Watercooling Questions

[HuddaDudda]

I have been thinking about watercooling for a while now and have OC all my PCs in the past. The reason I am seriously thinking about water cooling is to keep the overall temparture down in my home office. It seems now even in the winter my office stays around 72F and in the summer it gets close to 80F or higher. I have a ceiling fan and the air conditioner in the house is usually posted at a constant 68-70 year round (depending on how cold the wife is). I admit I am always hot and like it cool but getting tired of the heat put out by my PC. I do like it quite but the biggest concern is the heat. Which brings me to my number one question.

Does water cooling effect the over all heat temperatures for a room?

At first I was thinking the it would not only cool the components but also the room temp. However thinking about it more closely the CPU is still going to be hot, with water cooling the CPU heat needs to go somewhere so heat disbursement might be around the same or only a few degrees cooler then air. If it was too keep the room 5F cooler or more I wouldn?t hesitate dropping 500$ for a premade case from some company like Koolance.

I just want some input to see if overall anyone had any personal experience with this and if they noticed a drop in room temps at all? The room is a fairly good size (12x14) and its a home office with double doors (french doors) that are kept open 98% of the time, except for those private calls and such.

Also any input on what you think about premade complete case kits would be helpful. I just want an easy water cooling solution for the first time out. Once I am more comfortable with it I will upgrade or change things later down the road. If I do get a water cooling system I want to do the CPU, Video Card and possibly the chipset if I dont get a new motherboard with a heat pipe or something. Or should I stay away from heat pipes and put it on the water cooling too? I dont know, I am a bit confused what the best thing to do it.

 

[phaxmohdem]

Water cooling uses the same principles of physics as air cooling, just you are using water as the heat carrier, and instead of a heatsink, that heat goes to a radiator. To answer your question, yes even with a watercooling setup your room temperatures will be somewhat affected. The heat does not just magically dissapear, it has to go somewhere., and water and air cooling dump it in the same place outside your case in the end. Its just the mode of transportation for the heat that is different.

 

[JustStarting]

it's impossible for the water to be cooler than the room temperature, so your room temps will not go down??

 

[biostud]

water just carries the more efficiently away from the components of the computer than air, so the components run cooler because the heat is more easily given away to the surroundings. The computer produce same amount of heat no matter if you use air or water.

 

[cw42]

if u want WCing as simple as it gets u can try the Aquagate mini It should give u adaquete temps to OC, and should be better than just about any air cooling. Or, if u wanna take it a step forward you can try the Swiftech Apex, or Premium kits.

btw don't get cases with pre-made WCing like Koolace. They're overpriced, and are not that good for the money. Plus they don't leave room for upgrading in case you ever want to change something down the road.