#3694210 - 12/06/12 09:25 PM
Top 10 things I learned about water cooling
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Silverswift
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Been water cooling for 8(?) years now. Learned a few things with my current build. I say "current build" because its my old a$$ components in a new LC setup. Honestly, I have yet to buy a game that will tax my quad GTX295s. I know they are out there, just saying I have'nt found one I had the interest in buying. At anyrate, I quad-ded 2 years ago, and needed a bigger radiator. It didn't fit my case, so I lived with this franken-case looking thing for the past 18 months. I got tired of that and to cheap with Christmas around the corner, so I put $500 bucks into a new LC setup. which leads me to #1 thing I learned about water cooling: 1) Watercooled things will always cost double of what you intended to spend. 2) Consider anything you water cool to be expendable, no matter how much it cost. 3) Consider "3M Dual Lock" tape your best modding tool. 4) Always use teflon tape, despite the manufactuers recommendations. 5) Air bleeding usually takes two weeks, 6) Just when all the air is bled, you have to empty the system for an unforseen problem. 7) Water cooling is not worth the trouble. 8) Aluminum and Copper are mortal enemies, no matter what "peace-keeping" coolant you use. 9) Before you fill the system, enjoy your last moment of sanity with 4 fingers of Scotch. 10)Water-cooled modded systems are KICK-A$$!
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#3694221 - 12/06/12 09:48 PM
Re: Top 10 things I learned about water cooling
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I have to add, some people consider Koolance a "beginners" product, and Danger Den the top of the line. Well!, I never had a Danger Den block that was worth a $hit. They like to boast that their copper blocks are the purest copper block you can buy. Well, thats fine for maximum heat transfer, but somebody at Danger Den didn't observe that copper is a very soft metal, not suitable for any threading/torque. Koolance screwsholes hard chrome plated brass screwed into their blocks for torquing the VGA cards to. In every Danger Den block I ever bought, the threading failed after the 1st installation. I got a EK block on one of the cards running now, supposed to be a "pure" copper, but it may not be. The threading is harder that any Danger Den I've seen. But not better than Koolance.
Quad 9650 * 2 WD 160GB SATA, Raid 0 * Two GTX 295, in quad * *all water cooled by Koolance 8GB Corsair DDR3 @1600mhz ASUS Striker 790i NSE 28" HannsG LCD Audigy X Fi Fatal1ty Edition 1000kw Enermax PSU Klipsch 5.1 Ultra
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#3694228 - 12/06/12 09:54 PM
Re: Top 10 things I learned about water cooling
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umm, everyone I know says EK blocks are the best....
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#3694234 - 12/06/12 10:07 PM
Re: Top 10 things I learned about water cooling
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7) Water cooling is not worth the trouble.
'nuff said! LOL
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