Heat is unbearable, need water cooling

lildragon555 · 09-23-2009, 03:55 PM

Hi, my computer puts out immense amount of heat when I use the computer, my room goes about 10F hotter everyday, I'm sweating just watching youtube videos. I was wondering if there are any cheap water cooling systems out there that are pretty good quality? maybe around $100-$150

Specs:
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 2.83 GHz Usually only 50-60 C
EVGA GeForce 9800 GX2 (why they disclosed them?) around 70-80 C

I'm gonna get heat stroke from my computer sooner or later

Phædrus241 · 09-23-2009, 04:32 PM

Watercooling won't make your room any cooler; in fact, quite the opposite. You'll have more transfer of heat from the inside of your computer to your room as a whole, plus you'll have a pump and other components generating heat as well. Water cooling doesn't magically destroy heat; it just moves it around more efficiently.

Your solution should be better room ventilation.

lildragon555 · 09-23-2009, 05:12 PM

But it will cool down the parts right?

Phædrus241 · 09-23-2009, 05:24 PM

Yes, it will probably cool down the parts some as well. Do you have a full tower case, though? Also, decent watercooling kits start at about $200; less than that and you're risking getting a cheap set that will spring a leak and possibly fry your system.

lildragon555 · 09-23-2009, 06:18 PM

I think I have a Mid-ATX Tower

lildragon555 · 09-23-2009, 06:19 PM

I heard the Swiftech Apex Ultima is a good water cooling system. Should I get that?

greenbrucelee · 09-24-2009, 02:53 AM

I wouldn't bother just get a decent full tower case like the antec 1200.

Remember if water cooling goes wrong electricity and water dont like each other so it could be bad for you where as if a fan fails on an air cooled system you just replace the fan.

lildragon555 · 09-24-2009, 01:36 PM

Can't you just get a non-static type of coolant?

Phædrus241 · 09-24-2009, 02:21 PM

Some people use Glycol, or mineral oil. However, I don't know if you need anything different to use those liquids instead, and for the added cost it may be better to just get a decent water cooling kit in the first place.

ebackhus · 09-26-2009, 01:15 AM

My wife's PC has a Swiftech kit and it works wonderfully.

tk_icepick · 12-31-2009, 05:42 AM

I think a thorough understanding of thermodynamics is needed before you attempt to cool your room with a water cooling setup.
You're better off opening the window - or getting an AC system installed - basically a phase-change heatsink for your room!

Hey, I thought of a few things that might help to know, when trying to solve this temp issue of yours:

Where do you live? As far as weather is concerned, heat/cold and humidity are what I'm curious about.