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RE: The water of life.
By Carter642 on 4/9/2008 3:43:08 PM , Rating: 2
I spent about 2K on my latest full build that's watercooled. Honestly the difference in price between doing it air cooled vs water was about $250.

I DIY'd my own watercooling kit and I've learned the joys of drybreak couplings and braided abrasion resistant lines. Finding couplings to replace the stock nipples on the waterblocks was a bit of a PITA but now I have drybreaks on on my CPU, GPU, NB, radiator, and pump/resevoir. I can literally snap the whole thing apart while full without spilling a drop. I know it's costlier than hoseclamps and tubing but it's infinitely safer and more convenient. Maybe if WC companies made drybreak kits WC would be a little less daunting to new folks.

RE: The water of life.
By AlphaVirus on 4/9/2008 6:01:34 PM , Rating: 3
I do understand, to some, the easy task of having watercooling and not having fears. And like I said in my previous post, not everyone has expendable cash for a computer rig. Not only if 1 component goes bad, it would be death of the entire thing goes out. The wife would have me sleeping on the couch for a long time.

Personally I would not play baseball near the Louvre.

RE: The water of life.
By Misty Dingos on 4/10/2008 11:06:58 AM , Rating: 2
OK to be honest and fair my computer didn't cost four thousand dollars (maybe in Canadian dollars) But it was over three. The leak I had was on the cpu heat sink. No not a good place to have a leak. It leaked all down the side of the mother board while the computer was running. It caused all sorts of crazy behavior for about an hour. Then I noticed the leak. I turned off my pc and started cleaning up and fixed the leak. Most of the voltages on a pc are low. So arcing should never be an issue. Like I said I dried off the alcohol that I used to clean up the coolant put it back together and started it back up. Works fine. So if you don't want to water cool your PC don't. I like it so I will.

What I don't understand is the desire to leave your PC on 24-7. What is up with that? I am not exactly sure how many watts my computer draws on average but I know I don't want to pay for it when I am not there. If something happens to my computer, well I am there. Little problems are easy to fix. But big problems often grow from little problems left unattended.

But I am not going to tell you that you are living wrong if you leave your PC on all the time. That’s your business. But I would turn on the auto shutdown feature if your bios supports it.


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