water cooling

[MrRadeon]

Hey everyone I got a question.....
I am going to be purchasing a swiftech water cooling kit... either the 8500 or 25500 series...does anyone out there have any?? I heard there really good...I just want some opinions...

 

[nRollo]

I would beware of water cooling if I were you.
I have a buddy who's a systems analyst & programmer with 15 years + experience (which I mention only because he's a guy that makes a good living in the IT/IS industry who's generally respected in his field, not my pal Timmy who's building his first box) and he's had 2 leaks in the last 6 months.
He bought the water cooled case Tom liked best, I don't remember the brand.
Anyway, good luck if you do, I never want to take my whole box apart to dry out parts and then try to see which ones still work.

BTW- the company is hosing him too.

 

[Mingon]

I have used a GPU water block on my koolance case for over 6 months without problems - but tradesman always blames his tools

 

[nutxo]

Originally posted by: Mingon
I have used a GPU water block on my koolance case for over 6 months without problems - but tradesman always blames his tools

"the poor tradesman"

Im a tradesman,..

Ive done the blow dryer thing, its pretty scary

 

[Turkish]

Originally posted by: nutxo

Originally posted by: Mingon
I have used a GPU water block on my koolance case for over 6 months without problems - but tradesman always blames his tools

"the poor tradesman"

Im a tradesman,..

Ive done the blow dryer thing, its pretty scary

lol @ blow drying

 

[nRollo]

I have used a GPU water block on my koolance case for over 6 months without problems - but tradesman always blames his tools

I talked to the guy and his system is Koolance as well. I hope for your sake nothing goes wrong with it. Koolance has only replaced the pieces that were defective, would not replace any of the parts ruined by water damage, or even give him a whole new case/watercooling setup.

Good luck-it was the same for this guy- it ran for months fine, then sprang a leak. He put in the replacement parts, it ran for months fine, then sprang a leak.

 

[Mingon]

I have used this case for over 18months without problems, as long as you secure the tubing, you should have no leaks unless the GPU waterblock is faulty. The koolance gpu is not the best design in the world, better off getting another cpu block and using that instead. A clean dust free case and decent de-ionnised water will help if you do get any leaks - it will minimise any shorting.

 

[nRollo]

First the radiator sprung a leak.
Next the power module for the fans and pumps blew.
Last the water reservoir sprung a leak.

They shipped out parts for the first two no trouble. I haven't had time to write the a
good letter yet, so I don't know about the last one.

My buddies description of Koolance "quality".

 

[Mingon]

Now thats bad luck