View Full Version : Ohhhh Noooo! My computer is full of water!
But is it wrong to have water in your computer? Maybe it likes to swim or something? :p
Anyhoo...a hot off the press shot of the Super Lazy ManŽ Special Computer with its new improved cooling system. Maybe I'll add a goldfish bowl now for some extra pimp o'licious bling.
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JenJen
03-03-2007, 05:51 PM
computer/spa?
alhavel
03-03-2007, 05:58 PM
Christ Andy !!!!!
The last thing I worked on that had that kind of pumps hoses and water so close to PC Boards was film and plate processors in the printing business. One loose conection, or burst hose, and you can kiss it goodbye. Unreal, but, if that's what you want, yikes, if it don't cool now, it never will. Think I'll go back top those manual threading tape drives. If I still had some old tapes I'd send you one, magnetic woooooooo!!!!!!!
bob clark
03-03-2007, 08:06 PM
I've had my liquid cooled ThunderboxPC XFuel for almost two years and a not single problem with the Koolance cooling system. The motherboard (Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe) was another problem though. I should clean the radiator and fans pretty soon but that's for another day when I feel like doing something constructive. Or if it starts to run hot. I have an FX-55 processor plus two GF 6800 Ultras hooked up to it and it keeps everything cooled way within specs.
When I upgrade the video cards I'll keep them fan cooled for awhile and see how much overclocking the processor can handle when it's the sole component on the system.
Liquid cooling is very quiet and that's a real plus. I turn on my old Alienware and it sounds like a vacuum cleaner!
My coolant is blue... I notice that yours is clear Andy. Or haven't you filled it yet?
alhavel
03-03-2007, 08:09 PM
Andy's waiting for the reel to reel tapes to come in.....
darkeyed_daisy
03-03-2007, 08:15 PM
I think you could hop aboard and fly to the moon on that thing....
You kind of favor that "jetsons" guy...the little boy who was always getting into trouble LOL...
john smith
03-03-2007, 08:56 PM
I'm sure your technician would appreciate the goldfish! :cat:
John
Andy, I don't know anyone who overclock's a Core 2 Duo and I think may be you have jumped (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpraJYnbVtE) the shark!
LOL, actually the technician suggested the goldfish bowl to accessorize the machine...do you think he has an ulterior motive? :thinking:
My coolant is blue... I notice that yours is clear Andy. Or haven't you filled it yet?
None of that fancy stuff for this machine, keeping a more 'mature' look to it. Just distilled water with a few drops of copper sulfate pentahydrate(biocide to kill any algea that might show up). The loop is all copper with no aluminum in it, so galvanic corrosion wont be an issue with no specialized chemical solution running in it.
bob clark
03-04-2007, 01:58 AM
LOL, actually the technician suggested the goldfish bowl to accessorize the machine...do you think he has an ulterior motive? :thinking:
None of that fancy stuff for this machine, keeping a more 'mature' look to it. Just distilled water with a few drops of copper sulfate pentahydrate(biocide to kill any algea that might show up). The loop is all copper with no aluminum in it, so galvanic corrosion wont be an issue with no specialized chemical solution running in it.
The coolant is kinda like an anti-freeze. No one runs their car on just plain water, distilled or not. You know, the new and improved "anti-freeze" magically keeps everything running cooler than plain distilled water when it's hot and keeps it from freezing when it's too cold. There are also chemicals in it to keep it from corroding the innards of the pump and connectors and may even "lubricate" the pump. A few months back I bought an extra container of it from Koolance for $17.00 so it's not expensive. Every two years you're supposed to drain the system and refill it with new stuff. It's still setting in its box somewhere around this mess I call home.
I've read at a few overclocker's forums about guys using specially formulated chemical solutions that are suppposed to keep it running even cooler than the "store bought" stuff so they can eke out an extra hundredth of a volt or two but there were arguments on both sides of the issue. :)
I guess as long as it's wet it'll work. :)
Does it make coffee as well ??
The coolant is kinda like an anti-freeze. No one runs their car on just plain water, distilled or not. You know, the new and improved "anti-freeze" magically keeps everything running cooler than plain distilled water when it's hot and keeps it from freezing when it's too cold. There are also chemicals in it to keep it from corroding the innards of the pump and connectors and may even "lubricate" the pump. A few months back I bought an extra container of it from Koolance for $17.00 so it's not expensive. Every two years you're supposed to drain the system and refill it with new stuff. It's still setting in its box somewhere around this mess I call home.
I've read at a few overclocker's forums about guys using specially formulated chemical solutions that are suppposed to keep it running even cooler than the "store bought" stuff so they can eke out an extra hundredth of a volt or two but there were arguments on both sides of the issue. :)
I guess as long as it's wet it'll work. :)
Hmmm, maybe I'll run liquid nitrogen in the loop, lol. The thing about the Koolance systems is that you need to use special coolant as they use aluminum in those. If you dont it starts to corrode due to the dissimilar metals and gunk up the works. If you are using all copper or an alloy (brass) you dont have to worry about galvanic corrosion. The pump itself is plastic, so no worries there. As far as lubrication goes, a glycol actually has less lubricity than water, at least in metal bearing applications. Plastic I dont know about, but you would think it might translate to those applications as well. Not that it matters much, the pumps used in water cooling systems are for water based systems (at least with the Liang pump I have). Now if a coolant has a surfacent in it (kind of like 'waterwetter') which reduces the surface tension of the fluid, that might help cooling. I know that helps in bike motors when you have to run 100% water for track usage (they dont like cleaning antifreeze when you wreck) it helps keep the temps down. But those systems run at a higher stress than anything a computer puts out, so YMMV. Ok enough thermodynamics babbling, lol.