I'm new to watercooling...so how does it work

[INemtsev]

Do u connect a hoswe to it or something...or is there a water tank...doesn't water get hot eventually?

 

[JulesMaximus]

Yes, it does get hot. That's why we always connect it to the toilet. Water is always cool coming out of there.

Didn't you read the monthly watercooling newletter?

 

[syberscott]

The idea is to cool the water back down to room temp by moving it through an air cooled radiator.

 

[GAZZA]

Watercooling consists of component wise :

Water Block
Radiator + Fan/s
Pump
Tubing

WaterBlock mounts on your cpu like a normal heatsink would, then you have a pump which moves the heated water from the WaterBlock to the Radiator where you'll usually have 1 fan or more blowing/extracting the heat away from the Radiator.
That's the basics of it and there's a lot more to it than just hooking up those components.

 

[INemtsev]

Thx alot especially the first guy...

 

[JulesMaximus]

No problem, glad to be of service.

 

[VisableAssassin]

Originally posted by: GAZZA
Watercooling consists of component wise :

Water Block
Radiator + Fan/s
Pump
Tubing

WaterBlock mounts on your cpu like a normal heatsink would, then you have a pump which moves the heated water from the WaterBlock to the Radiator where you'll usually have 1 fan or more blowing/extracting the heat away from the Radiator.
That's the basics of it and there's a lot more to it than just hooking up those components.

you sir have said it
listen to him hes correct, i woulda posted the same info if i would have caught this in time......i love my WC setup the reduction in noise was worth every penny to me which i why i went water anyways...temps are damn good as well

 

[TheCorm]

I was reminded of that post on another forum where I guy said he filled his case completely with water and it cause the power to go out with a bang after he tried to turn it on.

Reasonably certain it was a joke but it might not have been....

 

[stonecold3169]

I have a question on water cooling I have never asked,, but have been curious about.

I've been thinking about going WC, and replacing my slk-800, but if I do it, I would replace all the major hotspots on my rig. My question is this:

I understand the idea of watercooling just fine, it makes perfect sense to me. But if I want to cool my 9700pro, and then my north&south bridges, ordering would obviously be important... you can't make it back to the radiator before each component, right? So basically, the water is heating up along the way, right? Wouldn't this give pretty poor cooling?

 

[Mitzi]

Originally posted by: TheCorm
I was reminded of that post on another forum where I guy said he filled his case completely with water and it cause the power to go out with a bang after he tried to turn it on.

Reasonably certain it was a joke but it might not have been....

It was a joke, I remember after days of playing dumb he came clean and admitted it was a hoax and a pretty good one at that.

 

[GAZZA]

Originally posted by: stonecold3169
I have a question on water cooling I have never asked,, but have been curious about.

I've been thinking about going WC, and replacing my slk-800, but if I do it, I would replace all the major hotspots on my rig. My question is this:

I understand the idea of watercooling just fine, it makes perfect sense to me. But if I want to cool my 9700pro, and then my north&south bridges, ordering would obviously be important... you can't make it back to the radiator before each component, right? So basically, the water is heating up along the way, right? Wouldn't this give pretty poor cooling?

With the added heat to your loop you would deffinitely need a good quality radiator such as a heatercore with a good set of 120mm fans on it, also you would benefit from 1/2 inside diameter tubing to get a decent amount of flow going.

I would say if your into serious OC then cooling the NB would be fine ( not really sure if it you would benefit from cooling the SB) and if you just want a quiet pc then if your mobo just has a heatsink on the NB/SB then you could eliminate the waterblock/s on them to save cost to begin with, and you could always add them later on if needed.

 

[huesmann]

If you need to load up your radiator with fans, doesn't that kinda go against the purpose of watercooling, i.e. lower noise?

 

[GAZZA]

Originally posted by: huesmann
If you need to load up your radiator with fans, doesn't that kinda go against the purpose of watercooling, i.e. lower noise?

Not if you use larger fans such as 120mm ultra quiet versions which put out good amounts of cfm at low dba's, you can also volt mod the fans or use a rheobus to control the speed to reduce the noise.

A good fan to use would be the Panaflo L1A which puts out great cfm's for the amount of noise produced

 

[KillaBong]

It's still much quieter. The main reason is overclocking though, right? I would think of noise reduction as a nice added plus for me though.

 

[GAZZA]

Originally posted by: KillaBong
It's still much quieter. The main reason is overclocking though, right? I would think of noise reduction as a nice added plus for me though.

More people are moving to watercooling as a better means to reduce the crazy fan noise that gets louder and louder as cpu's and vid cards get faster and faster and require more cooling, hence higher speed fans.
Take a look at a guys pretty extreme method of removing all fans from his pc, and that includes psu fans too. ZeroFanZone
Overclocking has always been the main focus of Watercooling.

 

[EXOSsted]

Originally posted by: syberscott
The idea is to cool the water back down to room temp by moving it through an air cooled radiator.

Well put, this is what is happening, as the water moves from one location to another, due to h20's amazing heat retention qualities, this combined with the awesome heat dissipation qualities of COPPER/GOLD/ALUMINUM, the heat can get sucked up into the Water-Cooling Block and the water retains the heat from the chip via the block as it circulates through the block and quickly moves it off the chip. As the water makes its way up to the radiator it has already slowly cooled some, by the time it passes through the radiator and it gets cooled by your fans, the water is nice and cool again ready to make another pass through the system. The more cooling blocks you use, the longer your tubing schema should be, this balance's out the addition of increased heating of the water from additional heat sources(ie...HDD, GPU, NORTHBRIDGE), thereby aiding your overall cooling effort before the heat ever reaches your radiator. If your going to DO-IT-YOURSELF, take surface area into consideration as the bigger the radiator core and more surface area you have, as well as the thicker the core, will cool far better then a small pathetic undersized core. This is very similar to the propertys of intercooling a turbocharged car when performance concerns come into play...

Hope that helps!

Koolance Exos Water-Cooled!