Water/Liquid Cooling Questions

Mattoost · 02-14-2009, 07:17 AM

Ok Few questions:

1: Whats the chances of the liquid leaking from the hoses as this would be my biggest worry if i am buying a liquid cooling solution.

2: Could you give me a price range for example:

$10-100= VERY BAD
$100-200= not bad
$200-300= good

etc....etc

3: How loud is the pump for when using Liquid Cooling?

4: Whats the brands i should be looking for? (i heard thermaltake is crap comparing to Thermalright) due to it being noiser and such

Ok there my questions i would be happy if you answer them :))

Cheers, Matt

OH. P.S: This is jsut so i can overclock my CPu or will it just be best to buy a heatsink..lol? I live in australia so it gets kinda hot in the room where it is.

**forcifer** · 03-13-2009, 06:29 AM

1: not much as long as you double check everything and take your time. leaks are very rare and even then rarely do damage so i wouldnt worry

2: 10-100: doesnt exist outside of home made
100-200: super iffy kits, generally not that good. i would not recomend
200-300: somewhat better kits, still not the best but i would recomend for budget
300+: now we are talking :) super high end, super quiet, very good cooling

3: the fan on the radiator is generally louder

4: swifttech is ok, d-tek and EK are great, and for rads feser is the best. pump is laing

collaboration · 06-30-2009, 03:47 AM

www.koolance.com
check out their coolant stuff. Good quality/pricey

**forcifer** · 07-04-2009, 11:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dombre

hows coolance systems I'm thinking of going that route, my main concern is I'll be cooling my cpu, chipset, ram, and 3 evga 285's. Could somone suggest a system that has enough power and is preferably external.

please create your own thread so that we can help you out better :)

i never recommend systems. its always going to be better to build your own water cooling setup. also you dont need to watercool ram...that is OCZ marketing

DonaldG · 07-09-2009, 04:15 AM

Peter62 and Dombre

It is important that you do not ask for help in someone else's thread. That is known as 'Thread Hijacking' and is not allowed.

Please start your own thread. As Forcifer stated, you will get help tailored to your specific needs.

I have deleted your requests in this thread so that you can start over.

Thanks

Phædrus2401 · 07-10-2009, 03:57 PM

For the record, always go for quality cooling kits, as a leak with water cooling can be disastrous. A friend of mine recently went with liquid cooling and used some $150 set he found on Ebay. Everything else was really good, a Q9550, GTX285, a nice Gigabyte board, 700 watt OCZ PSU... As soon as he got it set up he started overclocking, and after an hour with the CPU OCed to 3.2GHz his computer shut down, there were sparks, and he smelled smoke, opened it up and one of the rubber gaskets had burst and water sprayed all over, burn marks on the motherboard and graphics card... What a mess. And most of the parts are out of warranty as soon as you start making the changes necessary for water cooling, so he's in the hole several hundred bucks. He's trying to see what he can get out of the kit manufacturer, I'll have to ask him what brand it was.

Water cooling is perfectly safe if you get a good kit, but try not to go less than $250 or so. Paying more can save in the long run.

Timmy_j · 10-27-2009, 07:04 PM

Hey all, ive just recently bought the swiftech H20-220 Apex Ultima LCS and its a great setup for your first Liquid cooling kit. Its a bit pricy, but its worth it as it comes with swiftechs best CPU waterblock. Had no problems and been using it over a month now. Also very quiet and keeps my i7 920 OC at 3.2Ghz at a stable 40 degrees Celsius under load. id recommend it :)

02-14-2009, 07:17 AM	#1 (permalink)
Mattoost Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 19 OS: Vista Royal Home Premium	Water/Liquid Cooling Questions Ok Few questions: 1: Whats the chances of the liquid leaking from the hoses as this would be my biggest worry if i am buying a liquid cooling solution. 2: Could you give me a price range for example: $10-100= VERY BAD $100-200= not bad $200-300= good etc....etc 3: How loud is the pump for when using Liquid Cooling? 4: Whats the brands i should be looking for? (i heard thermaltake is crap comparing to Thermalright) due to it being noiser and such Ok there my questions i would be happy if you answer them :)) Cheers, Matt OH. P.S: This is jsut so i can overclock my CPu or will it just be best to buy a heatsink..lol? I live in australia so it gets kinda hot in the room where it is. Last edited by Mattoost; 02-14-2009 at 07:19 AM.

