does wonders.
 
Wow, the famous Big Lar. I understand that you own a great custom wooden case and that you live in the Chicago area?
 
never had a problem with my first loop running for about 5 months... the problem withs ome of the blocks you might encounter is water leaking around the barb. Personally I would never use worm clamps to secure the hose to the barb fittings, instead I use ideal clamps which cost 69 cents and sure it'll cost alot when added up but it'll save you trouble in the long run. I tried zippy ties around the barb on my DangerDen TDK and Maze4 gpu... it does not work for sh1t! you need to secure the barb with some better stuff. I usually install the loop first and leak test and then install all the computer hardware back intot he case/
 
Thanks everybody for the replies. I will purchase the Thermaltake Sub-zero4g , it uses a peltier and an hardware pci card.

link - http://www.thermaltake.com/coolers/subzero/subzero4g.htm

it doesnt mess with water/coolant, and i've seen it work. It makes no noise ( the same noise that a 120mm fan does at low rpm ). And im betting that with proper ram ( ddr2 - 667 ) i can push my processor way beyond 4 Ghz. I´ll let you know.
 
" it uses a peltier and an hardware pci card"

Peltiers are prone to condensation, I wouldn't use one, to much energy expenditure for the cooling effect. Basically, not worth it.
 
I had a tube leak on my vid card..only killed the AGP slot (thank god) IT was a 9800XT...that was when they 1st came out.

Originally posted by: Mitchell
" it uses a peltier and an hardware pci card"

Peltiers are prone to condensation, I wouldn't use one, to much energy expenditure for the cooling effect. Basically, not worth it.
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Not so... they are very much worth it. If you take the proper precautions, as you would with anything else you are doing to your pc, there is nothing to worry about. I would be more worried about H2o cooling then using a pelt. Simply use neoprene and dielectric grease and you are set.
 
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