03-13-2009, 06:29 AM	#2 (permalink)
forcifer Registered User Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Kansas City kansas Posts: 3,619 OS: Vista Premium 32 My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: Water/Liquid Cooling Questions 1: not much as long as you double check everything and take your time. leaks are very rare and even then rarely do damage so i wouldnt worry 2: 10-100: doesnt exist outside of home made 100-200: super iffy kits, generally not that good. i would not recomend 200-300: somewhat better kits, still not the best but i would recomend for budget 300+: now we are talking :) super high end, super quiet, very good cooling 3: the fan on the radiator is generally louder 4: swifttech is ok, d-tek and EK are great, and for rads feser is the best. pump is laing __________________ now i remember

06-30-2009, 03:47 AM	#3 (permalink)
collaboration Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 13 OS: Windows xp Proffesional sp3	Re: Water/Liquid Cooling Questions www.koolance.com check out their coolant stuff. Good quality/pricey

07-09-2009, 04:15 AM	#5 (permalink)
DonaldG Asst Manager Articles Team Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Somerset, UK Posts: 9,960 OS: XPsp2 Laptop & Vista Ultimate Desktop My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: Water/Liquid Cooling Questions Peter62 and Dombre It is important that you do not ask for help in someone else's thread. That is known as 'Thread Hijacking' and is not allowed. Please start your own thread. As Forcifer stated, you will get help tailored to your specific needs. I have deleted your requests in this thread so that you can start over. Thanks __________________ . Lest we forget... "They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old; Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them." Submit New Articles Here TSF's Photographer's Corner . Last edited by DonaldG; 07-09-2009 at 04:18 AM.

07-10-2009, 03:57 PM	#6 (permalink)
Phædrus2401 Hardware Tech Team Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: New Orleans Posts: 3,337 OS: Vista Ultimate x64 SP1 + Ubuntu 9.04 My System	Re: Water/Liquid Cooling Questions For the record, always go for quality cooling kits, as a leak with water cooling can be disastrous. A friend of mine recently went with liquid cooling and used some $150 set he found on Ebay. Everything else was really good, a Q9550, GTX285, a nice Gigabyte board, 700 watt OCZ PSU... As soon as he got it set up he started overclocking, and after an hour with the CPU OCed to 3.2GHz his computer shut down, there were sparks, and he smelled smoke, opened it up and one of the rubber gaskets had burst and water sprayed all over, burn marks on the motherboard and graphics card... What a mess. And most of the parts are out of warranty as soon as you start making the changes necessary for water cooling, so he's in the hole several hundred bucks. He's trying to see what he can get out of the kit manufacturer, I'll have to ask him what brand it was. Water cooling is perfectly safe if you get a good kit, but try not to go less than $250 or so. Paying more can save in the long run. __________________ Good PSU brands: Corsair, SeaSonic, CWT, PC Power and Cooling, Thermaltake Toughpower, CoolerMaster Real Power Pro On 80+ Certification - PSU Information and Selection - Power Supply Myths

10-27-2009, 07:04 PM	#7 (permalink)
Timmy_j Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Australia Posts: 152 OS: Windows 7 RTM My System	Re: Water/Liquid Cooling Questions Hey all, ive just recently bought the swiftech H20-220 Apex Ultima LCS and its a great setup for your first Liquid cooling kit. Its a bit pricy, but its worth it as it comes with swiftechs best CPU waterblock. Had no problems and been using it over a month now. Also very quiet and keeps my i7 920 OC at 3.2Ghz at a stable 40 degrees Celsius under load. id recommend it :) __________________ Well... At least when computers stuff up thier consistent about it...